Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in 1977 EDUCATION: J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, 1977; B.A. California State University, Sacramento, 1974. PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Legal Affairs Secretary for Governor Wilson, Sacramento, 1991-94. Private Law Practice, Sacramento, 1989-91 (Senior Associate). Deputy Secretary and General Counsel, California Business, Transportation & Housing Agency, Sacramento, 1987-89. Deputy Attorney General, California State Department of Justice, Sacramento, 1979-87. Deputy Counsel, Legislative Counsel Bureau, Sacramento, 1977-79. JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California, appointed May 2, 1996. Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, appointed October 21, 1994, confirmed by Commission on Judicial Appointments, November 4, 1994. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Member, Independent Advisory Board to the Institute for Legislative Practice, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, 1995-1998; Member, Commission on the Future of the Courts, 2020 Vision, 1991-1993. Member, Judicial Council of California, Judgeship Needs Advisory Committee, 1993-1996; Member, Judicial Council of California, Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee, 1996-1998. Member, Governor’s Child Support Task Force, 1993-1994; Member, The Milton L. Schwartz American Inn of Court, 1995-1996; Member, Women Prosecutors of California, 1991-1994; Member, American Judges Association; Member, American Judicature Society; Member, The Federalist Society. Chair, White Collar Crime Task Force, 1987-1989. EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Pepperdine University Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree; Southwestern School of Law Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree; California State University of Sacramento Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award; UCLA Alumnus of the Year Award; California Lincoln Club Distinguished Jurist Award. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Not provided COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Member, Community Learning Advisory Board--Rio Americano High School Academia Civitas, 1994-1996. Participant, Citizenship and Law-Related Education Conference for High School Students, 1994-present. Member, California Commission on the Status of African-American Males, 1993-1997.