• B.A. 1960   Syracuse University; attended Barnard College
• J.D. 1963   New York University Law School
• Jan. 1972   Admitted California State Bar
• 1972-77   Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (Including Directing Attorney of Family Law Center)
• 1977-79  Dept. of Corporations: Licensing and Enforcement counsel: Health Care Division
• 1979   Appointed to Los Angeles Judicial District
• 1992  Elected to Los Angeles Superior Court -Served six years in Family Law
• Feb. 2000   Retired from judicial service after 20 years. Significant cases are: In re Marriage of Drake (1997) 53 CA 4th, 1130 (Rev. den. 6/97); In re Marriage of O'Connor (1997) 59 CA 4th, 877 (Rev. den. 2/98).

• Served pro tempore on the Court of Appeal
• Former Member, Judicial Council Mandatory Arbitration Committee
• Former Member of California Judges' Association - Executive Committee and Ethics Committee
• Former Chair of Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) (governs continuing education of California judges)
• Former member of Planning Committee for, and faculty of CJER Continuing Judicial Studies Program (taught family law and jurisprudence)
• Former LACBA trustee; member of LACBA Family Law Executive Committee; and LACBA FLS Alternate Dispute Resolution Subcommittee
• Served on numerous family law symposia, child custody colloquia and other panels
• 1981 Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Law, from Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
• 1981 Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Woman in Government, from California Women in Government

Now engaged in private dispute resolution including judge pro tem, settlement judge, discovery referee, arbitration, mediation and special master, both family law and civil.

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