Admitted
1991, California; 1992, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; United States Supreme Court
Law School
Western State University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
University of California at Riverside, B.S., 1974
Memberships
Los Angeles and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Consumer Attorneys of California (Board Member, 1997-2004; Secretary, 2001-2003; President-Elect, 2004; Editor-in-Chief Forum Magazine, 2000-2004).
Biographical
Recipient, 2001 Robert E. Cartwright, Sr. Award for Trial Advocacy from the Consumer Attorneys of California. Inducted into the Western State University, School of Law Hall of Fame, 2002. Listed in Daily Journal Top 50 Women Litigators, 2003. Author: Tort Actions Against Health Maintenance Organizations and Their Doctors, 23 Whittier L.Rev. 609, 2002; The Effective Use of California's Unfair Competition Law to Redress Managed Care Abuses, 22 Whittier L.Rev. 467, Winter 2000; Law and Motion: Spending Your Resources Wisely, Forum Magazine, Consumer Attorneys of California, Vol.32, No.4, May 2002; Using Corporate Relationships at Both Ends of the Case to Reach the Parent: Punitive Damages and Personal Jurisdiction, Forum Magazine, Consumer Attorneys of California, Vol.31, No.7, September 2001; Its Not Just for Nursing Homes Anymore: Using the Elder Abuse Act to Go After HMO's, Forum Magazine, Consumer Attorneys of California, Vol.31, No.3, April 2001; Back to The Basics: Evaluation of The Case: ERISA and FEHBA, ATLA Annual Convention, HMO Litigation Group Educational Program, August 2000; Onward to Justice: How to Make Carriers Settle Your Third-Party Claim After the Demise of Prop. 30, Forum Magazine, Consumer Attorneys of California, Vol. 30, No. 5, June 2000; Can State Law 'Trump' ERISA Preemption, The Brief, American Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Section Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 3, Spring 2000; Stepping Lightly Through the Minefield: Avoiding Conflicts of Interest in Settling on Behalf of Jointly Represented Clients, Forum Magazine, Consumer Attorneys of California, Vol. 30, No. 3, April 2000; A Litigator's Perspective on HMO Liability: The View From the Plaintiff's Side, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 22:1, Summer 1998. Panelist/Lecturer: First Party Bad Faith Cases, Rutter Group, 1993. (Certified Specialist, Appellate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)