Curriculum Vitae
Education:
- University of California at Davis, Juris Doctor
- Pomona College, Bachelor of Arts
- University of Heidelberg, Germany – Rotary Scholar
Awards:
“Super Lawyers” – Recognized as in Top 5% for Business Bankruptcy in the Mountain States (2010-2023)
“Legal Elite” by Nevada Business Magazine (2016-2023)
“Woman of Achievement” by Nevada Women’s Fund (2007)
“20 Under 40” by Reno Gazette Journal (2007)Professional Membership:
- State Bar of Nevada
- State Bar of California
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Washoe County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Northern Nevada Women Lawyers Association
- Master in the American Inns of Court, Bruce R. Thompson Chapter
Community & Industry Leadership:
President of the Northern Nevada Bankruptcy Bar Association (2007-2009)
Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada (2005-2012)
Chairperson of the State Bar of Nevada’s Continuing Legal Education Committee (2002-2009)
Member of Board of Directors for the UC Davis Law School Alumni Association (2005-2014)
President of the Northern Nevada Women Lawyers Association (2002)
Mentor in the ASCENT (All Students College Educated in Nevada Today) (2007-2009)
Advisory Board Member for KUNR Public Radio (2006-2009)Representative Past & Present Corporate Clients:
- Amtrak
- AMH Properties
- Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC
- California Bank & Trust
- Educational Credit Management Corporation
- Gaston & Wilkerson
- National Loan Acquisitions Company
- Nevada Commercial Services
- Collection Service of Nevada
- Port of Subs
- Renown Health
- Umpqua Bank
- US Bank
Publications:
Contributing Author to the Nevada Real Property Practice and Procedure Manual (2021)
Co-authored “Navigating Nevada’s Foreclosure Laws,” featured in In Business Las Vegas’ October 2007 Commercial Real Estate special publication
Published “Preference Actions Under the Bankruptcy Code: What You & Your Clients Should Know” in the April 2006 issue of the Communiqué, the journal of the Clark County Bar Association
