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Biography

• Recognized as a “Top Woman Lawyer” 2011 by Los Angeles Magazine

• Designated a “Super Lawyer,” Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine (2009 – 2011)

• AV-rated — the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell (over 20 years)

• Co-Author: Cal. Prac. Guide: Bankruptcy, published by The Rutter Group

• Contributing Editor, Nat’l Prac. Guide: Bankruptcy, published by The Rutter Group

• Advanced Mediation training (18 hours) at Pepperdine Law School, 2010

• Co-Author: “§ 524(g) Asbestos Bankruptcies and Other Land Mines,” Vol. 51 For the Defense, DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, No. 5, May 2009

• Co-Author: 11 U.S.C. § 524(g), Bankr. Prac. Guide, 2009, The Rutter Group

• Co-Author: “Lost in § 524(g) Space: Asbestos Bankruptcies-The Survival Guide for the Voyage Back to Your Coverage Litigation,” Defense Research Institute, New York, December 2008

• Editor-in-Chief, California Bankruptcy Journal, 1989-1995

• Editor, California Bankruptcy Journal, 1995 to Present

• Speaker: “Effective Representation of Your Client in a Bankruptcy Contest – Whether Your Clients are Debtors, Trustees or Creditors,” California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Litigation Committee, January 10, 2002; “Defendant’s Strategic Use of Plaintiff’s Bankruptcy,” Southern California Defense Counsel’s 11th Annual Seminar, October 1998

• Mediator Training Certificate (42 hours), Pepperdine Law School, 2000

• Mediator: Member of Panel of Mediators for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2001-2003; Member of Panel of Mediators for the Los Angeles Superior Court, 2001-2002

• First Motions Attorney for the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (9th Circuit)

• Extern to the Hon. Frederick J. Hertz (deceased), Northern District of Illinois.

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