Areas of Practice: Employment and Labor law on behalf of Management. Also experienced in appellate law, insurance coverage and bad faith.

Education: Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D. 1990); California State University, Long Beach (B.A. Political Science 1985); Cerritos Community College (A.A. Legal Assisting 1981)

Court Affiliations: United States District Court (Central and Eastern Districts); United States 9th Circuit Court; California Court of Appeal; Superior Courts of the State of California.

Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law; Tort and Insurance Law and Litigation Sections); California Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section); American Bar Association (Tort, Insurance and Labor and Employment Law Sections); Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC), California Women Lawyer's Association; Professionals in Human Resource Association (PHIRA), Defense Research Institute (DRI); Professional Liability Underwriter's Society (PLUS), Association of Defense Trial Lawyers (ADTA).

Lecturer: Frequent lecturer to executives, business groups, human resource professionals, professional organizations and individual companies on employment related issues including Family and Medical Leave, Wrongful Termination, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Employee Handbooks and Employment Contracts, Employee's Privacy Rights in Employment, Disciplining Employees and Wage and Hour Law.

Author: Navigating the Labyrinth of California Pregnancy Leave, "Verdict, 1995", Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies - Restrictions on the Use of Lie Detectors Under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, "Verdict 2004", Potential Liability in Age Discrimination Claims Broadens for Employers, "Business Life, October 2005", Editor and Contributor Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley & Jennet Newsletter "A Legal Update".

Reason for becoming a lawyer: I like putting puzzles together. I've always thought of the law as a giant puzzle - you're told what the picture is and you have to go out and find the pieces to make it all fit. The puzzle is so confusing - that's my job, finding the pieces to put it all together for clients.

Latest Hobby Project: Reading anything. Re-introducing myself to golf to keep up with my son who has just taken up the sport.

Words of Wisdom: Simplify, simplify, simplify. The most difficult things in life are manageable if you just distill them to their simplest elements.