Dinesh Singh

Dinesh Singh
Born	Dinesh Onkar Singh (1973-10-01) October 1, 1973 La Palma, California, United States

Dinesh Onkar Singh (born October 1, 1973) is an American attorney who specializes in family law. He is notable for being the executor of secret millionaire Amelia Vega Hayes's estate.

Education

Grades	Dates	School	Location	Type	Degree/notes
Kindergarten–6th grade	1978–1986	John F. Kennedy Elementary School	Artesia, California	Public
7th–9th grade	1986–1989	Ross Faye Junior High School	Artesia, California	Public
10th–12th grade	1989–1992	Artesia Senior High School	Artesia, California	Public	High school diploma, 1992
Freshman–Senior year	1992–1996	Portland State University	Portland, Oregon	Public	B.A., political science major
1L–3L	1996–1999	Lewis & Clark Law School	Portland, Oregon	Private	J.D., summa cum laude

Personal life

Singh was born to Indian immigrants at La Palma Intercommunity Hospital in La Palma, California, United States and grew up in nearby Artesia. Singh is openly gay and has been with his partner Kevin, a nurse practitioner, since 1999. He was the family friend of Celina and Joseph Dunham, the daughter and son-in-law of Amelia Vega Hayes, a secret millionaire. He met the couple in 1994 while attending Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Celina was a part-time teaching assistant at the university. Singh later became a friend of the family and was described affectionally by the Dunham's daughter Jennifer Sloan, as her uncle. After the passing of the Dunham's in 1998, he helped Hayes secure guardianship of Hayes's grandchildren Jacob, Jennifer, Josephine and Jessica. Singh became closer to the children after their parent's death and described them as his god children. Hayes named Singh the executor of her trust in 2006 and was bound by a confidentiality agreement until around ten years after her passing. According to Forbes and the American Bar Association, he received around US$1.382 million.