
Honors and awards include
Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa at USC
Commissioner of the Year Award from the Century City Bar Association in 1995
Judicial Excellence Award from the Criminal Courts Bar Association (Commonly referred to as "Judge of the Year" in 2015
Taught Trial Advocacy skills to third year law students for criminal and civil litigation through lectures and mock trials.
Presided over felony and misdemeanor matters at the Airport Courthouse, which is the hub for all criminal cases in the West District of Los Angeles County. My courtroom assignments included felony trials, preliminary hearings, felony arraignments, Early Disposition settlements, Drug Court, and high volume master calendar courts.
Senior trial attorney from 1984, handling numerous murder trials, including multiple murders, torture killings, special circumstance death penalty trials, aggravated sex crimes and three strike life cases.
Supervising attorney in the Beverly Hills Courthouse where I served as a trial attorney as well being responsible for courtroom assignments, writing performance evaluations,running the early disposition project and working with Supervising District Attorneys and Judges on court operations