Curriculum Vitae
POSITIONS
Board Member, Southern Poverty Law Center
Board Member, Think Dignity
Board Chair, Advisory Board Hunger2Help/Burrito Boyz
Past Board Chair, Southern Poverty Law Center
Past Board President, San Diego Inn of Court
Past Board Member, Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana
Past Board Member ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
Past Board Member Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
NATURE AND TYPE OF PRACTICE
Professional Negligence
Business Litigation
Civil Rights
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
AWARDS
Distinguished Service Award – Southern Poverty Law Center
National Civil Rights Achievement Award – Anti-Defamation League
Helen Marston Religious Freedom Award – ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
Service to the Legal Profession Award – San Diego County Bar Association
AAJ (formerly ATLA) Defense of Civil Liberties Award
Margaret Sanger Award for Distinguished Service in Protecting Women’s Rights – Planned Parenthood
Outstanding Work in Protecting the Rights of Women – Womancare Health Center
Top San Diego Attorneys (San Diego Transcript)
Super Lawyers (several years)
Certificates of Appreciation:
- State Bar of California
- Attorney General of California
- San Diego Superior Court
- San Diego County Bar Association
- United States Marine Corps
- Anti-Defamation League
- Law & Politics Magazine “2008 San Diego Super Lawyers List”
- The Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana in recognition of service to the children of Louisiana
- Hunger 2 Help – volunteer of the year
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
TEACHING
SEMINAR SPEAKER AND PRESENTATIONS
- Civil Remedies for Hate Crimes
- Practical Aspects of Judicial Arbitration
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Structured Settlements
- Medical Diagnostic Testing
- Discovery Seminar
- Professional Negligence Seminar (Legal and Medical Malpractice);
Handling Civil Litigation Grand Rounds: How to Avoid Medical Malpractice Suits (Seminar for Physicians); California Planned Parenthood Seminar: Use of Civil Litigation in Combating Harassment of Physicians by Operation Rescue and Other Right-to-Life Organizations – Temporary Restraining Orders vs. First Amendment Rights in Targeted Residential Picketing; San Diego Superior Court: Orientation for Arbitrators; Imperial County Superior Court: Arbitration Orientation; San Diego Superior Court: Arbitration Orientation; San Diego Superior Court: Arbitrators’ Training Panel; San Diego Inn of Court Workshop Leader; California Department of Justice, Hate Crimes Conference; Lincoln Lectures – 1997-2008; Marine Corps Equal Opportunity Officers; Various speeches and media appearances on Hate Crimes and Hate Groups, Civil Rights, Pro Choice legal issues, and Establishment Clause issues.
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
Testimony before San Diego City Council Re: Targeted Residential Picketing
Testimony before City of San Diego Human Relations Commission Re: Hate Crimes
Social Advocates for Youth
Save The Children
Storefront Shelter for Teens
Judge Pro Tem for San Diego Superior Court Settlement Panel
Author of “Collecting Judgments for Hate Crimes Victims” in the Civil Rights Acts Manual for Attorneys published by the State of California Fair Employment and Housing Commission
FORMAL EDUCATION
University of San Diego School of Law, Juris Doctor 1977