EDUCATION: San Jose State University

Bachelor of Arts, Economics.

Bachelor of Arts, English Literature

University of the Pacific

Juris Doctor, Dean’s List, Law Review

EMPLOYMENT:

1990 – 2000 Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Inc., San Jose, CA

Civil litigation, construction and transactional: Phillips Petroleum, Bartlesville, OK; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron OH; Sears Roebuck and Co., Chicago IL; Schnitzer Steel Corporation, Portland OR.

2000 – 2004 Fenton & Keller, Inc., Monterey CA

Civil litigation, transactional, construction, real estate: Pebble Beach Company, Pacific Grove, CA; Schnitzer Steel Corporation, Portland, OR.

2004 – present De Vries Law Group, San Juan Bautista, CA

Land use, real estate, construction, agriculture, transactional, civil litigation: Earthbound Farm, San Juan, CA; Reiter Affiliated, Oxnard, CA; Driscoll’s, Watsonville, CA; Sunset Bay Farms, Inc., Watsonville, CA; Schnitzer Steel Corporation, Portland, OR; Leal Vineyards, Hollister, CA; Pisoni Vineyards, Gonzales, CA; Calera Vineyards, Hollister, CA; Bonny Doon Vineyards, Santa Cruz, CA.

COMMUNITY: San Juan Bautista Planning Commission, 1990 – 2004; San Benito County Planning Commission, 2004 – 2016; San Juan Bautista City Council, 2016 – 2020; Chairman, San Juan Bautista Planning Commission, present; San Juan Fire Dept.; Co-founder, San Benito Arts Council; Founder, “Save San Juan Valley”; Founding Member, San Juan Rotary Club; Board Member, San Benito Health Foundation; Board Member, Community Media Access Partnership (CMAP); San Juan Aromas Little League; Board Member, Marle Holte Holiday Dinners; San Benito County General Plan Ag Element Amendment committee, presently; San Juan Foundation, presently.