Traditional Practice

Managing Partner

California Western School of Law/1994/JD

CA/1994

CLE Committee Member AAML/AFCC Committee Member AAML/BVR Committee Member AAML Foundation Grants Committee Member

2023 AAML NorCal Chapter President AAML NorCal Chapter Board Member as of 1/1/2020

State Bar of California-current; San Mateo County Bar Association-Current:  2011 Bar Association President, Board Member from 2002-2012, Past committees include:  Bench & Bar Committee, Finance Committee, Membership Committee, Community Affairs Committee; SantaClara County BarAssociation-current; Bar Association of San Francisco-current; Palo Alto Area Bar Association-Current; American Bar Association-current; Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County:  Current Board Member, Current Chair of the Board's development committee, Current Co-chair of the Legal Aid "and Justice for All" Annual Awards Lucheon Committee; Collaborative Practice San Mateo County-Member since 2001;  Membership Committee; Conference of California Bar Associations: Past Board Member, Cureen Delegate representing San Mateo County, Chair and Treasurer of the San Mateo Delegation.

March 2024 – AAML National Mid-Year Meeting. 1.0 hour panel presentation with forensic experts Marie Ebersbacher and Alexandra Peais on “Equity Compensation: Determination of Income Available for Support; Complex Income Calculations and Vesting; Clawback Considerations”; March 2024 – Queen’s Bench and Apple: 2.0 hours. “Get Into the Legal Loop”, Panelist with 4 other attorneys regarding the Practice of Law and the Path for Women to enter Law School and be Successful in the Practice of Law; September 2023 - Notre Dame de Namur University, Clinical Psychology Graduate Department: 1.5-hour program for graduate students in "Law & Ethics" course on "Family Law Crossover Issues"; April 2023 – Collaborative Practice California: 1.5-hour panel presentation with financial advisors Mark Flowers and Elaina Serotte on "Silicon Valley Entities: Structures and Equity Compensation"; November 2022 - San Francisco County Bar Association Family Law Section: 1.5-hour program on " What Family Law attorneys should know about Silicon Valley Startups and Venture Capital Entities."; September 2022 - The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Peninsula Mentoring Group: 1.5-hour program on "Silicon Valley Entities: Structures and Equity Compensation"; September 2022 - San Francisco County Bar Association Family Law Section: 1.5-hour program on " What Family Law attorneys should know about Silicon Valley Startups and Venture Capital Entities."; July 2022 – Santa Clara County Psychological Association: 2-hour panel with Attorney Marisa C. San Filippo, CFLS. on "Legal Update on Anka; Sanchez; New Cases, Statues and Court Rules; and Special Issues with Dual Roles and Pro Per Litigants in Family Law"; May 2022 – The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 2022 Symposium: 1-hour panel presentation with Kathleen Durrans, Esq. on "You Inherit $100: Probate and Dissolution Issues"; April 2022 - San Mateo County Bar Association Family Law Section: 1.5-hour program on "Venture Capital Basics"; October 2021 - Notre Dame de Namur University, Clinical Psychology Graduate Department: 2-hour program for graduate students in "Law & Ethics" course on "Family Law Crossover Issues"; May 2021 – The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 2019 Symposium: 1.25-hour panel presentation with Marie Ebersbacher, CPA, ABV, CFF, CFE and Steve Wagner, CFLS on "Investment Accounts and How to Avoid Hidden Traps regarding Tracing"; October 2020 – The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Mentoring Group Presentation: 1-hour presentation via Zoom on "Venture Capital Basics” October 2020 - Notre Dame de Namur University, Clinical Psychology Graduate Department: 1.5-hour program via Zoom for graduate students in "Law & Ethics" course on "Family Law Crossover Issues" July 2013-Nortre Dame deNamur University, Clinical Psychology Graduate Department:  1.5-hour program for graduate in "Law & Ethica" course on "Family Law Crossover Issues"; May 2013- The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 2013 Symposium:  1-hour panel with Attorneys John Harding, Wesley Kinnear and Gregory Maple on "How To:  Practical Tips For Incorporatin Premarital Agreements Into Your Family Law Practice"; April 2013-DLA Piper, LLP:  1-hour presentation to non-Family Law Attorneys on "Separation and Divorce:  What Attorneys Should Know"; June 2012-Notre Dame de Namur Univeristy, Clinical Psychology Graduate Department:  2-hour presentation to graduate students in "Ethics in the Law" course on "Family Law Crossover Ethics in Psychology"; January 2012-San Mateo County Bar Association Funky Credit Day:  2-hour panel with San Mateo County Superior Judge Don R. Franchi and Joseph P. Crawford on "Ethics in Family Law'; November 2011-San Mateo County Women Lawyers:  1-hour panel with San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Susan I. Etezadi and Nancy L. Fineman on "Learning from my Mistakes"; October 2008-San Mateo County Family Law Section:  1-hour panel with Attorneys Stephen J. Montalvo and Michelene E. Insalaco on "How to Successfully Litigate Permanent Spousal Support"; August 2008-Administrative Office of the Courts:  2-hour presentation on "Move-Away Cases" to Family Court Services mediators from all over California being trained to handle mediation and custody evaluation cases; April 2008-OPES Advisors, Palo Alto, CA:  2-hour presentation to Financial Advisors and Loan Brokers on "Family Law Crossover issues in Advising Clients going Through Divorce".