Born: Encino, California. Admitted to the California State Bar (1994); U.S. District Court-Southern District of California (1994); Central District of California (1996).

Education: California State University, Northridge (B.A., 1991, Communications/Rhetoric); California Western School of Law (J.D., Cum Laude, 1994); Judicial Extern to the Honorable Gilbert Nares, California Fourth District Court of Appeal; American Jurisprudence Awards Property I, Trial Practice.

Affiliations: State Bar of California, San Diego Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association.