Associate Justice, Second Appellate District BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in 1963 EDUCATION: LLB, University of California at Berkeley, California, Boalt Hall, 1960-1963; Bachelor’s Degree, University of California Los Angeles, Major in English Literature, 1956-1960; California Center for Judicial Education and Research, Judges College, Berkeley, California, 1976. PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Private Law Practice, specializing in commercial transactions and civil and criminal litigation, 1965-1975; Deputy City Attorney, City of Los Angeles, Prosecutor in Criminal Division, 1964-1965. JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Associate Justice, Court of Appeal Second District, Division 6, December 1982; Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, March 1980-1982; Supervising Judge, Juvenile Court in Inglewood; Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1975-1980. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Los Angeles County Bar Association; San Fernando Valley Bar Association; Santa Monica Bar Association; California and Los Angeles Women Lawyers Association; Ventura County Bar Association; Santa Monica Bar Association. EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: “Appellate Justice of the Year,” Roger J. Traynor Memorial Award, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1997; Judicial Excellence Award, Criminal Courts Bar Association, 1994; Twice named “Appellate Justice of the Year” by Consumer Attorneys of California, 1993 and 1984; Distinguished Jurist Award, Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1992; Chairperson, Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Court Interpreters, 1991-1993; Governing Committee, Center for Judicial Education and Research, 1978-1979, 1986-1988; Chairperson, Appellate Courts Committee California Judges Association, 1987-1988; Bernard S. Jefferson Award for contributions to legal education by California Judges Association, 1987; Chairperson, Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Legal Forms, 1978-1979. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Member of Editorial Board and contributor to various chapters of Jefferson’s California Evidence Benchbook, Third Edition (1997), published by Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB); Consultant to Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) for publication of California Civil Appellate Practice, Third Edition, 1996; Lecturer-Judges College, California Judicial Education & Research, Numerous Judicial Institutes, Bar Associations, Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) and Rutter Group; Panelist on program for Russian judges, Moscow, Russia, “What is a Fair Trial?” Program under auspices of Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI), sponsored by American Bar Association and Agency for International Development, 1995. Interviewed legendary legal scholar Bernard Witkin on his life and philosophy on videotape, “A Conversation with B.E. Witkin,” produced by the California Judges Association, September 1994. Guest speaker Budapest, Hungary-Symposium for Hungarian Judges on American Jurisprudence, sponsored by Hungarian Ministry of Justice and the Center for Democratic Legal Institutions, 1991. Faculty, California Judicial College, Berkeley-California Center for Judicial Education and Research, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1988; Faculty, Continuing Judicial Studies Program for Judges, 1980. Miscellaneous publications and op-ed articles. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Speaker at various community clubs, including Optimist, Kiwanis, Rotary and Community Forum, City of Thousand Oaks.