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Education
1975: B.A. English UCLA, magna cum laude
1978: Juris Doctorate. Loyola-Marymount
Professional Licenses
1978: License by the State Bar of California.
1996: Certified Specialist in Appelate Law, Board of Legal Specialization,
State Bar of California.
Professional Experience
1977-1982: Law clerk and Associate at Mink, Alpert and Barr, Encino,
CA.
1982-Present. Private practice devoted entirely to appellate work.
Published Opinions
People v. Tucker (1995) 37 Cal.App.4th 1
People v. King (1994) 30 Cal.App.4th 328
(review granted on pretext search doctrine)
People v. Araujo (1992) 10 Cal.App.4th 700
People v. Runge (1992) 3 Cal.App.4th 436 (reversal, depublished)
People v. Spears (1991) 228 Cal.App.3d 1
People v. Seibel (1990) 219 Cal.App.3d 1279 (reversal)
People v. Coston (1990) 221 Cal.App.3d 898
People v. Brown (1988) 201 Cal.App.3d 1296
People v. Jarrell (1987) 196 Cal.App.3d 604
Published Articles
The below-named articles all appeared in the Contra Costa Lawyer,
the monthly magazine
of the Contra Costa County Bar Association.
• March, 1992, "Should this Case be Appealed"
Co-authored with Beatrice Taines, Esq.
• June, 1993, "Appellate Procedure Simplified"
Co-authored with Beatrice Taines, Esq.
• February, 1996, "A Procedural Roadmap to Civil and
Criminal Appeals"
Co-authored with John Schreiber, Esq.
Professional Organizations
CACJ, Contra Costa County Bar Association,
CADC, Women Defenders
Volunteer Activities
• Co-Chair of Appellate Law Advisory
Commission, which administers the legal
specialization program
• Nov. 1995 and 1996, Speaker on appellate procedure at CCCBA
MCLE Spectacular
• Co-Chair CACJ Prisons/Post-Conviction Law Committee 1994,
1996
• Founder of Contra Costa County Bar Assn Appellate Section
and Secretary-Treasurer
from 1991 to 1996, past President
• August 1988, Speaker at CPDA homicide seminar
• May, 1988, coordinator of CPDA Search and Seizure seminar
• March and April, 1988, speaker on appellate procedure at
Bay Area Legal Secretaries Forum
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