Education
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
San Francisco, CA, Juris Doctor, 1989
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA , Master of Social Welfare, 1989
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 1983, Honors Society
Accreditations
Admitted to the California State Bar, 1989
Professional Experience
David Sutton Mediation and Arbitration Services
San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Santa Clara, California
- Mediation, arbitration of divorce, including custody and property issues, parent/teen conflict, support and financial disputes. Family law private judge pro tem. Mediation of psychotherapeutic malpractice claims. Family law custody co-parenting coordinator.
Private Law Practice
Psychotherapeutic liability risk assessment and license defense
- Liability risk assessment for providers of psychotherapy and related clinical services. Defense of clinical licenses before the california state licensing boards.
Private Psychotherapy Practice
- Treatment of adolescents and adults
Community activities
Superior Court of California
Volunteer bench bar settlement panelist for family law matters
Family and Children’s Law Center, San Rafael, California
- Current president, board of directors
- Volunteer family law attorney
Marin Legal Aid, San Rafael, California
- Current board member
- Volunteer coordinator of family law clinic for low-income clients
Marin Interfaith Youth Outreach Teen Center, San Rafael, California
- Member, board of directors
San Francisco Bar Association: Volunteer Legal Services Program
- Volunteer legal services for low income San Francisco residents
Wiley Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services
State Bar of California, 1999
Seminars & Trainings Facilitated
- Mediating family law disputes
- Mediating and arbitrating financial/business disputes
- Elder abuse: prevention and reporting obligations
- Psychotherapeutic malpractice risk assessment
- Psychotherapeutic license protection and defense
- Confidentiality and ethical obligations of the psychotherapeutic relationship
- Defusing the dangerous client
Psychotherapeutic Liability and License Defense and Mediation Training Sponsors/Contracts
California State University, Fresno
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fresno County Department of Social Services
National Association of Social Workers- San Francisco, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Burbank regions.
Jewish Family and Children’s Services
Marin County Division on Aging
Veterans Administration Medical Center: Palo Alto, California