Clifford, Denis: - Denis Clifford is an estate-planning attorney in Berkeley, California. He graduated from Columbia Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He has practiced law in various ways, including representing poor people as a Legal Services Attorney and private practice. He learned that many people can do their own legal work if all that is involved is creating valid documents, rather than litigation. He is the author of many Nolo titles, including Plan Your Estate.