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  • Professional
  • Honors
  • Education
  • Publications
  • Community Service
  • Recent Professional Training

  • PROFESSIONAL

    CALIFORNIA STATE BAR
    Executive Committee, Family Law Section: 1991-1994
    Editor, Family Law News: 1993 and 1994
    Delegate: State Bar Convention: 1993
    Standing Committee on Custody, North: Chair 1988-1990

    SAN FRANCISCO BAR ASSOCIATION
    Executive Committee, Family Law Section: Chair, 1992; Member: 1987-present
    Fee Arbitration Panel: 1988-present
    Barristers Club, Co-Chair, Family Law Committee: 1988-1990
    BASF Delegate to the State Bar Convention: 1989, 1990
    Volunteer Legal Services Program Volunteer Attorney: 1986-present
    Expert: Temporary Restraining Order Clinic
    FEMA appeals panel: 1990

    MARTINDALE HUBBELL
    "A", "V" rating

    SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT
    Judge Pro Tem 1990-present
    Director, Friend in Court: 1990s

    JUDICIAL COUNCIL
    Committee on Forms, Family Law: 1990-1993

    AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS: Northern California Chapter
    www.aamlnocal.com
    President: 2006
    Webmaster: 2002 to the present
    President-Elect: 2005
    Treasurer: 2004
    Secretary: 2003
    Symposium chair: 2002
    Fellow: 1998-present

    INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONALS
    www.collaborativepractice.com
    Co-Founder: 1999
    Editor: Collaborative Review: 1999- current
    Board of Directors: 1999 to the present
    Webmaster, 2000-2006

    SAN FRANCISCO COLLABORATIVE LAW GROUP
    www.collaborativepracticesanfrancisco.com
    Founding member, 1999
    Chair: 1999-2004
    Webmaster, current

    SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE GROUP
    www.collaborativepracticesfbay.com
    (formerly Bay Area Collaborative Law Group)
    Chair: 1997-1999
    Founding member: 1994
    Webmaster: current

    EAST BAY COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE GROUP ("ACP")
    www.collaborativepracticeeastbay.com
    Founding member

    ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY AND CONCILIATION COURTS
    Member: 1996-present


    HONORS

    SUPER LAWYERS: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Family law Super Lawyer: 2005
    Family Law Super Lawyer: 2006
    Top 50 Female Lawyers in Northern California (all fields of practice): 2006 and 2007

    CALIFORNIA STATE BAR
    Outstanding ProBono Law Firm, Northern California: 1992
    Wiley E. Manuel ProBono Award 1990, 1991

    SAN FRANCISCO BAR ASSOCIATION
    James P. Preovolos Award: Outstanding ProBono Family Lawyer of the Year 1990
    Outstanding ProBono Law Firm: 1990
    Outstanding ProBono Lawyer: 1988-1993
    Certificate of Merit: 1986-1993


    EDUCATION

    HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW, SAN FRANCISCO
    J.D. awarded May 1985
    Admitted to California State Bar, December, 1985
    Professor's Assistant: William Lockhart, Constitutional Law, 1984-85; Research and editing: Constitutional Law (Textbook)
    Professor's Assistant: Kelly Weisberg, Children and the Law, 1985; Research for textbook/course materials on mediation

    STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA
    Certification as Family Law Specialist

    UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA
    B.A. awarded in History with honors, 1966
    Phi Kappa Phi honor society


    PUBLICATIONS

    BOOKS
    Your First Marathon, published in Honolulu, 1979; Translations: Philippines, 1981; China 1982; Japan 1983

    ARTICLES
    (See
    Articles)

    OTHER PUBLICATIONS
    Reporter, Asian Runner Magazine (Hong Kong) 1979-1981
    Honolulu Correspondent, Running Times Magazine 1979-1981



    COMMUNITY SERVICE

    KID'S TURN Program for Children of Separating Families
    www.kidsturn.org
    Founder: 1988
    President of the Board: 1988-1990
    Executive Board: 1998-1996; 1999-present
    Fundraising: 1988 to the present
    Publicity, Long-term strategic planning: current board position
    Webmaster: through 2003

    CAMPFIRE GIRLS
    Regional Chair, Southern California: 1974, leader 1971-1974

    GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    leader, Honolulu, 1974-1978

    CAMPOLINDO HIGH SCHOOL
    PTA Board; Publicity Chair: 1987-1989


    TRAINING

    MEDIATION: Instructor: Gary Friedman (40 hours)

    COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE (COLLABORATIVE LAW AND COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE):

  • 1999-2007: Annual IACP Networking Forums: Instructors, Various IACP Professionals

  • 2004: Advanced Collaborative Law Training: Instructor, Pauline Tesler (8 hours)

  • 2004: Intermediate Interdisciplinary Training: Instructors, Susan Gamache, Nancy Cameron (8 hours)

  • 2003: Intermediate Collaborative Law Training: Instructor, Chip Rose (6 hours)

  • 2003: Intermediate Collaborative Law Training: Instructor, Pauline Tesler (8 hours)

  • 2003: Advanced Collaborative Law Training: Instructor, Pauline Tesler (8 hours)

  • 2002: Advanced Collaborative Law Training: Instructor, Pauline Tesler (8 hours)

  • 2002: Intermediate Collaborative Law Training: Instructor, Steven Neustader Symposium (8 hours)

  • 2002: Basic Interdisciplinary Training: Instructors, Peggy Thompson, Nancy Ross, Mark Hill, Pauline Tesler (20 hours)

  • 2002: Intermediate Collaborative Law Training: Instructor, Pauline Tesler (4 hours)

  • 2002: Intermediate Collaborative Law Training: Instructor, Pauline Tesler (3 hours)

  • 2001: Basic Collaborative Law Training: Instructor, Rodney Johnson (3 hours)

  • 2000: Basic Collaborative Law Training: Instructors: George Richardson, David Weinberg, Karen Russell (8 hours)

  • 1999: Basic Collaborative Law Training: Instructor: Pauline Tesler (8 hours)

  • 1999: Basic Collaborative Law Training: Instructor: Chip Rose (8 hours)

  • 1998: Basic Collaborative Law Training: Instructor: Stu Webb (8 hours)


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