When you are born into one of Southern California’s most noted real estate and development families, it is not surprising to follow in their famous footsteps. Diane Forbes Halliburton, daughter of Randy Forbes, Sr., who managed for the original Jon Douglas for more than two decades and has been a mainstay in the business for nearly 50 years, has made her own way in the real estate business, using her determination and client-first approach to provide excellent service to her clients.

Working with residential buyers and sellers, as well as corporate relocation clients, high-end leases, and some commercial properties, this fifth-generation Angeleno and longtime Brentwood resident uses her extensive product knowledge and insight into the industry to provide her clients with an uncommon attention to detail. Halliburton is also a home staging expert, and is able to parlay her design know-how and  experience in her family’s furniture wholesaling business toward helping prepare her clients’ properties for the most swift and profitable sale.

Halliburton got her start in the business working for her father at Jon Douglas in 1986, and today works in tandem with Randy Forbes, Jr., her brother and a 20-year veteran of the industry himself.

“Randy and I have very complimentary skills and a shared business perspective,” said Halliburton, who studied business at both UCLA and in Florence, Italy. “Taking our team to Gibson International was the perfect fit, as it has allowed us to go back and recapture the essence of what Jon Douglas was originally—a client-care-oriented firm with all the power and expertise of a larger firm but without the corporate limitations.”

Halliburton specializes in real estate from Beverly Hills to Malibu and the San Fernando Valley to the South Bay. She makes her home in Westwood with her high school sweetheart husband and is the mother of four children.