A land use planner and expert witness with 15 years of experience, this professional specializes in coastal, urban, and rural development, including subdivisions, general plan amendments, and discretionary commercial and residential projects. Prior expert witness experience includes retained litigation consulting in numerous land use planning matters. His areas of expertise also include property rights, parks and recreation planning, geography, development review, and coordination of proposed projects with public agencies and regulatory requirements.

Educational attainment includes a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and a Master of Arts in Geography and Land Use Planning, together with certification by the American Institute of Certified Planners. Earlier public-sector responsibilities included reviewing proposed development for Coastal Act compliance; analyzing project sites, septic and water-quality reports, geology and soils information, and aerial photography; and preparing staff reports and coastal development permits. He also contributed to land use plans, implementing ordinances, and violation-enforcement processing.

Leadership responsibilities have included service as President and Principal Planner, overseeing planners, architects, and CAD/GIS personnel from project inception through public hearings and coordinating consultants, agency communications, and project presentations. Additional authority roles include membership on a trails master plan committee and presidency of a nonprofit organization dedicated to public education concerning property rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. His prior teaching experience in geography encompassed regional and physical geography, land use planning, cartography, hydrology, meteorology, cultural geography, industrial development location theory, and spatial development pattern prediction, providing further context for evaluating land use, development, and planning issues.