Candidate for
Judge of the Superior Court; Office 31

Katherine Mader

(310) 573-1735
FAX: (310) 573-9165

EMPLOYMENT

Deputy District Attorney 1/99-present Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Criminal Racketeering and Money Laundering Task Force.

Inspector General 7/96-1/99 Los Angeles Police Commission Audited and investigated the Los Angeles Police Department's handling of complaints of misconduct by police officers and civilian employees; analyzed personnel complaints and use of force investigations; made policy recommendations to the Police Commission; served as Police Commission's independent investigator; conducted investigations into excessive force, retaliation, and corruption; directed the activities of the staff of the Office of the Inspector General.

Deputy District Attorney 1/85-6/96 Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Prosecuted capital murder cases resulting in two separate defendants receiving the death penalty; while assigned to the Special Investigations Division (1993-1996) investigated officer-involved shootings and other allegations of misconduct against police officers including theft, excessive force, planting of evidence, illegal entry, and perjury; investigated and tried political corruption cases against public officials.

Criminal Defense Attorney 1977-1984 Private Practice; Sacramento and Los Angeles Defended mainly felonies including a series of alleged Mexican Mafia executions as well as Angelo Buono in the "Hillside Strangler" case involving the deaths of ten women.

Director, State-wide Patients' Rights Office 1976-1977 California Department of Health, Sacramento Investigated and enforced rights of patients and residents in all state-licensed facilities; conducted state-wide investigations into deaths of patients in state hospitals.

Public Defender 1973-1976 Sacramento County Public Defender's Office

EDUCATION

B.A. Political Science Honorary 1969 University of California at Los Angeles

J.D. 1972 University of California at Davis

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Co-Author: Fallen Angels, Chronicle of LA Crime and Mystery Rotten Apples, Chronicle of New York Crime and Mystery Perfect Crimes

Member 1984-1986 State Bar Commission on Corrections

Member 1979-1984 State of California Traffic Adjudication Board

Founder 1976-1980 Women's Advocates

Speaker 1996-present Topics have included police oversight issues for numerous organizations such as: National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, San Diego Crime Commission, Los Angeles Chancery Club, and the National Conference on Women and Policing.

Consultant 1998 United States Department of Justice; police oversight issues, particularly the monitoring and auditing of police officers involved in domestic violence.