Admitted Oregon State Bar (1982).

Admitted U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Bar (1991).

Admitted U.S. District Court for Oregon (1995).

Partner: Hendrix, Brinich & Bertalan LLP (since 1995) business, real estate, landlord & tenant, land use law and intellectual property law.

Chief Deputy District Attorney: Deschutes County, Bend, Oregon. Prosecution of felony cases; supervised and coordinated caseloads for 10 attorneys; (1990-95).

Associate: Crabtree & Rhamsdorff, Bend, Oregon; criminal defense; (1987-90).

Associate: Ralph Smith & Assoc., Baker, Oregon; civil law and criminal defense (1982-87).

Associate: AAA Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah; mapping of geological structures and calculation of coal reserves of western Colorado and central Utah (1978-79).

Circuit & District Court Judge pro-tem (since 1995; since 1998 w/o restrictions) Deschutes, Crook & Jefferson Counties.

Arbitrator, Deschutes, Crook & Jefferson Counties, mandatory arbitration program (since 1995).

J.D., Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College (1982).

B.S., University of Utah, Geology, w/strong emphasis in Geological Engineering (1975-77).

Author: Disseminated Gold Deposits of the Roberts Mountain Thrust Fault of Eastern Nevada (1977).

Cleveland State University School of Engineering, Honors in Mathematics (1974-75).

Board Member and Secretary of St. Francis School (1996-98)

Law in the Classroom Committee, Oregon State Bar (1984-86)