Mr. Stephens has lectured extensively on estate planning and retirement issues and is author and editor of an estate planning newsletter published and distributed in Southern California. He has been named as a panel speaker for the Continuing Education of the State Bar of California and was a contributing writer to How to Draft Wills and Trusts in California; Estate Planning for the Ternminally Ill; and California Elder Law. Mr. Stephens taught Estate Planning at the University of California at San Diego and Business Law at Mira Costa College. He obtained a Juris Doctorate degree from Baylor School of Law and a Masters of Law (LL.M.) degree in Taxation from the University of San Diego Graduate Law School.