Appointed April 22, 2011, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit(Current term expires 04/21/25)
Education:
University of California Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, M.B.A., 2009, UCLA Anderson School of a Management Honor Society.
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA, J.D., 1992, Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, Senior Note & Comment Editor, Loyola Int’l & Comp. L.J., 1991 – 92.
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (formerly University of Lowell, Lowell, MA), B.M., Music Education, 1982, Magna Cum Laude.
Career Record:
1997 – 2011, United States Department of Justice. -2009 – 2011, Acting Assistant Director of Office of Criminal Enforcement, United States Trustee Program. -2003 – 2009, Bankruptcy Fraud Criminal Coordinator, United States Trustee Program. -1997 – 2003, Special Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office,CentralDistrict of California (on permanent detail from the United States Trustee Program).
1995 – 1997, Associate, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, Los Angeles, CA. 1994 –
1995, Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Arthur L. Alarcon, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
1992 – 1994, Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Lourdes G. Baird, United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Professional Memberships:
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
United States Bankruptcy Court Central District of California