Associate Justice, Second Appellate District BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in June 1977 EDUCATION: University of San Fernando College of Law (now La Verne), J.D., summa cum laude, 1976; B.E. Witkin Judicial College, 1990. PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Deputy Attorney General 1977-1982; Partner, Solo & Baron, 1982-1984. JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, 1996-present; Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1992-1996; Supervising Judge, Compton branch, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1996; Judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1990-1992; Commissioner, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1986-1990; Referee, Los Angeles Juvenile Court, 1984-1986. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: California Judges Association; National Association of Women Judges; American Judicature Society; Member, Appellate Court-County Bar Liaison Committee; Member, Planning Committee, Continuing Jurisprudence Studies Program; Member, Appellate Courts Committee, California Judges Association, 1996-1997; Member, Annual Meeting Program Committee, California Judges Association, 1986-1995, 1998; Chair, Annual Meeting of California Judges Association, 1994; Chair, Education and Planning Committee, California Judges Association, 1996-1997; Chair, Committee on Continuing Judicial Education, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1995-1996; Member, Committee on Standard Jury Instructions, Criminal (CALJIC), 1993-1996; Member, Mental Health Law Committee, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1993-1995; Elected to Executive Committee, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1990-1991; Member, Rules Committee, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1990-1991; Member, California Commissioners Association, 1986-1990; Elected to Board of Directors, California Commissioners Association, 1988-1989. EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Bernard S. Jefferson Award for Exceptional Contribution to Judicial Education, 1996; Valedictorian, Class of December, 1976, San Fernando Valley (La Verne) College of Law; Lead Articles Editor, USFV Law Review, 1976; Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Outstanding Contributions to Legal Scholarship, 1975; West Hornbook Awards for Highest Scholastic Achievement in Law School, 1975, 1976; American Jurisprudence Student Awards, 1975, 1976. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Witkin Lecturer, B.E. Witkin Judicial College, 1997; Faculty Leader--Continuing Jurisprudence Studies Program--Criminal Law, 1994; Seminar Leader--B.E. Witkin Judicial College, 1991; Judicial Mentor, California Judicial Education and Research (CJER), 1994-present. Frequent instructor/lecturer/speaker Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER), California Judges Association (CJA), Los Angeles Superior and Municipal Courts, National Summit Conference on Child Sex Abuse, USC Institute on Psychiatry and the Law, Los Angeles County District Attorney and Public Defender’s Offices, California Attorney General’s Office and various local bar associations and community service organizations. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Mayor’s Certificate of Appreciation, City of Los Angeles, May 1980.