Private
law practice
January 1980 - May 1990
Carried on sole general
practice, with concentration on "people's" law: criminal defense, debt and
contract, residential real estate, dissolution of marriage, and landlord/tenant.
Planned and executed investigations, prepared pleadings, argued motions, tried
cases to the jury and to the court, heard civil claims as a commissioner and as
a court-appointed arbitrator, negotiated settlements, briefed and argued
appeals, examined titles, drafted deeds, agreements, trusts, and testamentary
instruments, and performed all clerical and secretarial tasks, using
computerized forms of my own design. My peers give me favorable ratings in the
Martindale-Hubbell directory.