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        |  EDUCATIONAL and LICENSE BACKGROUND Extensive training in mediation through the Center for the Development of Mediation in Law, Mill Valley, CA J.D. University of San Francisco December 1976 Admitted to State Bar of California June 28, 1977 Certified by the State Bar of California as a Family Law Specialist - February 8, 1983; recertified 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND HONORS San Francisco Magazine, one of top 50 Northern California women lawyers in 2006 Northern California Super Lawyer, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 International Academy of Collaborative Professionals American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow since March 17, 1984; 2000-01 Northern California Chapter President; Chapter Delegate to Nat'l Board of Governors 2004-2011 International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow since March 8, 1999 Association of Certified Family Law Specialists California Women Lawyers American Bar Association, Family Law Section Sonoma County Bar Association, Family Law Committee Founding Member; Co-chair 1981-83; Collaborative Law Committee - Co-chair 2003-04 State Bar of California, Family Law Section: Executive Committee 1983-90; Legislative Coordinator, 1984-86; Vice Chair 1986-87; Chair 1987-88; Advisor 1988-90 State Bar of California, Council of Section Chairs: Member 1987-90; Chair, 1989-90 Member, Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Family Law 1987-90 State Bar Family Law Advisory Commission, Member 2004-08, Chair 2007-08 Founding member of Collaborative Council of the Redwood Empire; vice-president 2004-2006, secretary 2006-08, director 2008-2010 PUBLICATIONS "Seeds of Change," State Bar Legal Specialization Digest, Issue 1 2008. "Collaborative Practice Materials - a Resource Manual," 2004 (rev 2008), co-authored with Catherine Ann Conner "Divorce Mediation's Strengths," California Lawyer, July, 1983, co-authored with Gary J. Friedman "Child Support - Looking Backward and Forward," California Family Law Service News Alert, June 1988
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