Candidate for
Judge-Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 8

Rated "WELL QUALIFIED" by the Los Angeles County Bar Association (2006)

♦ Attorney for 19 years, Graduate of Loyola Law School, Passed the California Bar Exam the first time when less than 45% passed, Attorney since 1987 with both civil and criminal experience

♦ Criminal Prosecutor for 16 years, Supervisor of specialized unit for more than 5 years, Prosecutor of child pornography, exploitation & molestation cases, hate crimes, grand theft, wage & hour violations, Cal OSHA death cases

♦ Author of Legal articles on discovery, admissibility of privileged records, drug abuse, obscenity and pornography; and one of five authors of curriculum used nationwide to instruct prosecutors

♦ Instructor of hundreds of Los Angeles police officers

♦ Instructor of UCLA students and hundreds of mediation students on the California Justice System

♦ Instructor of hundreds of prosecutors across the country on trial advocacy skills and drug impairment

♦ Special-Agent-in-Charge Award, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

♦ Certificates of Appreciation, National District Attorneys Association and American Prosecutors Research Institute, Los Angeles City Council Members, Los Angeles City Attorney

♦ Co-Founder, Black Market Cigarette Task Force

♦ Certificate of Recognition, Hate Crime Task Force, Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners

♦ Certificate of Appreciation, Prostitution Task Force, Los Angeles City Council Members