Graduated 1970 from Homestead High School, Cupertino, California. Student at De Anza Community College, Cupertino, California, 1970-1972. Attended University of California at Santa Barbara, 1970-1972. U.S. Army ROTC Scholarship Recipient, 1972-1974. Writer, Lake Tahoe, California, 1974-1976. Tax Examiner, Internal Revenue Service, San Francisco, California, 1976-1977. Air Support Control Officer, 1977-1981, U.S. Marine Corps (Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia; Marine Air-Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms, California; 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina; 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan). Attended University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1981-1984. U.S. Marine Corps Law Scholarship recipient, 1981-1984. Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1984. Military Justice and Administrative Law, Lawyer Course, 1984, Naval Justice School, Newport, Rhode Island. Judge Advocate, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California (military justice, plans & policies, and legal assistance billets), 1984-1988. College of Advocacy, 1987, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, San Francisco. Attended University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1988-1989. Graduate Fellowship, 1988-1989. Associate Attorney, 1989-1993, Desmond, Miller & Desmond, Sacramento, California. Staff Judge Advocate, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, 1988-2000. National Registry of Who's Who, 2000. Who's Who American Law. Graduate of Marine Corps Command and Staff College reserve officer course. Marine Corps liaison officer to the Office of Military Base Retention and Reuse of the California Technology, Trade & Commerce Agency, 2001. California licensed real estate broker from 1990—.