Admissions

  • California

Recognitions

  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, 2009 – present
  • Named a Top Ten Criminal Law Attorney for Client Satisfaction 2015-2016 by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys
  • Named America's Top 100 Criminal Attorneys, 2020 – 2021
  • Named a Top Women Attorney in Southern California, Los Angeles magazine - Business Litigation, 2014
  • Rated one of the Top Lawyers in litigation, San Diego magazine, 2013
  • Named a Top Ten Attorney 2006 and 2007 by peer vote, San Diego Transcript
  • Named a Top Attorney in Business Litigation in California by the Corporate Counsel 2008 Edition
  • Southern California Super Lawyer, 2007 – 2021
  • AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell

Education

  • J.D., Yale Law School
  • B.A., St. Olaf College
    summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Courts

  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Tax Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Memberships

  • Federal Bar Association - Former President, San Diego Chapter
  • Master, Louis Welch Chapter of the American Inns of Court
  • Barrister, William B. Enright Chapter of the American Inns Court
  • Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference - Lawyer-Delegate

Media Mentions

  • Television Commentator on MSNBC, KPBS and KFMB-TV (1998 – 2002 and 2019 – 2020)