Education
* Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (B.A. 1966)
* University of Southern California School of Law (J.D. 1969) (Order of the Coif, Staff Member and Comment Editor, Southern California Law Review)
Professional Qualifications
* Attorney at Law, The State Bar of California (Admitted 1970)
* Certified Specialist in Taxation Law, The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization (1981)
* Fellow, The American College of Board Certified Attorneys
* Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated for more than 25 years
Court Admissions
* United States Tax Court (1971)
* United States District Court for the Southern District of California (2007)
* United States District Court for the Central District of California (1971)
* Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals (1972)
* All California State Courts (1970)
Business and Professional Groups Addressed
* Casey Research (Gold & Resource Summit 2010; When Money Dies Summit 2011)
* USC Institute on Federal Taxation
* State Bar of California, Taxation Section
* Local bar associations (Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills)
* State CPA societies (California, Oregon, Arizona, Hawaii)
* Local CPA societies (Pasadena, Glendale, San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando Valley, Citrus Belt)
* International Association of Financial Planners
* Local chapters of financial planners (Los Angeles, Orange County, Bay Area, Honolulu)
* California State University at Los Angeles
* University classes and groups (UCLA, Stanford Business School, Claremont McKenna College, California State University Northridge.)
* Stake and Ward estate planning and financial preparedness seminars and firesides
Personal Information
* Born 1944 in Akron, Ohio
* Married to Dona L. Martin
* Combined eight children, thirteen grandchildren
* Vice President, American Rose Society (2015-2018)
* Accredited Horticultural and Arrangements Judge, American Rose Society
* Master Rosarian, American Rose Society
* Past President San Diego Rose Society
* Recipient of the American Rose Society Klima Medal (2009); Guy Blake Hedrick Jr. Award (2007); Silver Honor Medal, and three ARS Bronze Honor Medals for service to the American Rose Society and local rose societies
* Webmaster: roseshow.com
* Editor, Rose Exhibitor's Forum, American Rose Society
* National Editor, Horizon Roses
* Elder, Former Ward Mission Leader, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Escondido Hills Ward
* Resident of Escondido, California