Areas of Practice
General communications, intellectual property and media issues, including First Amendment defamation, prepublication review, and access, newspaper adjudication litigation, and Public Records Act litigation, music law and entertainment law

Prior Experience
Courtroom Clerk, East Los Angeles Municipal Court, Alhambra Superior Court, Pasadena Superior Court, 1993-2003

Supervisor, East Los Angeles Municipal Court – Traffic, Criminal, and Civil/Small Claims Departments, 1991-1993

Publications and Presentations
Co-author, Law of "Opinion" Practice Guide, Media Law Resource Center (2004)

Co-author, 2003 Actual Malice Practice Guide, Media Law Resource Center (2003)

“Everybody Knows Men and Women Are Different: So What?,” 32 Southwestern University Law Review 335 (2003)

Memberships and Activities
Admitted to California Supreme Court; U.S.D.C., Central District of California; U.S.D.C., Southern District of California; U.S.D.C., Eastern District of California

Recipient of Public Counsel's 2008 Volunteer of the Year Award for Early Care and Education Law Project

Recipient of the 2006 Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services, California State Bar

Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc.

Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association, Inc.

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Southwestern University School of Law

• Dean’s list
  
• Lead Articles Editor, Southwestern University Law Review
  
• CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Legal Professions and Advanced Criminal Procedure
  
• Exceptional Achievement Award: Legal Writing