Valerie L. Patten

Contract, Mediation
744 San Antonio Road, Suite 7
Palo Alto, California 94303


Contract

Admitted

1992, California

Law School

Georgetown University, J.D., 1992

Law School Graduation Year

1992

College

Stanford University, A.B., 1972; San Jose State University, M.F.A., 1981

Memberships

Santa Clara County (Member, Sections on: Family Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Intellectual Property; Individual Rights and Responsibilities) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Intellectual Property); Graphic Artists Guild; California Lawyers for the Arts.

Biographical

Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Family Law, 1991; Best Paper, Gender and The Law, 1991; Best Paper, Psychiatry and The Law, 1992; Dean's List, 1990-1992. Pro Bono Panel Member, Guardianship Panel, Legal Advocates for Children and Youth. Judge Pro Tem, Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, Family Law Division, 1999—. Property Division Arbitrator and Mediator, Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, 1998—. Associate, Robert L. Hoover, Inc., 1994-1996. Secretary, Board of Directors: Young Audiences of San Jose; DanceVisions.

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