The California Board of Legal Specialization wishes to congratulate
all those specialists who as of July 2014 have achieved their
40th Anniversary
30th Anniversary
20th Anniversary
Below are the names of those celebrating these milestones this year.
These people were first certified in 1974, 1984 and 1994.
The lists starts with the 40 year anniversary, then 30 year anniversary, and 20 year anniversary.
Thank you for your dedication and service to the legal profession.
Full Name Firm Specialty Certified/
Anniv Year
* Hon. Norbert Ehrenfreund Judge, Superior Court Criminal Law
* Hon. Robert M. Mallano Court of Appeals 2nd Appellate District Criminal Law 1974/40
* Hon. Michael Antin Michael Antin A Law Corp Taxation Law 1974/40
Eli Blumenfeld Taxation Law 1974/40
Richard Gordon Daly Richard Daly, Inc Taxation Law 1974/40
Lillian W. Wyshak Taxation Law 1974/40
Harold Lewis Greene Law Office of Harold L Greene Workers' Compensation Law 1974/40
* Hon. Marvin Milton Schalit Workers' Compensation Law 1974/40
* Hon. Thomas John Toohey Workers' Compensation Law 1974/40
1974/40
Steven Michael Cron Cron Israels & Stark Criminal Law 1984/30
Thomas Lewis Gill Favaro Lavezzo Gill et al Criminal Law 1984/30
James Malcolm Hallett Criminal Law 1984/30
Susan Alyne Hutcher Linehan Law Offices Criminal Law 1984/30
William Richard Linehan Criminal Law 1984/30
* Hon. James Clifton Taylor Jr Trope & DeCarolis LLP Criminal Law 1984/30
Patrick DeCarolis Jr. Law Offices of Jodeane B. Farrell Family Law 1984/30
Jodeane Barlow Farrell Law & Mediation Office Vivian L Holley Family Law 1984/30
Vivian Lynn Goetzel Holley Jackson & Efting Family Law 1984/30
Hugh Freeman Jackson Family Law 1984/30
Stephen Colby Klink Superior Court-Los Angeles Family Law 1984/30
Arlene Kostant Family Law 1984/30
* Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis Tesler Sandmann & Fishman Family Law 1984/30
James Thomas Neavitt Family Law 1984/30
Pauline Helene Tesler Superior Court-Lost Angeles Family Law 1984/30
Melva Menzies Warriner O'Brien Watters Davis et al Family Law 1984/30
* Hon. Susan Kay Weiss Edwards & Chambers, LLP Family Law 1984/30
Daniel Earl Davis Reed Smith LLP Taxation Law 1984/30
Douglas McLellan Edwards Dietrich Glasrud Mallek & Aune Taxation Law 1984/30
Margaret Anne Grignon Taxation Law 1984/30
Robert Anthony Mallek, Jr. Taxation Law 1984/30
* Engaged in Judicial Service
Name of Firm as it appears on State Bar Member records
Full Name Firm Specialty Certified/
Anniv Year
Michael Patrick Mears Arnold & Porter LLP Taxation Law
1984/30
Ira Dennis Moskatel Slaughter & Slaughter LLP Taxation Law
Gary Gordon Perry Law Office Baggett et al Taxation Law 1984/30
Donald Eugene Slaughter Susan T. Marks and Associates Taxation Law 1984/30
Don Alan Baggett Hanna & Brophy Workers' Compensation Law 1984/30
Frederick L. Boyd, Jr. Grancell Lebovitz et al PC Workers' Compensation Law 1984/30
Dennis Patrick McAleer Workers Compensation Appeals Board Workers' Compensation Law 1984/30
Robert Jeffrey Stander Wright& Falls Workers' Compensation Law 1984/30
Mary Marguerite Sweeney Workers' Compensation Law 1984/30
Grady James Wright Workers' Compensation Law 1984/30
1984/30
James Scott Bovitz Bovitz & Spitzer Bankruptcy Law 1994/20
David Nyle Chandler Bankruptcy Law 1994/20
David Yates Farmer Farmer & Ready Bankruptcy Law 1994/20
David S Hagen Bankruptcy Law 1994/20
Charles Leslie Hastings Heston & Heston Bankruptcy Law 1994/20
Halli Baum Heston David M Sternberg & Associates Bankruptcy Law 1994/20
David Mark Sternberg Bankruptcy Law 1994/20
Raymond George Aragon Superior Court of California Criminal Law 1994/20
* Hon. David L. Berry Picone & Defilippis Criminal Law 1994/20
Stephen Michael Defilippis Criminal Law 1994/20
William L. Jacobson Law Offices of William J. Kopeny Criminal Law 1994/20
William James Kopeny Office Public Defender Criminal Law 1994/20
James Patrick Lambe Peacock & LeBeau Criminal Law 1994/20
Jeffery O. LeBeau Milligan Beswick Levine & Knox Criminal Law 1994/20
Stephen Paul Levine Law Office Guerin J Provini Criminal Law 1994/20
Guerin Jordan Provini Ackerman Law Offices Criminal Law 1994/20
Joni S. Ackerman Law Office of Leah Clifton Calica Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Leah C Calica Carico Johnson Toomey LLP Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Christopher D. Carico Carter, Dougherty, McGuire & Keiley Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Scott Neal Carter Law Office Douglas D Cicione Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Douglas David Cicione Law Office Thomas A Craven Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Thomas Arthur Craven Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Gregory Clark Dyer Burkhalter Kessler Clement & George Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Robert Michael Gengler Thompson, Welch et al LLP Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
William Charles George Gilfix & La Poll Associates Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Wayne Harlan Gilbert Schiff Hardin LLP Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Michael Gilfix Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Paula L. Goodwin Harris Sanford & Hamman Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Don Edward Green Holsman & MacArthur Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
John Thomas Harris Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
William Kerr Holsman Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
* Engaged in Judicial Service
Name of Firm as it appears on State Bar Member records
Full Name Firm Specialty Certified/
Anniv Year
Robert Lewis House Henderson Caverly Pum & Charney Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law
Bruce David Ketron LLP Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
William D. Kopper Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Dentons US LLP 1994/20
Shirley L. Kovar Resch Polster & Berger LLP Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law
Jerry Kuperstein Helon & Manfredo Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Arthur Samuel Levine Law Offices of Richard Mahony Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Edward Howard Levine Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Nicholas Louis Lucich, Jr. Coleman & Horowitt, LLP Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Richard Vincent Mahony Superior Court-Fresno Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Jane Brindle Miller Goldfarb Sturman et al Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Eliot S Nahigian Aaron Riechert et al Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
* Hon. Robert Harold Oliver Hughes & Pizzuto Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Mark Jordan Phillips Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Charles Matthew Riffle Lombardi Loper & Conant LLP Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Timothy George Riley Clayson Mann Yaeger & Hansen Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Robert J. Riordan Robb & Ross Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Linda Crabtree Roodhouse Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Gary K. Rosenzweig Weinstock Manion A Law Corporation Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Sterling Lloyd Ross, Jr. Anglin Flewelling et al LLP Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Steven A. Smith Verano & Verano APLC Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Marshall Neil Solarz Davis & Whalen PC Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Steven Earl Trytten Wilkinson & Wilkinson Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Beverly J. Verano Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Michael R. Whalen Law Office Joseph J Bell Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
Conrad Max Wilkinson Benjamin & Sutton Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law 1994/20
James Robert Anderson Law Office Rosario Billingsley Family Law 1994/20
* Hon. Trilla Elaine Bahrke Family Law 1994/20
Joseph James Bell Blum Braz & Gibbs LLP Family Law 1994/20
William Morris Benjamin The Ryan Law Group Family Law 1994/20
Rosario Bacon Billingsley Pierson Coats, Palash & Paul Family Law 1994/20
Margaret Bomberg Superior Court Family Law 1994/20
Sharon M. Braz Wasser Cooperman & Carter Family Law 1994/20
Judith Hersh Clark Corrons, Hickey & Hickey Family Law 1994/20
Susan S. Coats Laura Dewey, Attorney and Mediator Family Law 1994/20
* Hon. James Lee Compton Law Office of Nancy P. DiCenzo, Inc. Family Law 1994/20
Bruce Evan Cooperman Family Law 1994/20
J. S. Corrons Law Office Bruce R Fink Family Law 1994/20
Laura Grace Dewey Fisher and Rich, Attorneys at Law, P.C. Family Law 1994/20
Nancy Patricia DiCenzo Family Law 1994/20
Dennis John Durkin Family Law 1994/20
Bruce Reuben Fink Family Law 1994/20
Michael A. Fisher Family Law 1994/20
1994/20
* Engaged in Judicial Service
Name of Firm as it appears on State Bar Member records
Full Name Firm Specialty Certified/
Anniv Year
Kathryn Mary Fitzgerald Fitzgerald & Green Family Law
Family Law 20
Peter J. Flanagan Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
John Augustus Foley Wasser Cooperman et al Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Billie Chrystine French Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Stephen Allen Gershman Law Office Stephen A Gershman Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Gary Steven Glauser Borgerding Peterson et al Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
William Jay Glucksman Kolodny Law Group Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
* Hon. Robert A. Glusman Superior Court-Butte Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Harrison L. Goodwin Law Office Goodwin & Alexander Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Michael Andrew Goss Goss & Goss Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Ronald Eugene Gue Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
John Joseph Hollenback, Jr. Borton Petrini LLP Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Richard Collins Houghton Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Charlotte H. Huggins Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Buddy Jaquith Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Mark Vincent Kaplan Law Offices of Mark Vincent Kaplan Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Dena Anne Kleeman Kleeman Kremen Family Lawyers Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
William Arthur Koch Law Offices of William A Koch Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Richard Lee Kotler Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Ronald Keith Lachner Law Office of Ronald K Lachner Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Edward Harding LaVelle, III Crump Bruchler and LaVelle Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Larry Calvin Maloney Superior Court-Riverside Family Law 1994/20
1994/20
Robert Edwin Marmor
Carolyn Jean Martin Jarvis, Krieger & Sullivan
Michael G. Martin Martin & Martin
Marybeth W. Martinelli Downey Brand LLP
* Hon. Cheryl A. McCann San Joaquin County Courts
Terry Patrick McNiff
Michael Lampton Michel Michel & Rhyne
Peggy Lee Moore Moore Schulman & Moore APC
Stephen Robert Murphy Law Offices of Beatrice L. Snider, APC
Leslee Joy Newman
Jeffrey Noel Novack Novack Law Offices
Connie L. Papousek
Susan Diane Porter
* Hon. Harry Leo Powazek Superior Court
Richard G. Prantil
S Roger Rombro
Andrew Ross Whiting Fallon Ross & Abel LLP
* Hon. Elisabeth Sichel Superior Court-Riverside
Kristi Cotton Spence Law Office Kristi Cotton Spence
Yasmin C. Spiegel
Ronald Keith Stitch
* Engaged in Judicial Service
Name of Firm as it appears on State Bar Member records
Full Name Firm Specialty Certified/
Anniv Year
D. David Stringer Family Law
Family Law 1994/20
Nanette Schulze Stringer Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Randall J. Sundeen Law Office Randall J Sundeen Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Nancy Ann Taylor Hargreaves & Taylor, LLP Family Law 1994/20
Family Law 1994/20
Letty K. van der Vegt Child Support Services Immigration and Nationality Law 1994/20
Immigration and Nationality Law 1994/20
Steven L. Weiss Immigration and Nationality Law 1994/20
Taxation Law 1994/20
Adam Wertheimer Superior Court-San Diego Taxation Law 1994/20
Taxation Law 1994/20
Ronald Kieth Ziff Golsan Ziff & Ziff Taxation Law 1994/20
Taxation Law 1994/20
Gary Howard Manulkin Manulkin Glaser & Bennett Taxation Law 1994/20
Taxation Law 1994/20
Harvey Elliot Weinrieb Law Office Harvey E Weinrieb Taxation Law 1994/20
Taxation Law 1994/20
Christopher W. Yun Law Office of Christopher W Yun Taxation Law 1994/20
Taxation Law 1994/20
Evan L. Delgado Carr Kennedy Peterson & Frost Taxation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
John M. Goralka The Goralka Law Firm Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
William D. Hartsock Tax Attorney Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
David Milton Hellman Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Daniel L. Hess Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Charles Paul Rettig Hochman Salkin Rettig et al Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
John E. Romundstad Law Office John E Romundstad Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
E Lemoine Skinner III FisherBroyles, LLP Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Karl Ibrahim Swaidan Hahn & Hahn LLP Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
J. Christopher Toews Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Steven Earl Trytten Anglin Flewelling et al LLP Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Michael Folz Wexler Wexler Law Group 1994/20
Colleen Awara Bannigan
Michael David Barba Michael D. Barba
Brett A. Borah Borah & Shaffer
Douglas Miller Bray Goldman, Magdalin & Krikes
* Hon. Craig Alan Glass Craig Glass
Michael Goldberg The Goldberg Law Firm
Gary James Hill Law Office Gary J Hill
Robert Lane Kelley Law Offices of Robert L Kelley
Anthony J. Macauley Kegel Tobin & Truce PLC
Howard Michael May Law Office Howard May
Wayne A. McCort Cantrell Green & Pekich
William Stephen Morris
Slade J. Neighbors
Alice Wildermuth O'Sullivan
Manuel Ramos Marotta & Ramos
Robert Gordon Rassp Law Office Robert G Rassp
Peter Joseph Ray Pearlman, Borska & Wax
Russell Kenneth Siegel McNamara & Drass LLP
Scott B. Solis Law Office Scott B Solis
Zachary White Taylor
* Engaged in Judicial Service
Name of Firm as it appears on State Bar Member records
Full Name Firm Specialty Certified/
Anniv Year
Daniel Frank Valenzuela Samuelsen, Gonzalez, Valenzuela & Workers' Compensation Law
Richard Arthur Weyuker Brown Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
Stephanie Ann Wilson Cuneo Black Ward & Missler Workers' Compensation Law 1994/20
1994/20
* Engaged in Judicial Service
Name of Firm as it appears on State Bar Member records