PROFESSIONAL RATING:

MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAW DIRECTORY, Rated A-V; the highest rating available for both legal ability and general ethical standards.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
1990-present GEORGE & SHIELDS LLP, Irvine, California. Managing Partner. Responsible for the organization, preservation, and formation of corporations, partnerships, and other business entities. General corporate counsel and continuing counsel on business law and finance matters, including telecommunications, secured transactions, intellectual property, electronic commerce and internet law. Structuring, negotiating, directing, and documenting business and real estate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions. Representation of clients before the California Public Utilities Commission..

1986-1990 Voss & George, Santa Ana, California.
Managing Partner. Responsible for trial and preparation of general business, personal and business tort, construction, and real estate cases in both state and federal courts.

1974-1986 Sowell & George, Bellflower, California.
Partner. General civil and criminal trial work..

EDUCATION
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctor, 1974

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Bachelor of Arts, 1971

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2000- present IP Networks, Inc. Irvine, California. General Counsel for this telecommunications corporation.

1999- 2002 United Herbal Sciences, Inc. Irvine, California. General Counsel of this multi-national nutritional supplement corporation.

1996- 2001 Bank of Lakewood, Lakewood, California. Director and Corporate Secretary. Organizer and founder of this community bank.

1992-1996 Universal Care, Inc., Signal Hill, California Director and General Legal Counsel of this 100,000+ member HMO.

1995-2002 Long Beach Junior Crew, Long Beach, California. Director. A non-profit organization promoting youth rowing.

1986-1995 Greater Long Beach Girl Scout Council Past Treasurer, Board of Directors

1979-1993 California Junior Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Pomona, CA. Past Board of Directors, General Legal Counsel

1975-1979 California Junior Chamber of Commerce, San Jose, California. State President

1978-1979. 1970 White House Conference on Youth. Appointed by the President of the United States to serve as a member of this White Conference.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES & ASSOCIATIONS
Admitted to practice law by the California Supreme Court, December 1974.

Admitted to practice before United States District Court for Central District of California, 1974

Licensed as a Broker by the California Dept. of Real Estate, Jan. 1990 to

Member Orange County Bar Association

Judge Pro Tem, Los Cerritos Municipal Court, 1980-1988

Experience

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