Professional Experience:  I graduated from UCSB (1971) and UCD Law School (1974) and was a practicing attorney from January 1975 through April 2019, when I retired.  From September 1974 until August 1976, I worked for the Federal Energy Administration (which later became the Department of Energy) in Washington, DC,  writing administrative law opinions pertaining to the regulation of the petroleum industry.  From September 1976 until January 1982, I worked for a law firm in San Francisco (Long & Levit), and from February 1982 through April 2019, I had my own firm in Sacramento.  In Sacramento, I started and ended as a sole practitioner but had a number of partners and associates from 1984 through 2013.  For most of my career, I concentrated on representing lawyers and law firms.  In addition to practicing law, I taught about 200 continuing education classes to attorneys (mostly legal ethics and risk management), taught Pre-Trial Civil Litigation for about 15 years at McGeorge, and taught Professional Responsibility (commonly known as Legal Ethics) for about 5 years at UC Berkeley (formerly Boalt Hall) School of Law.

Volunteer Work:  

(1) I served for many years (1980's and 1990's) on the board of Shalom School, including two years as Treasurer and two years as President of the board (as a past-president, I am on the board for life and share one vote with all other past presidents); 

(2) I taught ninth grade religious school at Congregation B'nai Israel for three years (1990's), which included having the students work at Loaves & Fishes instead of attending class one Sunday each month;

(3) I served on a rabbinic search committee for Congregation B'nai Israel (1990's);

(4) I served for several years as a member, Chair and then Special Advisor of the California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (2000's), which is the committee that writes Formal State Bar Ethics Opinions;

(5) I served for eighteen years on the board of Hillel at Davis and Sacramento (2000's - 2020's), including probably five or six years as Treasurer and two years as President of the board (as a past-president, I am part of the Past Presidents' Council); 

(6) I currently serve as a board member and Treasurer of the Margaret Okari Children's Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that, for approximately 15 years, has supported a boarding school for orphans and at-risk children (currently serving over 200 children from pre-K through 8th grade) in Kisii, Kenya;

(7) I currently serve as a co-chair of the Sacramento Pro-Israel Political Network that works with AIPAC to support pro-Israel candidates for the US Congress; and 

(8) I currently serve as a member and chair of the membership committee of the Jewish Democratic Club of Greater Sacramento, to advocate within the California Democratic Party for (i) the values of the Jewish community including tikkun olam, social equality, justice and the defense of a democratic, inclusive, secure Israel; and (ii) the election of candidates who support issues important to the Jewish and Pro-Israel community.