Presentations

“How Are You, Really? Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the Modern World,” presenter, Beverly Hills Bar Association, November 7, 2024. 

“Third Annual CLA Litigation Section Judicial Advisors Roundtable,” panelist, California Lawyers Association, September 11, 2024.

“Civility Matters” panelist, at the 34th annual Jack Daniels/Los Angeles ABOTA Trial School, July 26, 2023, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

“Litigating and Resolving Marvin Claims: Practical Tips for Family Law Practitioners,” panelist, Southern California Family Law American Inns of Court, June 12, 2023, Los Angeles.

“LACBA’s Third Annual Judicial Perspective: Employment Cases Post Pandemic World,” panelist, Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, June 3, 2023.

“How Are You, Really? Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the Post-Pandemic World,” presenter, Beverly Hills Bar Association, November 3, 2022.

“Second Annual CLA Litigation Section Judicial Advisors Roundtable,” panelist, California Lawyers Association, October 27, 2022.

“Negotiation Masterclass: How to Land a Better Deal,” panelist, Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) 47th Annual Seminar, October 23, 2021, Big Island, Hawaii.

“Litigating Alter Ego Claims,” panelist, California Lawyers Association’s Business Litigation Series, October 13, 2021.

“First Annual CLA Litigation Section Judicial Advisors Roundtable,” panelist, California Lawyers Association, August 26, 2021.

“Efficient Mediation Strategies for Solo Practitioners and Small Firms Including the Impact of the Pandemic on the role of ADR,” panelist, California Lawyers Association’s Solo and Small Firm Summit, June 24, 2021.

“Attorneys' Fees: Best Practices for Litigating a Motion,” panelist, California Lawyers Association’s Business Litigation Series, June 9, 2021.

“Mediation Advocacy – Everything you wanted to know from A to Z, before, during and after the mediation,” panelist, Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Small Firm & Sole Practitioner Section’s Zoom webinar, April 21, 2021.

“Arbitration for New Lawyers: Preparation, Presentation & the Judicial Perspective,” panelist, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’ New Lawyers Roundtable Zoom Webinar, April 13, 2021. 

“The Ethics of an ADA Compliance Complaint from Lease to Trial,” panelist, Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Real Property Section’s Zoom webinar, March 26, 2021.

“Mediation During the Covid Pandemic,” speaker, Los Angeles ABOTA members’ meeting, December 16, 2020.

“Informal Discovery Conferences With Your Judge: Everything You Need to Know to Efficiently Resolve Discovery Disputes” panelist, Los Angeles County Bar Association Litigation Section’s Zoom webinar, June 18, 2020. 

“Online Happy Hour with Women Legal Pioneers” panelist, Los Angeles Daily Journal’s Zoom discussion, May 14, 2020. 

“The ABCs of TBI: Etiologies, Strategies & Mitigation” panelist, at the 59th annual seminar of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC), January 30, 2020, Los Angeles. 

“Civility Matters” panelist, at the 33rd annual Jack Daniels/Los Angeles ABOTA Trial School, July 31, 2019, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. 

“Women in Black: Women on the Bench” panelist, at inaugural, second, and third “Women Leadership in Law Forums” sponsored by Daily Journal Professional Education; May 23, 2017; May 2, 2018; and May 9, 2019, Beverly Hills. 

“Jury Comprehension” segment moderator, Judicial Jury Trial Workshop, State Court Jury Innovations Project, by the Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law, October 17, 2018, New York University School of Law, New York City, New York. 

Jury Improvement Lunch panelist, sponsored by the Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law, October 3, 2018, Los Angeles, California. 

“Basic Trial Skills” panelist, “Importance of Final Status Conference Binders” segment, Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) annual conference, August 30, 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

“Case Management Conferences: Get Off on the Right Foot,” panelist, Los Angeles County Bar Association Litigation Section’s Brown Bag lunch program, December 2017, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Los Angeles. 

“Evidence” panelist, “Mock Evidentiary Arguments” segment, Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) annual conference, September 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Los Angeles Superior Court Jury Trial Seminar and Workshop participant, with the Korean Community Lawyers’ Association, July 2017. 

“Voir Dire, Bumper Stickers, the Current Election, and Group Think,” panelist, program sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association Trial Practice Inn of Court, October 2016, LA Law Library, Los Angeles. 

“Do’s and Don’ts from the LASC Judges” panelist, Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Litigation Section’s Brown Bag lunch program, February 2016, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Los Angeles.
 

Los Angeles County Bar Association’s “Dialogues on Freedom,” participant, conducted at various Los Angeles Unified School District high schools (2015 and 2017). 

“The Courts: Administration of Justice,” guest speaker, Political Science 432, “The Politics of (Local) Criminal Justice,” University of Southern California, Department of Political Science, February 22, 2018. 

“Ethical Issues with Jury Selection,” panelist in presentation satisfying the Legal Ethics component of MCLE Specialty Credits program, Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles’ annual conference, September 5, 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

“Damages,” panelist, Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles annual conference, August 29, 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

“Coaching for the New Practitioner: What They Didn’t Teach You in Law School,” panelist, State Bar of California Education Foundation, Litigation Section, October 2010; July 2012; July 2013; July 2014; July 2015; July 2016; and July 2017, Los Angeles, California. 

“Personal Security and Judicial Privacy Protection,” presenter, for Superior Court Judges attending the Cow County Judges Institute by the Judicial Council of California/ Administrative Office of the Courts Center for Judiciary Education and Research (CJER); June 2013, Santa Rosa, California.

“Limited Civil Jurisdiction,” presenter, for other Los Angeles Superior Court Judges as part of the Civil Primary Assignment Overview, May 2013, Los Angeles Superior Court Judicial Education Seminars (JES). 

“Judicial Security,” presenter, for other Los Angeles Superior Court Judges at the Los Angeles Superior Court Family Law Division’s annual seminar, February 2011. 

“Life After Justice Corps” panelist, Justice Corps, April 2010. 

Beverly Hills Bar Association Family Law Inns of Court, speaker, 2009.