Real estate, business, and construction law have been the focus of this attorney's practice for more than 35 years, encompassing commercial and residential real estate transactions, land use, title insurance, easements, boundary disputes, real property finance, business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, construction claims, construction defects, construction delays, workers' compensation, and corporate matters. His expertise includes the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of real property, asset and stock purchases, contract disputes, limited liability companies, corporate reorganizations, forged documents, foreclosure, insolvency, and title-related issues. He also has more than 15 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony involving real estate, business, construction, and attorney standard of care matters.

His professional experience includes serving as Founding Shareholder, Chairman of the Real Estate Department, Member of an Executive Committee, Director of a Title Insurance Practice Group, Arbitrator, Mediator, and Attorney for private law firms and alternative dispute resolution organizations. Throughout his career, he has represented clients in commercial and residential real estate transactions, business acquisitions and dispositions, construction disputes, title insurance matters, financing transactions, and land development. His work has included structuring complex real estate and business transactions, advising on construction claims and defects, handling foreclosures, bankruptcy matters, easement and boundary disputes, lien priority issues, construction contract interpretation, mechanic's liens, workers' compensation issues, and corporate reorganizations. He has also served as an arbitrator for more than 25 years and as a mediator since 1995, conducting proceedings involving construction, business, commercial, bankruptcy, and real property disputes.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Juris Doctor and is licensed to practice law in California and Arizona. His professional affiliations include the San Diego County Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the State Bar of Arizona, and the American Arbitration Association. In addition to his legal practice, he has taught courses on foreclosure, escrow law, legal malpractice prevention, real estate finance, and mechanic's liens, and has qualified as an expert witness in matters involving attorney standard of care, real estate, title insurance, and business law.