Background
Blake, D. Steven was born on June 2, 1940 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States.
Blake, D. Steven was born on June 2, 1940 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States.
Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1963). University of California at Los Angeles. University of California at Davis (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Associate Editor, 1970-1971, University of California at Davis Law Review.
Worked at Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer LLP (Sacramento, California) specializing in Business Law, Banking and Finance, Corporate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1972, California. Associate Editor, 1970-1971, University of California at Davis Law Review.
Co-Author: "Real Estate and Construction Financing," Butterworth, 1995. Author: "Tax Incentives in Rental Housing and the Reform Act of 1969," 3 University of California at Davis Law Review 191, 1971. Lecturer, "Legal Ethics for Business Lawyers," Sonoma, Yolo and Sacramento County Bar Associations, 1995.
Moderator, Financing the California Business, Continuing Education of the Bar, State Bar of California and Regents, University of California, 1993. Consultant to Continuing Education of the Bar, State Bar of California, regarding Commercial Sales and Leases (Chapter on Warranties), 1992. Adjunct Professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, 1983.
Panelist and Lecturer, Organizing and Advising California Business, 1979, 1980 and Business Buy-Out Agreements, 1981, 1985, Moderator, Business Law Development, 1990-1991 and Consultant, Advising Corporations, 1989, California State Bar Continuing Education of the Bar. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Member: Sacramento County (Member, Corporate and Securities Section), Yolo County (Member, Sections on: Business.
Landlord/Tenant; Real Estate) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law. Law Practice Management) Bar Associations. The State Bar of California (Co-Chair, Corporations Committee and Secretary, Financial Institutions Committee, Business Law Section).
Member American Bar Association (business law section), American Arbitration Association (arbitrator), State Bar California (chair corporation committee, secretary, finance institutions committee, business law section, panelist, presenter numerous seminars California State Bar Continuing Education Bar 1981-1991, co-chair corporations committee business law section 1997), Yolo County Bar Association.