Phi Beta Kappa. Selected to Southern California Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers® 2005-2017. Selected for inclusion in the list of The Best Lawyers of America 2013-2017. Faculty Member: Beginning and Advanced Estate Planning, UCLA Extension, 1987-. "Distinguished Instructor: UCLA Extension. Co-Author: "Planning an Estate: A Guidebook of Principals and Techniques," (4th Ed., West, 2010). Author: "The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax - Two Years Later - Coping with Technical Corrections," (NYU Inst. on Federal Taxation, 1987 and 1995). Author: "Estate Freeze Techniques Outside of Chapter 14," (NYU Inst. On Federal Taxation, 1987 and 1995). Author: "CA Will Drafting Practice," (CEB, 1994). Co-Author: "Outright Noncharitable Gifts," (3rd Ed., CEB, 1992).