I have tried to be guided by a few principles. One is to be a good listener, because you never learn anything when you are doing the talking. Secondly, is the saying of Edmund Burke: “Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. And then there is Mayou Angelo: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1971

University of Virginia, B.A. Political Science, 1968

Admitted to state bar in 1971

Associations

• Sandy Springs (President, 2005 – 2006) and Atlanta (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Real Estate) Bar Associations
• State Bar of Georgia (Member, Real Estate Section)

Community Activities

• Leadership Sandy Springs, Class of 2003
• Vice Chair, Georgia Commission on the Holocaust (2004 – 2011)
• Member: Sandy Springs Business Association (1999); Georgia Conservancy
• Past Member: Atlanta Jaycees; Buckhead Business Association (1999); Atlanta Jewish Vocational Service, Inc.
• Past Board Member, Sandy Springs Business Association (2001 – 2002)
• Past Chair, United Way Evaluation Task Force
• Past President: Georgia State B’nai B’rith; Gate City Lodge B’nai
• B’rith; Atlanta Chapter, Second Generation/Children of Holocaust Survivors
• Past Secretary: Greenfield Hebrew Academy; Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee (Sandy Springs)
• Past Vice President, Atlanta YAD
• Past International Secretary, Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
• Founding Member and First President, Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity, University of Virginia
• Pro Bono Volunteer, Atlanta Bar Association, Jewish
• Family and Career Services, Georgia Volunteer Lawyer for the Arts

Writing & Published Articles

• “The Child as a Party in Interest in Custody Proceedings”, Georgia State Bar Journal, Vol. 10 (May, 1974)
• “The Three Year Legal Itch”, Atlanta Magazine, September, 1976
• Article on Atlanta’s growth, Creative Loafing (1984)
• “On Measuring Success”, Hob Nob Magazine (1985)
• Book analyzing the 1976 presidential campaign (unpublished)
• “Ghost Alive!”, Atlanta Realtor, December, 1993
• Two novels (unpublished)
• Book of shorts stories and skits (unpublished)
• “Never Underestimate the Jury”, Fulton County Daily Report, January 7, 1993
• “Customer or Potential Client? The Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act”, Fulton County Daily Report (special on real estate law), April, 1994
• “Last Train To Clarkesville”, Georgia Journal (May/June 1997)
• “12 Rules of Home Buying”, Wachovia Bank, On The House, August 1999
• “Closing Attorneys: You Have the Right To Remain Silent; Anything You Say May (and Will) Be Held Against You!” Real Property Law Section Newsletter (State Bar of Georgia) Spring, 2005

Biographical Details

• Presenter: Seller Fraud, State Bar Real Property Institute (long ago)
• Real Estate Law, Law Lorman Educational Services