Gary has substantial experience representing homeowners associations in matters spanning the full spectrum of common interest development law, including issues relating to governing document drafting and enforcement, interpretation of the Davis-Stirling Act, community association elections, and board member duties and responsibilities.

He currently serves as the Editor in Chief of Focus Magazine, the bimonthly publication of the Community Association Institute’s Greater Los Angeles Chapter, and is the former Editor in Chief of the HOA Insider Newsletter.

Gary also handles association related employment law matters, including employee handbook drafting, EEO/discrimination complaints, employee discipline problems and workplace privacy issues. He gained extensive experience with labor law issues as a hearing officer for the Los Angeles Civil Service Commission and as Southern California District Counsel for a national labor organization.

His background also includes many years of appellate work, and the opinions in seven appellate cases which he has handled have been certified for publication by the California Courts of Appeal. Gary is proud to have served as a member of both the State Bar of California’s Committee on Appellate Courts and the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Appellate Courts Committee.

Additionally, Gary has been selected to serve as a hearing examiner for the City of Santa Monica, the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Orange County Employees Retirement System, and the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association. He also has decided cases as a Judge Pro Tem for the Los Angeles Municipal Court, and has been a member of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s panel of arbitrators and mediators.

Gary received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. In 1980 he received a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law, where he was chosen to serve on the Board of Editors of the Loyola Law Review. While at Loyola, he was named to the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society, and was awarded the Loyola Honorary Scholarship for Excellence in the Study of Law as well as The Advocates Scholarship.

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