Phi Beta Kappa. Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, University of California at Los Angeles, 1983. Recipient, Certificate of Completion, "Mediating the Litigated Case," Pepperdine University School of Law, December 2000. Author: Comment, "Contra Goff: Of Retirement Trusts and Bankruptcy Code Section 541 (c) (2)," 32 UCLA Law Review 1266, 1985. Member: Community Associations Institute, 1993—. Board of Trustees, Valley Beth Shalom Day School, 1995-2004; Vice President, Legal Affairs, Valley Beth Shalom Day School, 1998-2004; Bureau of Jewish Education, Educational Services Committee, 2009—.