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Marketing Consultant and Writing Coach
(310) 202-0217
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
– Assistant Professor (Graduate Writing Skills) in the Masters Program in Negotiation, Conflict-Resolution, and Peace Building, California State University, Dominguez Hills.
– Practiced law in Los Angeles County from 1970 to 2003
– Taught seminars and coached lawyers and accountants in writing, time management, and marketing their practices, in addition to seminars on technical legal issues
– President of the Century City bar Association
– American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Board of Governors, Newsletter Editor, President of the Southern California Chapter
– Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Volunteer in the Minority Law Student Mentor Program
– Executive Committees of the State Bar of California Family Law Section and Law Practice Management Sections
– Judge Pro Tem, Arbitrator, and Mediator, Los Angeles County Superior Court
– Settlement Officer: State of California Court of Appeal, Second District
– California Judicial Council, Juvenile and Family Law Advisory Committee
– Sunday Free Legal Clinic, First AME Church of Los Angeles
WRITINGS
Published a regular column in the State Bar Family Law News for 20 years.
Wrote a chapter "Valuation in Marital Dissolutions" in Financial Valuation: Business and Business Interests (Maxwell MacMillan 1990).
Published articles in:
Barfbrief (Newsletter of the Beverly Hills Bar Association)
The Century City Lawyer
Los Angeles Daily Journal - California Law Business
The California Lawyer
Fair$hare
California Litigation
Los Angeles Lawyer
The Bottom Line
Family and Juvenile Law Newsletter (Oregon State Bar)
California Lawyer
Family Law News and Review
Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Wrote and edited articles, program materials and book chapters for California Continuing Education of the Bar
Wrote and published book:
Practical Reflections of a California Divorce Lawyer
SPEECHES
Los Angeles County Bar Association Family Law Section
State Bar of California
University of La Verne College of Law
Santa Barbara County Bar Association
Century City Bar Association
California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Beverly Hills Bar Association
Glendale Estate Planning Council
Orange County Bar Association Family Law Section
UCLA Department of Political Science
San Fernando Valley Chapter, California Society of CPAs
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Century City Rotary Club
California Trial Lawyers Association
American Society of Women Accountants
San Gabriel Valley Society of Certified Public Accountants
Southern California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Westwood Village Bar Association
Southern California Society of Certified Family Law Specialists
Los Angeles County Bar Association
South Bay Estate Planning Council
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING
California CPA Education Foundation
Century City Bar Association
State Bar of Nevada
California Continuing Education of the Bar
State Bar of California
Professional Education Systems, Inc.
EDUCATION
University of California at Los Angeles B.A. and J.D.
University of Bordeaux, France
MISCELLANEOUS
– City of Los Angeles, Westside Neighborhood Council – past Board member, past Chair of Policies and Procedures Committee
– Fluent in French, conversant in Spanish and Italian
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