My Dad didn’t want me to be a lawyer.  He thought the world had enough lawyers already.  He wanted me to teach math.  But I saw law school as a way to learn how the world works.  I wanted to help people solve complex problems and negotiate their way through sticky situations.  Little did we know that as an estate lawyer I could be both a creative problem solver and a teacher. 

Before I came to estate planning, I worked as an immigration lawyer in San Francisco.  I loved the work and I loved the clients.  However, when my family moved to Oregon, I tapped into a wonderful group of colleagues and discovered estate planning.   In 2007, I opened my practice devoted solely to estate planning and administration.  Owning my own firm has proven to be an exciting time of personal growth, intellectual stimulation and above all a reawakening of my passion for law.  

My small staff keeps overhead low and allows me to focus on what I do best – providing attentive, personal legal service.   Thanks to advances in technology, I have the resources of a larger firm at my fingertips through access to a collegiate group of peers (the proverbial “partner down the hall”) within Oregon and across the nation.  

Education
  • Columbia Law School, New York, NY (J.D.)
  • Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA (B.A., cum laude)
  • La Sorbonne, Paris (Study Abroad)
  • Memberships
    • Oregon State Bar since 2003
    • State Bar of California since 1994
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Wealth Counsel, LLC – a nationwide collaboration of trust and estate attorneys who are devoted to promoting the highest caliber of estate planning products and client service