He received his B.A from Lake Forest College, and his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law, and is a member of the City of Denver, Colorado (Past Chair: Probate Section) and American Bar Associations. He is a member of the Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the ABA and a Co-Chair of its Technology Committee, as well as the Sections delegate to the ABA’s Section Officers Conference Technology Committee. He is a Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of its Technology in the Practice and State Laws Committees.