Admitted
1977, California, U.S. District Court, Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California; 1978, Nevada
Law School
University of San Diego, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of California, Riverside, B.A., 1964
Memberships
Bar Association of San Francisco (Member and Executive Board, Family Law Section, 2000-2003); State Bar of California (Member and Executive Board, Family Law Section; Chair, 1996-1999, Standing Committee on Support (North), Family Law Section).
Biographical
Member, California Women Lawyers, 1989—; Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, 1991—. Recipient, President's Pro Bono service Award for District 4, State Bar of California, 1996; James P. Prevolos Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service in Family Law, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1995. Arbitrator, Fee Arbitration Panel, Bar Association of San Francisco. Editor, Family Law News, Family Law Section, State Bar of California, 2001-2002. Co-editor, California Family Law, Practice and Procedure, Kirkland, Lurvey and Richmond, 2nd ed. Matthew Bender & Co., Inc.; California Family Law Trial Guide, Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., chapters on pendente lite orders, evidence, attorneys' fees; Commentator and Columnist, California Family Law Monthly, Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. Instructor, Basics of Family Law for Volunteer Legal Services Program, Bar Association of San Francisco. Panelist, Family Law Updates and Strategies, Matthew Bender & Co. Inc., 1994—. Co-presenter, Pre-Nuptial Agreements for the Entrepreneur, Spring Section Education Institute, State Bar of California, 1997; Spousal Support for the 2000s, Spring and Winter Section Education Institutes, State Bar of California, 2000. Judge Pro Tem and Settlement Judge, Superior Court of San Francisco, 1993—. Mentor, Family Law, Volunteer Legal Services Program, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1996—. (Certified Specialist, Family Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)