Jeff has been a resident of Shasta County since 1970. Prior to moving to Shasta County, Jeff attended the University of California at Berkeley, earning Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees. His law school attendance at Berkeley was interrupted by service in the U.S. Army including deployment in Vietnam. After discharge from the Army, Jeff returned to Shasta County to join the family agribusiness, marry, and help raise three children, all of whom graduated from Redding high schools. Business activities during this period included Agribusiness (Raising strawberry plant nursery stock sold worldwide) and real estate development. After a relatively amicable divorce in 1987, Jeff attended Cal Northern School of Law, earning a Juris Doctorate Degree. He is licensed to practice law in the state of California and also practices in Federal court in the Eastern District of California.