Focus

• Banking
• Corporate & Business
• Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate

Honors & Awards

• 2010 The Best Lawyers in America (Selected by Peers)
• 2009 Dick Bryant Memorial Award - Santa Clause Inc. (Bruce & Nancy Varner)
• 2009 Shirley Pettis Award - Loma Linda University Children's Hospital (Bruce & Nancy Varner)
• 2009 Dick Bryant Memorial Award - Santa Clause Inc. (Bruce & Nancy Varner)
• 2007 Inland Empire's Best Lawyers - Featured Inland Empire Magazine (September)
• 2006 Appointed by Governor Schwartzennegger to the University California Board of Regents
• 2004 Arrowhead Distinguished Executive Officer - California State University San Bernardino
• 2002 Visionary Award - San Bernardino Boys & Girls Club
• 1996 Ernst & Young LLP Inland Empire Entrepreneur of the Year Award - Supporter of Entrepreneurship

Community Involvement & Pro Bono

• Friends of the Arrowhead, Inc., Founding Member, Board of Directors
• Foundation Board of Governors, California State University, San Bernardino
• Inland Empire Economic Partnership, Member and Past Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Judge Pro-Tem, Municipal and Superior Court
• Monday Morning Group
• National Orange Show, Board of Directors and Executive Committee
• President's Advancement Council - California State University, San Bernardino, Member and Past Chair
• San Bernardino County Sheriff, Specialized Services Bureau, Lieutenant (Volunteer)
• San Bernardino County District Attorney's Advisory Council
• Served as a member of various San Bernardino County Bar Association committees, including delegate to State Bar Convention, Public Relations Committee
• Service Academy Review Board, 41st Congressional District, Member
• Silver Eagle Club, Board of Driectors and Past Chair
• Speakers Bureau and Bar Bulletin Committee (Co-Chairman Speakers Bureau)
• Superior Court Arbitrator
• University of California Board of Regents
• University of California Riverside Foundation Board of Trustees

Private Sector Boards & Positions

• Matich Corporation, Member, Board of Directors
• Santee Dairies, Inc., Board of Directors
• Security Bank of California, Board of Directors
• Stater Bros. Development Inc., Board of Directors and Secretary
• Stater Bros. Markets, Board of Directors and Secretary, and Executive Committee
• Stater Bros. Holdings Inc., Board of Directors and Secretary
• Super Rx, Inc., Member, Board of Directors and Secretary

Military

• United States Army infantry, 2nd Lieutenant; Active Duty, Fort Benning, Georgia (1959)

Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law (The Order of the Coif), JD, 1962
• University of California at Santa Barbara, BA, 1958

Admissions

• American Bar Association
• The State Bar of California
• Federal District Court for the Central District of California
• Montana State Bar
• Riverside County Bar Association
• San Bernardino County Bar Association
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Tax Court