PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Riegels Campos & Kenyon LLP 1999-2007; Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, LLP, Sacramento, California (1977-1998).
Published news media decisions include Miller v. Superior Court, 21 Cal. 4th 883 (1999) (shield law); Unabom Trial Media Coalition v. U.S. Dist. Court for Eastern Dist. of California, 183 F.3d 949 (9th Cir. 1999); SCI Sacramento Inc. v. Superior Court of San Joaquin County, 54 Cal. App. 4th 654 (1997) (shield law); In re Keisha T., 38 Cal. App. 4th 200 (1995) (access to juvenile court records); KOVR v. Superior Court, 31 Cal. App. 4th 1023 (1995) (intentional infliction of emotional distress); Mosesian v. McClatchy Newspapers, 205 Cal. App. 3d 597 (1988) (defamation); Alim v. Superior Court, 185 Cal. App. 3d 144 (1986)(defamation); Nicholson v. McClatchy Newspapers, 177 Cal. App. 3d 509 (1986) (defamation); Lewis v. Time Magazine, 710 F.2d 549 (9th Cir. 1983) (defamation).
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
United States Supreme Court (1984); Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1982); Eastern District of California (1977); State Bar of California (1977).
EDUCATION
University of California, Davis School of Law J.D. 1977. Managing Editor, Symposium on Legal Problems of Local Government, 10 U.C. Davis Law Review 1976-77.
University of California, Santa Cruz. A.B. 1974 Community Studies. College Honors.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS
Awarded American Inns of Court and Ninth Circuit Professionalism Award 2007.
Named a "Super Lawyer," one of the Top 5% of Northern California Attorneys in the 2009 - 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers balloting, research and blue ribbon review process; included in top 100 Super Lawyers in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010; top 50 Female Super Lawyers in 2004-2010.
Sacramento County Bar Association - Distinguished Lawyer 2003
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, elected 2009 (limited to 500 members in the United States).
California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, elected 1997; Northern California Membership Committee 2003-2005; Secretary-Treasurer 2005-06; Second Vice President 2006-07; First Vice President 2007-08; President 2008-09.
Best Lawyers in America, First Amendment Law (1991-present); Appellate Law (2005-present); AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell; named one of Sacramento's Top 40 Lawyers, Sacramento Magazine April 1999; Sacramento Business Journal, "Women Who Mean Business" September 1997 15 Women Making a Difference.
UCD School of Law, Distinguished Alumnus Award 1997; UCD Alumni Association Citation for Excellence 1997.
Women Lawyers of Sacramento and Sacramento County Bar Association, Frances Newell Carr Achievement Award 1997.
Sacramento County Bar Association, Humanitarian of the Year Award 1996.
Society of Professional Journalists, Central Valley Chapter, 1995 Freedom of Information Award.
CIVIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
California State Bar Committee on Administration of Justice, 1985-87; Committee on Women in the Law, 1984-85; Committee on Free Press & Fair Trial, 1983-84.
Sacramento County Bar Association, Sacramento Lawyer Editorial Policy Committee 1999-2002; Co-Chair Executive Director Search Committee 1997; Bar Council 1994-95; Judicial Evaluations Committee 1986-87; Bench Bar Media Committee, Bar Co-Chair 1985-87; The Docket Editorial Policy Committee, Chair 1986-87; Nominating Committee 2000-2001, 1988-1989; Long Range Plan & Bylaws Committee 1991-92.
Society of Professional Journalists, Sacramento Chapter, Chapter Adviser 1996-1997.
Member, California Newspapers Association; California First Amendment Coalition; Media Law Resource Center (Chair, Pretrial Procedures Committee 1998-2002).
Milton L. Schwartz American Inn of Court, member 1992-present; Executive Committee member 1998-2002.
University of California, Davis, School of Law - Alumni Board of Directors, member 2003-.
UC Davis Health Systems, Leadership Council 1995-present; elected Executive Committee 1998, Chair 2002-2003.
Legal Services of Northern California, Inc., member of Board of Directors 1989-1995, Executive Committee member 1991-1995.
NEWS MEDIA RELATED PUBLICATIONS AND TEACHING
California Library Association, Sunshine Week 2010, Building Transparency. Speaker and panelist – March 2010 (Sacramento).
California First Amendment Coalition, Open Government Conference, Access to Criminal Court Records and Hearings - October 2004 (Berkeley) (based on experience as representative of news media coalition in Scott Peterson pretrial proceedings);
Women Lawyers of Sacramento, Lawyers Meet the Press - tips for lawyers communicating with the press - August 2004 (Sacramento);
California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Access to Courts and Court Records - Co-chair and panelist, four MCLE panels dealing with First Amendment issues affecting lawyers and the press for appellate justices and lawyers - May 2004 (Carmel);
California First Amendment Coalition, Open Government Conference, Access to Juvenile Court Records and Hearings - October 2002 (San José);
New Supervisors Institute - California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and Center for California Studies - training for new county supervisors training on Ralph M. Brown Act and California Public Records Act - February 2001 (Sacramento).
Practicing Law Institute, Libel and Newsgathering Litigation - Shield Laws July 2000 (Los Angeles); July 1998 (Los Angeles);
California State University Center for California Studies Journalism Awards Conference panel on access to courts February 1998 (Sacramento);
California Society of Newspaper Editors & the AP News Executive Council, Back to School on School Access, April 1997 (Napa Valley);
California Newspaper Publishers Assn., Circulation Managers Seminar, Newsrack Ordinances and the First Amendment, June 1997 (Sacramento);
American Bar Association First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee Newsletter, "Keeping Cameras in Courts After O.J." Summer 1996.
