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
Judicial Council Committee on Forms, Family Law: 1990-1993
San Francisco Bar Association
Executive Committee, Family Law Section: Chair, 1992; Member: 1987-present
Fee Arbitration Panel: 1988-1990
Barristers Club, Co-Chair, Family Law Committee: 1988-1990
BASF Delegate to the State Bar Convention: 1989, 1990
Volunteer Legal Services Program Volunteer Attorney: 1986-2000
Expert: Temporary Restraining Order Clinic
FEMA appeals panel: 1990
Sonoma County Bar Association
Family Law Committee: 2010-2013
Martindale Hubbell
"A", "V" rating
San Francisco Superior Court
Judge Pro Tem 1990-present
Director, Friend in Court: 1990s
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: Northern California Chapter
www.aamlnocal.com
Fellow: 1998-2015 (resigned)
President: 2006
President-Elect/program chair: 2005
Treasurer: 2004
Secretary: 2003
Symposium chair: 2002
Webmaster: 2002-2010
Fellow of the Year 2013
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
www.collaborativepractice.com
Co-Founder: 1999
Co-Editor: Collaborative Review: 1999- 2008
Board of Directors: 1999-2005
Webmaster, 2000-2006
Collaborative Practice California
www.cpcal.com
Founding delegate
Eureka Award: 2007
San Francisco: Collaborative Practice San Francisco ("CPSF")
Collaborative Practice San Francisco
www.collaborativepracticesanfrancisco.com
Founding member, 1999
Chair: 1999-2004 and co-chair 2015-2018
Qualified Participating member: 1999 to the present
Webmaster, 1999-2010
Collaborative Practice Sonoma County (Formerly "CCRE)
https://collaborativedivorcemarinsonoma.org/
Qualified participating member: 2009 to the present
Board of Directors, 2010-2012
Webmaster: 2009 to the present
San Francisco Bay Area Collaborative Practice "Think Tank"
(formerly Bay Area Collaborative Law Group)
Chair: 1997-1999
Founding member: 1994
Webmaster: 1997-2009
Collaborative Practice Group East Bay ("CPEB")
www.collaborativepracticeeastbay.com
Founding member
Northern California Family Law Mediators Roundtable
Co-founder and director 2009 to the present
Honors
Super Lawyers: Northern California
Family law Super Lawyer: 2005 - 2018
Top 50 Female Lawyers in Northern California (all fields of practice): 2006, 2007 2008 2009 2010 and 2011
Top 100 Lawyers in Northern California (all fields of practice) 2010
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
Collaborative Practice California
Eureka Award: 2007
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)
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/PHOTOGRAPHY
Books
Your First Marathon, published in Honolulu, 1979; Translations: Philippines, 1981; China 1982; Japan 1983
Photojournalist/Photographer
Reporter, Asian Runner Magazine (Hong Kong) 1979-1981
Honolulu Correspondent, Running Times Magazine 1979-1981
Photographer, Honolulu Marathon Association
Partner: CandidKids
Speaking Engagements
Plenary Speaker: Empowering the Child in the Divorce Process
International Collaborative Practice Conference, Cork, Ireland: 2008
Community Service
KID'S TURN: Workshops for Children of Separating Families
www.kidsturn.org
Founder: 1988
Co-president of the Board: 1988-1990
Executive Board: 1998-1996; 1999-2005
Fundraising, Publicity, Long-term strategic planning
Webmaster: through 2003
Campfire Girls
Regional Chair, Southern California: 1974, leader 1971-1974
Girls Scouts of America
Leader, Honolulu, 1974-1978
Campolindo High School
PTA Board; Publicity Chair: 1987-1989