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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