Practice Area
- Business Counseling, Transactions & Tax
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, 1973, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Juris Doctorate, 1977, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento
Bar Admission
- State Bar of California, 1977
Professional Experience
- California State Lands Commission, Staff Counsel, 1977-1981
- Getty Oil Company, Counsel, 1981-1984
- Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Legal Counsel, Latin America, 1984-1990
- Occidental of Pakistan, Inc., Legal Manager, Pakistan, 1990-1993
- Occidental Petroleum (Malaysia) Ltd., Legal and Contracts Manager, 1993-1995
- Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Managing Counsel, Russia, Europe and Malaysia, 1996-1998
- Occidental of Elk Hills, Managing Counsel, 1998-2006
- Occidental Petroleum of Qatar LLC, Vice President-Legal Affairs, 2006-2007
Practice Focus
- Partnership & Corporate Law
- Business Transactions
- International Business
Professional/Community Activities
- State Bar of California, 1977-present
- member, Business Law, Environmental Law, International Law and Real Property Law sections
- International Bar Association, 2006-present
- member, Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law; and Corporate Law sections
- American Bar Association, 1978-present
- member, Business Law; Environment, Energy and Resources; and International Law sections
- Kern County Bar Association, 2008-present
- Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, 1988-present
- California State University, Bakersfield School of Business and Public Administration's Executive Advisory Council, 1999-2006
- Rotary Club of Bakersfield Breakfast, 1982-present
- University California, Santa Barbara Alumni Association, 1973-present
- Board of Directors, 2002-2006
- Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
- Board of Directors, 2008-present
- Junior Achievement of Bakersfield, Inc., 1982-1988
