I obtained my law degree from Lincoln University in San Francisco in 1976 and passed the California Bar that year. I have practiced civil litigation in both California and federal courts since that time.

From 1977 through 1982, I was a staff attorney with the Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation in Pittsburg and Richmond, California. My work involved litigation in the areas of eviction defense, real estate, housing law, consumer law, family law, and administrative law.

From 1982 through 1986, I had my own law office in Richmond, California specializing in bankruptcy law. I also litigated cases involving real estate, foreclosure defense, consumer law, and general civil law.

From 1987 through July 2011, I was employed with Robert A. Goldstein, A Professional Law Corporation, located in Oakland, California. I prosecuted as co-counsel numerous consumer class action cases in California and federal courts involving the Federal Truth in Lending Act, real estate lender and mortgage broker fraud, unfair trade practices, and other consumer law issues. I also litigated numerous individual lawsuits involving real estate, fraud, foreclosure defense, loan law, and other areas of federal and California law.

In 2011, I opened my own office primarily litigating real estate and general civil litigation under California and federal law.