Experience
 
Private Practice, Chico, CA July 1974 - Present
Lawyer
·Upon obtaining law degree from Pepperdine University in 1974 practiced law full time in Southern California with Maroney, Demchuk & Brandt.
·In 1976 started Baker Healthcare & Orangegrove Rehabilitation Hospital.
·Opened Law Office in Orange County.
·The healthcare group grew to include an ambulance company, homehealth agency, rehabilitation hospital and other health care facilities.
·After the sale of the healthcare operations and retention of the underlying real estate concentrated on private law practice as well as real estate and business development in Southern California.
·Practiced law in Northern California since mid-2001.

Education
 
Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA
Juris Doctorate - Law, June 1974
·Law Review
·AmJur Award - Evidence
·Class Representative
·District Attorney's Office Internship
·Post-Graduate education included hospital management, advanced hospital accounting, cost accounting, finance, advanced public relations and taxation.
 
University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Bachelor of Arts - History
Undergraduate courses in addition to a history major included general chemistry, organic chemistry, quantitative analysis, physics, genetics, embryology, microbiology, human anatomy and comparative vertebrate anatomy.
Legal & Business Skills
 
·Business and Real Estate Transactions & Litigation
·Healthcare Law
·Healthcare Management
·Accounting with Emphasis on Cost Reporting and Accounting
·Governmental Regulation, Compliance, Negotiations & Hearings
·Governmental and IRS Audits, Negotiations & Hearings
·Business Development & Promotion
·Real Estate
·Promotional, Development & Sales in Both the Private & Nonprofit Sectors
Professional Associations
 
·State Bar of California
·Federal Courts
·Past-President and Board Member, Long Beach Area Healthcare Association
·Past-President and Board Member, Los Angeles County Council of Healthcare Associations
·State Healthcare Association Board Member and Chairman, Public Relations & Labor Relations Committees
Languages
 
·English
·Deutch
Volunteer Experience
 
Officer & Board Member:
·Pacific Symphony
·Opera Pacific
·Mozart Camerata
·Long Beach Civic Light Opera
·Art Institute of Southern California
Church:
·Organist & Pianist for over 25 Years
·Board & Finance Committees
·Junior & Youth Division Leader
Hobbies
 
·Music Performance on the Piano & Pipe Organ
·Music Appreciation primarily of Classical, Romantic, Baroque, Some Modern, Jazz, Broadway, Cabaret, New Wave
·Swimming & Hiking
·History, Politics & Geography
·Comedy

Objective
 
·Utilize legal and business skills to benefit individual or corporate client
·Practice business and real estate transaction and litigation law
·Business and Real Estate development and management
·Representation and promotion of business and non-profit organizations and individuals