I spent most of my career inside the business, not across the table from it. That shapes how I practice.

After law school at McGeorge and undergraduate studies at U.C. Davis, I began at the California Department of Justice, where a summer internship became a position as a Deputy Attorney General in the Correctional Law Section. I litigated civil rights matters in state and federal court on behalf of the California Department of Corrections and its officers, and I learned how to manage a heavy docket from first filing through appeal.

I then joined Intel Corporation, where I stayed for 22 years and held a series of roles that map almost exactly onto what a growing company needs from its legal function.

As Group Counsel for Intel's discrete graphics business, I led the legal work behind the company's entry into the GPU market, from a new product line through the launch of first and second generation processors, including antitrust strategy, intellectual property protection, high-profile talent acquisition, and the full range of software licensing that brings a product to life.

Before that, as Senior Product Counsel for the Software Solutions Group, I supported developer tools, compilers, libraries, and the online developer environment, and served as lead counsel for the creation of the OneAPI platform.

For eight years as Senior Marketing Counsel, I owned worldwide product messaging compliance and supported partner marketing programs at significant scale, including the substantiation of performance claims and the management of FTC consent decree obligations.

Earlier, as IT and Privacy Counsel, I advised on technology procurement, negotiated a $150M enterprise software license, and helped build Intel's first privacy team.

The thread through all of it is the same: I helped a company make decisions, balance risk against opportunity, and keep moving in fast environments where there was rarely a playbook.

Today I bring that experience to my own clients. For companies, I serve as fractional general counsel and transactional counsel, the kind of steady, embedded advisor I was for 22 years, available without the cost of a full-time hire. For individuals and families, I build estate plans that fit real lives. I also advise executives on artificial intelligence governance and implementation, an area I teach as faculty for TRTCLE, one of the country's leading providers of online continuing legal education, and one I wrote about in my book, The Creator's Legal Guide.

I try to keep my work personal and direct. I would rather give you a clear recommendation than a memo full of options, and I would rather prevent a problem than bill to fix one.

If that sounds like the kind of counsel you are looking for, I would be glad to talk.