Background and Experience

Memberships and Affiliations

  • State Bar of California
  • Family Law Section, State Bar of California
  • Contra Costa County Bar Association
  • Family Law Section, Contra Costa County Bar Association
  • Solo and Small Practice Section, Contra Costa County Bar Association
  • Collaborative Practice East Bay
  • Public Education Committee, Collaborative Practice East Bay
  • Modest Means Committee, Collaborative Practice East Bay
  • Steering Committee, Collaborative Practice East Bay
  • Planning Committee for monthly Divorce Options Seminars, Collaborative Practice East Bay
  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

Experience

  • Sat as a Judge Pro Tem in the Contra Costa County Family Law Division
  • Served as Court-appointed Minor’s Counsel
  • Presented at two County-sponsored Minor’s Counsel trainings
  • Presented at several Custody Issues Committee meetings, regarding Minor’s Counsel issues
  • Served as assigned Mentor for Court-appointed Minor’s Counsel
  • Received Certificate of Appreciation from Stand (formerly Battered Women’s Alternatives) for Pro Bono representation of abuse victim at trial
  • Received Certificates of Appreciation from Contra Costa County Family Law Division for service as Court-appointed Minor’s Counsel
  • Provided Pro Bono mediation at Court (cases assigned by Judges)
  • Planned and participated in Pro Bono Modest Means Collaborative Family Law Clinic at Court and at the Contra Costa County Bar Association
  • Planned and spoke at Divorce Options seminars, presented monthly by Collaborative Practice East Bay
  • Presented at Bay Area Legal Forum’s Changes in the Law workshop, regarding changes in California family law

Education

  • J.D. Golden Gate University School of Law, 1982
  • B.A. with Honors, Pitzer College, 1977.