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Professional

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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

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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

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Sonoma County Bar Association
Family Law Committee: 2010-2013

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Martindale Hubbell

"A", "V" rating

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San Francisco Superior Court

Judge Pro Tem 1990-present
Director, Friend in Court: 1990s

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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

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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

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Collaborative Practice California
www.cpcal.com
Founding delegate
Eureka Award: 2007

San Francisco: Collaborative Practice San Francisco ("CPSF")

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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

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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

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San Francisco Bay Area Collaborative Practice "Think Tank"

(formerly Bay Area Collaborative Law Group)
Chair: 1997-1999
Founding member: 1994
Webmaster: 1997-2009

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Collaborative Practice Group East Bay ("CPEB")

www.collaborativepracticeeastbay.com
Founding member

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Northern California Family Law Mediators Roundtable

Co-founder and director 2009 to the present

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Honors

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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

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California State Bar

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

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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

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Collaborative Practice California
Eureka Award: 2007

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Education

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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

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State Bar of California

Certification as Family Law Specialist

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University of The Pacific, Stockton, California

B.A. awarded in History with honors, 1966
Phi Kappa Phi honor society

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Publications/PHOTOGRAPHY

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Books

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

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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

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Community Service

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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

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Campfire Girls

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

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Girls Scouts of America

Leader, Honolulu, 1974-1978

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Campolindo High School

PTA Board; Publicity Chair: 1987-1989

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