LACBA, Practice Tips: "Judges Think Differently", February 2024, Los Angeles Bar Association Magazine
"Five Commandments of Successful Mediation"; September 2016, The Advocate, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
“Beware the Tolling of the Limitations Period” [Legal Malpractice]; February 26, 2016, Los Angeles Daily Journal
“Practical Differences Between Court-Provided Settlement Services and Private Mediation”; September 2015, The Advocate, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
“Class Action Waivers Stand, At Least in Some Contexts”; August 5, 2015, Los Angeles Daily Journal
“Why Some Civil Litigants Should be Dying to Get Their Quiet Title Actions Into Probate Court”; June 6, 2015, Los Angeles Daily Journal
“5 Commandments of Successful Mediation”; January 16, 2015, Los Angeles Daily Journal
“Trial Master and General Judicial Reference Procedures: Advantages over Arbitration”; GP Solo Magazine, ABA (January/February 2015)
“The Advantages of Judicial Reference” (Construction); November 21, 2014, Los Angeles Daily Journal
“Objection, 352! Shouted Juror #8: The Importance of Keeping Your Case Presentation Simple and On Theme”; August 2013, The Advocate, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
“’Objection!’, Shouted The Juror, A Non-Lawyer”; March 29, 2013, Los Angeles Daily Journal
“Obtaining Approval of Your Client’s Special Needs Trust: A Special Needs Trust is often necessary if a disabled beneficiary of public benefits receives a personal-injury settlement or judgment”, May 2011, Advocate - Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
“The Code of Conduct for Fiduciary Investment”; July 9, 2010, Los Angeles Daily Journal
"Fiduciary Investment 101: Practical Advice on Discharging Fiduciary Investment Duties"; May 2010. Advocate - Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
“Structured Settlement Transfers”: May 2009. Advocate - Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
California Mechanic's Liens on Private Works of Improvement, Builders' Books, Inc.
TEACHING
USC Trusts & Estates Conference. "Why Judges and Lawyers Don't Always Think Alike: Are Judges' Brains Abby Normal?" November 2023
American Bar Association 2019 Mid-Year Construction Law Forum Panelist. Legal Writing Practicum.
Los Angeles Superior Court (SFVBA and LACBA). Probate Settlement Officer Training Program. Panelist/Instructor. May 2017.
USC Trusts & Estates Conference. Mastering The Art of Mediation - Panelist. “Tax Advantaged Settlement Strategies”. November 2016.
State Bar of California Trusts & Estates Section - Spring Education Conference. “Essentials of Judicial References and Arbitration”. April 2016
LACBA Trusts & Estates/Remedies Section. Panelist. “Collecting From The Dead”. 2016
West Coast Casualty Construction Defects Symposium. Moderator/Panel Leader: “Courtroom Trials, Arbitrations and Judicial References: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” 2016.
Judicial Council of California, Probate & Mental Health Institute 2015. Speaker: “Age Bias & Elder Abuse”
The Rutter Group (Thomson Reuters) Recent Developments and Cases in Probate Law. Panelist (2015)
The Rutter Group (Thomson Reuters) Construction Law. Developer, author, moderator and lead panelist (2014)
CJER 2013 Probate Institute Faculty Member (“Fiduciary Investing” and “Attorneys’ Fees in Probate”)
LACBA Trusts & Estates Symposium 2013: Legal Perspectives on Fiduciary Investment and the Economics of Marriage. Panel Member: “Were the Trustee’s Investments Prudent?”
Probate Overview – Supervising Fiduciaries [CJER Probate Institute (2012)]
“Handling A Probate Calendar (Probate 101)” [JES (2012)]
“Cross-Over Issues Probate/Family Law” Panel Member – LACBA (2012)
“Probate Litigation” [CJER Probate Institute (2011)]
“Fiduciary Investment 101” [CJER Probate Institute (2011)]
LASC Probate Bench Conference Faculty – “Determining Capacity and Implications of Anderson v. Hunt” (2011); "Guardianship Developments" (2010); and "Probate Economics" (2009)
Construction Law (MCLE qualified), UCLA Ext. Construction Management Program (1989-2009)