I graduated from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1996. Afterwards, I worked as a legislative aide, for approximately 1.5 years, for Supervisor Leslie R. Katz, San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
In 1998, I joined the San Francisco District Attorney’s office where I ...
I graduated from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1996. Afterwards, I worked as a legislative aide, for approximately 1.5 years, for Supervisor Leslie R. Katz, San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
In 1998, I joined the San Francisco District Attorney’s office where I served as an Assistant District Attorney for five years and prosecuted a variety of misdemeanor and felony matters including child abuse, domestic violence and sex crimes.
In 2003, I joined the U.S. Attorneys office, San Francisco, CA, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. In that capacity, I prosecuted a wide range federal matters including, but not limited to, financial and tax fraud, organized crime and child exploitation matters. I was lead prosecutor on one of the largest child exploitation cases the Department of Justice has prosecuted which involved enlisting support from allies in Mexico, Russia and Asia.
I left the U.S. Attorneys office in 2010 and joined eBay, Inc., where I served for one year as Regulatory Counsel, ensuring that our global and domestic platforms were operating in accordance with local, state and federal regulations.
In 2012, I joined a small labor/employment law firm in Santa Monica, California. In my present capacity, I am proud to represent public safety officers and unions. I represent clients in civil, administrative and criminal matters. I respond to critical incidents and represent officers during those investigations as well. Our clients are located as far north as Tulare County and as far south as San Diego, California.
In the past, I have been politically active in a variety of organizations including the National Organization for Women, the California Women’s Political Caucus and, LGBT organizations. I have held leadership roles, in a volunteer capacity, in these organizations. During law school, I served as a volunteer attorney with the Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic and, participated in a variety of LGBT Bar associations.
More recently, I have been active with GLAAD (“Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation”) and, worked in conjunction with their Board of Directors. Recently, I accepted a request to serve on Equality California’s (“EQCA”) Los Angeles Council, which supports the Board of Directors. I am currently a member of the Women’s Political Committee, a political action committee, which provides money to female political candidates.