Admitted
1985, California; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of California; 1987, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Southwestern University, School of Law, J.D., 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
University of South Florida, B.A., 1972
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Member, Appellate Courts Committee, 1986—; Vice Chair, 1992; Chair, 1993-1995; Member, Board of Trustees, 1995-1996; Chair, State Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1991-1992; Member, Judicial Appointments Committee, 1999—) and American (Member, Council of Appellate Lawyers) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, State Bar Committee on Appellate Courts; Chair, 1999-2000); State Bar of Nevada; National Order of the Barristers; Women Lawyers of Los Angeles; California Women Lawyers; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (Co-Chair, Amicus Briefs Committee).
Biographical
Chair, Board of Governors, Moot Court Honors Program, 1983-1984. Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1983. Senior Law Clerk to Associate Justice E. M. Gunderson, Nevada Supreme Court, 1984-1985. Extern to Judge Edward Rafeedie, U.S. District Court, Central Division, 1983. Associate Adjunct Professor, Law, Southwestern University, School of Law, 1986—. Adjunct Professor, Law, Loyola Law School, 1991-1992. Member, Executive Committee, 1988-1995, Secretary, 1992-1993; Vice Chair, 1993-1994; Chair, 1994-1995; Los Angeles County Bar Association Conference of Delegates. Member: Lawyers for Human Rights; Los Angeles County Bar Association, Ad Hoc Committee Studying Sexual Orientation Bias. Volunteer, LACBA Aids Project, Los Angeles County Bar, 1989—. Delegate, State Bar Conference, 1986—; Chair, Appellate Courts Committee, 1999-2000. Consultant, California Civil Writ Practice, CEB, 2d ed., 1987. (Certified Specialist, Appellate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)