Doug Pinkham:  

(Updated Oct-2010) I'm still living here in the the OC with the wife and kidder. Still working too much but saving some time to travel and have fun. Still Havasu-ing as much as possible, although not in the winter. The kidder is doing great. She loves school for it's social value...takes after her father that way...but she is doing well. I have made some huge changes in my life and life is now more simple & serene than ever. I dissolved my partnerhip and went back to the basics. I have narrowed my practice to mostly mediation cases. I still litigate, but prefer to negotiate Divorce settlements any time I can. I find it much more satisfying and less stressful. And, I get a lot more referrals from hapilly mediated divorces than angry litigated cases by far. If you know anyone who needs Divorce or Family Law advice, have them call me or shoot me an email, I am always willing to give a little free advice. I started taking flying lessons not long ago. I have a video cli on my Facebook page. I am about half way through the private pilots training and about to solo. Scared, but confident....I think. It is a blast, mello as heck, but a blast. I hope to be able to fly out to Havasu next summer instead of making that ugly 4 1/2 hour drive any day. I am still receiving regular hello's from many, and that is always fun. I just heard from a friend I haven't talked to since the early 80's and it was fun to catch up. Life after High School: After high school, I went right into college, but about that very same time, I found a great job and decided I liked the income more than school, so I quit college. Early on in Adult-hood, I changed jobs a bunch, went into, and quickly back out of the Navy, then found the beauty of self-employment. I was a "pool-man" right out of the Navy. That was waaayy fun, (some of the stories you have all heard are true)... Then, I went into the timeshare business in Newport Beach and later did a year long stint in Puerto Vallarta, which was one of the best years ever. Then I got a real estate sales license and did real estate loans and later private investigating....which is waaaayyy more boring than you see on TV. I finally decided to make a respectable human out of myself and went back to school. School and Career: Later, I found that school was still enjoyable for me. I always enjoyed the excitement & challenge of learning. I stayed in school, and then stayed in school some more, went on to grad school and graduated Law School in 1998. I immediately went into "Family Law" (Divorce, Custody, Support, etc.). I always joke by telling people, I do "Divorce and all that fun stuff," but I really do enjoy my work. A couple years ago, I moved my office to a location very close to our home. I don't drive a freeway to work and can get to the office in less than 5 minutes. NICE!! I ...Expand for more