Professional Organizations
State Bar of California
Member 1981 - today
San Diego County Bar Association
Member 1981 - today
Mentor program 2011 - 2012
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program
Volunteer 1995 - today
State Bar of California
Insolvency Law Committee
Member 2010 - 2013, 2015 - 2018
Education Subcommittee
Member 2010 - 2014
Chair 2011 - 2013
Chair 2015 - 2016
Advisor 2013 - 2015, 2018 - 2023
American Board of Certification
of Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Attorneys
Director 2010 - 2018
Standards Committee Member 2010 - 2014
Faculty Committee Member 2015 - 2018
American Bar Association Model Code Project
Consumer Bankruptcy Panel
Member 2014 - 2019
William L. Todd American Inn of Court
President 2017 - 2019
Master of the Bench
Director 2013 - 2019
Member 1992 - today
Student mentor 2007 - 2008
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of California
Mediation Panel
Member 1987 - today
State Bar of California
Personal and Business Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission
Chair2001 - 2002
Member 2000 - 2003
Exam Consultant 2005 - 2006
State Bar of California
Board of Legal Specialization
Member 2001 - 2002
Member 2005 - 2008
Chair, New Specialty Committee 2006 - 2007
State Bar of California
Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy Committee
Member 1996 - 2000
San Diego Bankruptcy Forum
Founding Director 1989 - 1993
President 1993; Secretary, 1992; Vice-President, 1991
Director 2004 - 2006
Secretary 2004, 2005, 2006
Career Recognition Committee 2014 - 2015
Member 1989 - today
California Bankruptcy Forum
Director 2005 - 2008
Annual Conference Program Co-chair 2006, 2007, 2008
Annual Conference Education Co-chair 2008
Annual Conference Consumer Co-chair 2012, 2014, 2017
Poetry and Humor Competition Codirector 2011 - 2012
Humor Competition Codirector 2013
Photography Competition Codirector 2014 - 2016
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers
Member 2005 - today
Lawyers Club
Member 1985 - today
Student Mentor 2004, 2005
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of California
Individual Ch. 11 Model Plan Committee Member 2012 - 2015
ECF Systems Enhancement Committee Member 2003 - 2006
Ad Hoc Bankruptcy Rules Committee Chair 1989
Advisory Local Rules Committee 2018 - today
Legal Aid Society Of San Diego
Consultant 2006 - 2011, 2016 - today
American Bankruptcy Institute
Member 1996 - today
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
Member 1997 - 2021