• 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.