EXPERTISE

Ethicist:  Ethics Expert Consulting, Legal Malpractice Defense, State Bar Discipline Defense, Admissions and Moral Character Applications, Petitions for Reinstatement, Professional Responsibility Advisor, Continuing Legal Education Curator

Senior Counsel:  Focus on Legal Malpractice matters and assigned to the professional liability and professional license defense team in civil litigation, Office of Administrative Hearings, and State Bar Court.

Expert Witness:  Analyze and Assess Exposure for Professional Liability considerations, Rules of Professional Conduct and State Bar Act violations, ethics compliance, and risk management for individuals and law firms.

Contract Attorney:  Areas of practice include Intellectual Property such as licensing, commercialization, trademark defense, cybersecurity, Employment Law such as FLSA compliance and employment contracts, Business Litigation such as fiduciary duty, Contract Law, and Corporate Law.

Discipline Defense Counsel:  Counsel for State Bar lawyer members facing allegations of Business and Professions Code or State Bar Act violations through all stages of discipline defense, intake, investigation, trial, appeal, reinstatement, criminal conviction referrals, moral character and admissions, law practice management, legal ethics advice, consulting, counseling, continuing education, professional liability and legal malpractice defense and prosecution, attorney fee and partnership disputes, business litigation, disqualifications, marketing, advertising and solicitation, and conflicts advice.  Counsel to Applicants for Admission and Reinstatement.

State Bar Investigations:  Served as Acting Senior Trial Counsel, Team Lead, and Legal Advisor to the Office of Intake and Investigations.  Maintained statistics, status reports and supervision of subordinate team members while managing a caseload of over 275 investigative matters and processed over 2600 intake matters annually.  Liaised between management and executives.  Contributed to and revised Policy Handbooks.  Encouraged mentorship relations, provided volunteer opportunities, and organized inter-departmental trainings and CLE.  Managed collaborative round tables, worked with executive team members to enhance transparency and designed a professional development program to improve departmental efficiency.  Heavy focus on statutory compliance and attorney regulation.

State Bar Disciplinary Prosecution:  Litigated at Trial and Review Level regarding California Rules of Professional Conduct and State Bar Act violations with expertise in ethics as it pertains to numerous practice areas in relation to admissions, disciplinary prosecution, moral character, reinstatement and disbarment matters before the State Bar Court Hearing Department and Review Department of the State Bar Court in appellate matters.  Greatest focus on pushing the boundaries of developing case law and educating membership regarding best practices and responding to stakeholder and court concerns.