Admitted
1987, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
University of Santa Clara, J.D., cum laude, 1987
Law School Graduation Year
1987
College
University of Nevada, B.A., with honors, 1984
Memberships
Washoe County (Member, Executive Board 1996-2000; President 2000-2001; Washoe County Bench Bar Committee, 1999—) Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada (Member, Supreme Court Task Force on Establishment of Business Court 2000) Volunteer Lawyers of Washoe County (Board of Directors, 1998-2000); American Bankruptcy Institute; Northern Nevada Bankruptcy Bar; Northern Nevada Women Lawyer's Association (President, 1991-1992).
Biographical
Member, American Inns of Court Barrister, 2000-2002. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Real Property and Torts. Contributing Author: Lender Liability in Nevada, NBI, July, 1990. Co-Author: Sexual Harassment: What Is and What Is Not in 1992, Inter Alia, Journal of the State Bar of Nevada, Vol. 57 No. 3, July 1992; Defaults and Default Judgments, Nev. Civ. Practice Manual, (3d ed. March, 1993 and 5th ed. 2001). Author: It's Splitsville: The Ethics and Realities of Leaving a Law Firm in the 90's, Nevada Lawyer, Vol. 3, No. 12, December 1995. Member: Nevada Supreme Court Task Force on Gender, Economic & Ethnic Bias in the Courts, 1998-2000; Northern Nevada Disciplinary Board, 1995-2001 (Vice-Chairman, 1999-2001); Supreme Court Task Force on Multi Jurisdictional Practice, 2001-2002; State Bar of Nevada Board of Governors, 2001—; State Bar of Nevada Bankruptcy Section (Chair, 2000-2003).