State Licensed to Practice
- California
Court Admissions
- All California Courts
- All Federal District Courts in California
- 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- California Supreme Court
- United States Federal Court of Claims
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Education
Law School Attended:
- Ventura College of Law – School of Law
Juris Doctorate
Schools Attended:
- University of California, Los Angeles, Masters Program
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Bachelor of Arts
- Pepperdine University, Straus Mediation Institute
Involvement In Community
- Ventura County Campaign Finance Ethics Committee – Commissioner, Chair
- Camarillo Rotary, President, Board of Directors
- Rotary Foundation, President, Board of Directors
- Camarillo Chamber of Commerce
- Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation, Board of Directors
- Channel Islands Legal Services Association, Board of Directors
- California Youth Authority Attorney Mentoring Program, Volunteers in Parole (VIP)
- George Adamson/Tony Fitzjohn African Wildlife Preservation Trust, Board Member, Treasurer
- African Environmental Film Foundation, Board of Directors, General Counsel, Treasurer
- 2005 recipient of the Nordman Award for Outstanding Community Service
Presentations And Lectures
- Ventura County Bar Association, “Bridging the Gap”, Chair
- Ventura County Delegate to Annual Meeting of the California Bar
- California State Bar Convention, Monterey, California “Law Firm Management – Delegating Effectively to Paralegals”
- Southern California Conference on Women in the Law, Ventura, California “Analysis of Legislative Changes Impacting the Rights of Women”
- Consumer Attorneys of California Seminar, Vail, Colorado “Opposing Lawyer Advertising in the Media”
- Clinical Psychology Conference, Camarillo, California “Legal Applications of Delayed Memory Syndrome”
- California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California “Creative Options, A Day for Women” Conference
- All Faiths Women’s Conference, Ventura, California “African Environmental Education through the Media of Film”
- Ventura County Schools Career Day Workshops
- Annual lectures encouraging the pursuit of excellence in the field of law
Professional Associations
- California State Bar
- Ventura County Bar Association, Board of Directors
- Ventura Country Trial Lawyers Association, President, Board of Directors
- Consumer Advocates of California, Board of Directors Member at Large
- American Inns of Court, Master, Co-founder of Ventura Chapter, Board of Directors
- Ventura County Women Lawyers – President, Board of Directors