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Associate Justice, First Appellate District
BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in January 1973
EDUCATION: A.B. Rutgers College, 1969; J.D. Magna Cum Laude, University of San Diego School of Law, 1972; Editor-in-Chief, San Diego Law Review, 1972.
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Bronson Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco and Walnut Creek, 1977-1994; Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1972-1977.
JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Appointed to the First District Court of Appeal, Division Two, December 2, 1996; appointed Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge, January 6, 1994; elected to full term June 1994.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: American Bar Association: Litigation Section; Committee on Professional Responsibility; Forum on the Construction Industry; Forum on Franchising Member; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers; State Bar of California: Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, 1984-1989; Chair, 1988; Special Advisor, 1989. Contra Costa Bar Association: Member, Ethics Committee, 1979-present; Chair, 1983-1984; Chair, Elections Committee, 1984. Member, International Franchise Association; San Francisco Bar Association: Member, Ethics Committee, 1979-present; Chair, 1983-1984; Chair, Elections Committee, 1984. Member, International Franchise Association. Judicial Activities and Associations: Member, California Judges Association; Judicial Ethics Committee, 1994-1997; Judicial Elections Committee, 1994-1995; Member, National Association of Women Judges, 1995-present; Member, Italian-American Bar Association, 1985-present.
EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Formal commendation from Director of the U.S. Marshal’s Service, 1977; Trial Judge of the Year, Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, 1996.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Seminar leader & faculty, California Judicial College, 1995-1996; lecturer, CJER 1996-1998; adjunct professor, John F. Kennedy School of Law; faculty, Hastings College for Trial & Appellate Advocacy.