I am a licensed attorney and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® with over twenty years of experience helping people solve their problems.
My mediation training includes:
Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation
Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
Orange County Human Relations
Divorce Mediation
Advanced Mediation Training
Civil Harassment and Online Dispute Resolution
Pepperdine Law School, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
Family Law Mediation
Loyola Center for Conflict Resolution -
Divorce Mediation
Community Mediation
Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs
Mediation
Southern California Family Mediation
Parenting Plans
Contested Adoptions
Centinela Youth Services
Restorative Justice
I have Mediated with these organizations:
Orange County Human Relations
Divorce Mediation - Day of Trial Divorce Mediation
Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office
Loyola Law School Center for Conflict Resolution
Staff Mediator
Divorce
Family Mediation
Condominium and Home Owners Associations
Landlord/Tenant
Consumer Debt
Southern California Family Mediation
LA County Superior Court - Juvenile Division
Parenting Plans
Contested Adoptions
Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs.
Day of trial mediation in Los Angeles County Superior Court
Community mediation
Centinela Youth Services
Victim Offender Restitution
Family Mediation
Restorative Justice
Family Law Attorney
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
Professional Licenses and Credentials
State Bar of California
Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst
State of California, Department of Insurance - Qualified Mediator
Society for Human Resources Management, Sr. Practitioner
Professional Memberships
State Bar of California
Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
Southern California Mediation Association
Awards for Mediation and the Practice of Law
Excellence in Child & Family Mediation
Southern California Family Mediation
Certificate of Tribute
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
“…commitment to stopping domestic violence, improving the welfare of poor children, and assuring equal justice in the family courts.”
Certificate of Appreciation, 2019 and 2020
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Juvenile Division
“For devoting time and service to mediation at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Juvenile Division.”
Wiley W. Manuel Certificate
The State Bar of California
“…provision of legal services to the poor or disadvantaged, improving the law and the legal system and increasing access to justice.”
Formal Education
University of Cincinnati, JD 1996
Ohio University, BA 1986
Additional Training - a Partial List
Divorce Mediation - Orange County Human Relations
Fundamentals of Divorce - Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
Financial Issues of Divorce - Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
Tax Issues of Divorce - Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
I have helped many people and I can help you.