Professor of Law, Pepperdine
University School of Law teaching Wills & Trusts, Advanced Wills &
Trusts, Property, and Bioethics
Visiting Professor, University of California Irvine School of Law, teaching Property (Spring 2015)
Academic Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
Editor, ACTEC Law Journal
PUBLICATIONS
Baby Without A Country: Determining Citizenship For Assisted Reproduction Children Born Overseas, 91 U. Denv. L.Rev. 335 ( 2014)
Assisted Reproduction Technology: The Legal Issues, ABA Probate & Property Volume 28 Issue 2 pp. 48-52 (March/April 2014)
Children of Assisted Reproduction, 45 Mich.J.L.Ref. 899 (Summer 2012)
Astrue v. Capato: The U.S. Supreme Court Decides Genetic Link is Not Enough To Be A Parent,
ABA Real Property Trust and Estate Law eReport ( June 2012).
Opinion Analysis: Genetic Link Not Enough For Social Security Survivors Benefits, SCOTUSblog (May 22, 2012), http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/05/opinion-analysis-genetic-link-not-enough-for-social-security-survi... (Guest author)
Argument Recap: Old Law, New Technology, and Social Security Benefits, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 22, 2012, 2:59 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/03/argument-recap-old-law-new-technology-and-social-security-benefits... (Guest author)
Argument Preview: Who Is A Decedent's "Child"?, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 14, 2012, 11:20 AM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/03/argument-preview-who-is-a-decedents-child/ (Guest author)
Will the U.S. Supreme Court Decide Who is a Decedent’s Child? ABA Real Property Trust and Estate Law eReport (October 2011).
Synthetic Cells, Synthetic Life, and Inheritance, 45 Valparaiso L. Rev. 1361 (Summer 2011). Named one of the top estate & gift tax articles of 2011 in Bridget Crawford, Estate and Gift Tax Law Must-Reads From 2011, Tax Notes 1453 ( Mar. 12, 2012); reviewed by Professor Gerry Beyer in JOTWELL, Artificial Life But Real Inheritance? http://trustest.jotwell.com/
Schafer v. Astrue: The 4th Circuit Weighs In On ‘Who Is The Decedent’s Child?’ ABA Real Property Trust and Estate Law eReport (June 2011).
The New Uniform Probate Code’s Surprising Gender Inequities, 18 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol’y 335 (Spring 2011). Named one of the top estate & gift tax articles of 2011 in Bridget Crawford, Estate and Gift Tax Law Must-Reads From 2011, Tax Notes 1453 ( Mar. 12, 2012).
Charity for the Death Tax? The Impact of Legislation on Charitable Bequests, 45 Gonzaga Law Review 713 (Spring 2010).
Montana Becomes Third U.S. State to Allow Physician Aid in Dying, ABA Real Property Trust and Estate Law eReport (February 2010).
The Right to Privacy and America’s Aging Population, 86 Denver University Law Review 439 (2009). Named one of the ten noteworthy articles of 2009 by Bridget Crawford, Law Review Articles You Should’ve Read (But Probably Didn’t), 126 Tax Notes 397 (Jan. 18, 2010).
Legal Issues of Maternity and Inheritance for the Biotech Child of the 21st Century, 43 ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal 393 (Fall 2008).
The Evolution of Women’s Rights in Inheritance, 19 Hastings Women’s Law Journal 3 (Winter 2008).
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and the Implications for Inheritance, 48 Arizona Law Review 1 (Spring 2006).
Equal Protection, Postmortem Conception, and Intestacy, 53 Kansas Law Review 627 (April 2005).
Postmortem Conception and A Father’s Last Will, 46 Arizona Law Review 91 (Spring 2004).