I am an experienced attorney who has enjoyed the respect and trust of clients since 1981 because I listen to my clients and then help them to investigate their options and assess the possible results of those alternatives.
Practice History
During my early years in the legal profession, I practiced construction contract advice and construction defect litigation as well as unfair business practices law. After representing plaintiffs in personal injury matters for a few years, I again practiced construction defect litigation, plaintiff securities fraud, and broker-dealer law.
Current Practice Focus
My Professional Development Education includes having completed the comprehensive Estate Planning Certificate program within the Masters in Tax Program at Golden Gate Law School.
I am a member of the California State Bar Trusts and Estates Section; the East Bay Trusts and Estates Lawyers; and the Alameda County Bar Association, Trusts, and Estates Section.
Volunteer History
Since I became a member of the California Bar, I have enjoyed volunteering my legal services. For over two decades, I volunteered two Saturdays a month, providing services in the fields of trust and probate law with the Justice & Diversity Center (“JDC”), (formerly Volunteer Legal Services Program [“VLSP”]), of the Bar Association of San Francisco, Legal Advice and Referral Clinic [“LARC”]. The first Saturday of every month, I volunteer with the Alameda County Bar Association Community Legal Assistance Saturday Program (“CLASP”) at the Alameda County Law Library. For three decades, I served on the JDC Wills and Guardianship Panels.
Another program with which I serve as a volunteer attorney is the AIDS Lawyer Referral Panel [“ALRP”].
Over the years, I have volunteered with various VLSP Panels, providing legal assistance to clients in the fields of Guardianships, Family Law, INS-Amnesty, the Landlord-Tenant Courthouse Project, and Project Homeless Connect.
As a community volunteer for more-than-three decades, I have served the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired as a Radio Broadcaster for Broadcast Services for the Blind and a Volunteer Reader of whatever clients wanted recorded and, for many years, as the Voice of the Lantern, the then-monthly newsletter [under the pen name Rebecca Cubert].
I am a member of the following committees:
- Berkeley Congregation Netivot Shalom Social Justice Committee;
- Temple Israel of Alameda Social Justice Committee;
- Alameda League of Women Voters Action Committee; and
- California LWV Criminal Justice Reform Committee.
Please read the article about me being honored as BASF JDC Volunteer of the Month for March 2018.
Here’s a peek into my personal life. I began my community service as a teen. I enjoy leisurely horseback rides, camping, reading (especially science, science fiction, and light mysteries – member of The [Nero] Wolfe Pack), brisk walking, American and Chinese mahjong, and a good game of Billiards.
