Mr. Bernard is a graduate of Western State University College of Law, obtaining his Juris Doctorate in 1988. Mr. Bernard also has undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Philosophy from California State University, Long Beach, graduating in 1978.

 

Between undergraduate school and law school, Mr. Bernard worked as a California licensed real estate agent and worked in a management capacity with Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.

 

Mr. Bernard's first job as a lawyer was with the Orange County District Attorney's office where he tried 48 criminal cases. Subsequently, Mr. Bernard went into Civil Litigation Practice at Lynberg & Watkins where he became a partner in 2002. Mr. Bernard chose to open WFB Legal Consulting in order to give more personalized service in particular areas of the law involving families or individual's who would be better served outside of the high dollar "big firm" environment. This decision led directly to the extensive development of a Real Estate and Estate Planning Model to ensure the retention of Residential and Commercial Properties by Homeowners and Business People through the Modification of Loans and the utilization of other Debt Relief measures.