EDUCATION

Monterey College of Law
J.D. 1999, Member California Bar December 1999.

Activities
Small Claims Advisory Clinic 1997: Counseled clients on actions in the Municipal
Courts of Monterey and San Benito Counties.

Heisler Moot Court 1998: Argued for Constitutional Rights involved in privacy and
reproduction.

University of California at Santa Cruz
B.A. 1987 Major: Biology, Minor: Anthropology

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

The Affiliates, Palo Alto, CA 1999- present.
On assignment as a file room clerk for Townsend, Townsend and Crew in Palo Alto. The experience has given me an appreciation of the support necessary to keep a law office functional and the importance of detail.

Volt Services, Scotts Valley, CA 1996-1997
On assignment for 18 months as litigation support in the legal department of Seagate Technology in Scotts Valley. The experience provided me with my first exposure to corporate law and litigation preparation. Duties included document production, indexing, and other trial preparation. I quickly learned the focus of the litigation and was trusted to check the work of others.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Santa Cruz Seaside Company, Santa Cruz, CA 1985-1995, 1998 -1999. Working in several departments, I rapidly earned promotions up to Operations Supervisor.
Achievements: Supervised, scheduled, trained, and kept payroll records for up to 100 employees per season. Revised and wrote new departmental guides and tests for employee training, created new scheduling techniques and forecasts for critical operational periods.

PERSONAL INTERESTS
Activities involving animals both the wild as well as domestic animal care, a left over from my biological background. Other interest include animation, toy collecting, urban folklore. All my personal interests are the subjects of my ever expanding web sight which currently consists of over 20 pages.

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