PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Faculty, Criminal Law and Procedure Institute, CJER 1992
Faculty, Los Angeles Superior Court Trial Management Conference 1993
Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy 1993
Panel Member, Bench and Bar Panel on PACE Attorney Claims 1993
Faculty, Conference on Sexually Abused Children, Stuart House 1993
Faculty, Criminal Law and Procedure Institute, Capital Cases, CJER 1994
Faculty, Continuing Judicial Studies Program, Capital Cases, CJER 1995
Faculty, Continuing Judicial Studies Program, Trials Course, CJER 1995
Faculty, 1997 Criminal Law and Procedure Institute, CJER
Moderator, Panel on Civility, Los Angeles County Bar, November 1995
Panelist, Domestic Violence, Association of Probation Women 1997
Panelist, Sex Crimes Legislation, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, 1997
Panelist, Media in the Courts, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, 1997
Panelist, Summit Conference Multi Disciplinary Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, 1998
Panelist, Rutter Group Program on Criminal Law, 1998
Guest Speaker, Crime Talk TV, Los Angeles, One Day One Trial, 1999
Panelist: Innovative Jury Practices, Association of Business Trial Lawyers Program, 1999
Speaker: Jury Innovations: Next Steps, Conference of Chief Justices, Texas February 2000
Speaker: Jury Reforms CrimeTime Television Show, April 11, 2000
Speaker: Jury Issues: KJLH-FM Jacquie Stevens Show, May 2000
Speaker, KSFO Barbara Simpson Show: Jury Reforms May 14, 2000
Presentation: Jury Innovations, Los Angeles County Bar Inn of the Court, June 7, 2000
Speaker: KZLA-FM Jury Innovations The Sunday Show, July 9, 2000
Jury Reform Presentation, Criminal Courts Bar Association, September 11, 2000
Faculty, Continuing Judicial Studies: Jury Issues, 8 Hour Program, Monterey, January 2001
KABC Talk Show: Jury Issues: February 2001
Speaker, “Presenting a Trial,” Los Angeles County Bar Association March 10, 2001
CJER CJSP “Jury Reforms” Eight Hour Training, Costa Mesa April 2001
Statewide Satellite Broadcast Instructor: “Juries: Strategies for Better Trials” May 25, 2001
CJER CJSP Faculty: Death Penalty Trials August 2001
Guest, KPCC Radio “Talk of the City” One Trial Jury Service August 8, 2001
Speaker: The New Look of Jury Trials” Association of Southern California Defense Counsel January 2002
Faculty, CJER Continuing Judicial Studies: Jury Issues. Monterey January 2002
CJER 2002 Civil Law and Procedures Institute: Jury Issues San Diego, March 1, 2002
Speaker, Court Clergy Conference: Jury Issues March 20, 2002
Speaker, Radio Show on One Day One Trial KJLH May 4, 2002
Faculty, Georgia Jury Summit, Augusta, Georgia May 9-11, 2002
Guest KFI Bill Handel on the Law radio show One Day Trial Service August 2002
San Diego Superior Court, Judicial Training on Jury Issues December 2002
Guest KROQ “Jury Service” on Open Line live morning show December 15, 2002
Faculty, Pro Per Cases and Difficult Defendants, Los Angeles Superior Court April 2003
Faculty: CJER Jury Issues for new judges, 2003, 2004, 2005 Judicial College
CEB Panel: CACI Jury Instructions January 16, 2004
CJA 2004 Conference: Panelist on Pro Per Defendants/ Judicial Demeanor May 2004
Guest KROQ “Jury Service” June 27, 2004
Guest on “Pacesetters Program” KTLA Television Jury Sanctions July 13, 2004
Guest, KFI and KNXFM on Jury Sanctions July 2004
Guest, KABC, Jury Issues July 28, 2004
Panelist, Access to Justice Symposium, Mock Trial, Loyola Law School October 2004
Guest, Jury Sanctions, AirTalk with Larry Mantle KPPC89.3 FM October 20, 2004
Faculty, 2005 Statewide Judicial Branch Conference Jury Management September 2005
Faculty, 2006 Winter Continuing Judicial Studies Program, 3 Day Jury Management Course
Los Angeles Superior Court Mandatory Civil Training: Jurors Panel February 2006
Faculty, CJER Criminal Law Institute; Innovative Jury Practices, March 2006
Special Presenter: Jury Innovations. ABOTA Meeting, April 5, 2006
Beverly Hills Bar Association Bench Bar Program: Jury Presentation April 20, 2006
Faculty, Jury Innovations, Alaska Judicial Conference, Anchorage Alaska April 27-28, 2006
Inns of Court West Los Angeles Panelist: Characteristics of Effective Attorneys June 2006
Jury Innovation Presentation: California State-Federal Judicial Councils June 9, 2006
Alumni Judge’s Panel Discussion, USC Law School, June 10, 2006
Faculty, California CJER Judge’s College: Jury Management June 15, 2006
Juries: “Putting It All Together” Three Day Program, CJSP San Diego, August 2-4, 2006
Faculty, CEB Program “Successful Civil Jury Instructions” Los Angeles August 5, 2006
Panelist “Elder Abuse” CAALA, Nevada September 2006
Program, Juries: “Where Do We Go From Here?” Texas Jury Summit, Houston October 2006
Panelist, ABA Jury Symposium SMU, Dallas October 26-27, 2006
Jury: Presentation to Japanese judges for Japan’s Jury Conversion in 2009; March 2007
Faculty: Jury Reforms. Fresno County Superior Court, Carmel, March 17, 2007
Faculty, Jury Innovations, Alaska Judicial Conference/Bar Convention, Anchorage May 2007
Judge’s College, Berkeley California; Faculty: Jury Management June 15, 2007
CJER Faculty: “Media and High Profile Cases” Anaheim September 27, 2007
Panelist: Understanding the Civil Justice System, CAALA December 2007
Panel: Managing Difficult/High Profile Clients: ABTL April 22, 2008
Faculty: CJSP State of the Art in Jury Management. Manhattan Beach, August 6-8, 2008
Faculty: ABTL Conference Judicial Perspectives Hawaii September 27, 2008
Faculty: Jury Strategies ABTL Conference October 17, 2008
Faculty: CJSP Hot Topics in Evidence: Juror Questions, La Jolla October 22, 2008
Los Angeles Inns of Court Litigation Section: Brown Bag hour with lawyers January 2009
MC: Judicial Enrobing for Los Angeles Superior Court 2009-2010
Santa Monica Bar Association Presentation ADR and Settlement Conferences June 2009
Consumer Attorneys Annual Conference: Panelist: Evidence. Las Vegas September 2009
ABTL: Cultural Considerations in Cross Border Litigation Colorado Springs October 2009
Beverly Hills Bar Association panel Picking a Jury in Times Like These. February 10, 2010
Panelist, ASCDC Annual Seminar: Ethics of Pleadings and Discovery, March 4, 2010
Panelist: Jury Voir Dire Battle of the Titans. ABTL March 9, 2010
Presentation: Jury Innovations in a Difficult Economy California State Federal Judicial Council June 2010
Panelist: Progress of Jury Reform Nationwide ABA Symposium on Juries: Washington DC. October 2010
CJA Midyear Conference Program: Care and Feeding of Jurors in This Cyberworld April 2011
Los Angeles Superior Court Civil Training: Managing Your Courtroom April 15, 2011
Speaker: Santa Monica Bar Association: Anatomy of a Civil Trial May 26, 2011
ABOTA Mock Trial Judge June 10, 2011
ABOTA National Jury Summit “The Jury Trial of the 21st Century” Chicago June 23-24, 2011
Panelist, Southwestern Law School, Judges View of Jurors, November 1, 2011
CJER Faculty Self Represented Litigants and Difficult Defendants Costa Mesa, February 2012
ABOTA Masters program: Masters in Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, June 2012
MiniOpening Statements; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel Conference, Feb 2014
Faculty, State Bar Staff Counsel CLE, Voir Dire: Who Should Stay and Who Should Go, March 20, 2015
LEAD Summit 2019 UCLA LAW SCHOOL; panelist, March 2019
ABA Section of Dispute Resolution webinar “New Mediation Series #6 of 6 -- Evaluative Mediation: Methods, Risks, Ethics, and Rewards, March 2019
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW WOMEN LEAD SUMMIT 2019 Insights from Judiciary on Careers and Effective Advocacy March 1, 2019
ABA Webinar Evaluative Mediation Methods, Risks, Ethics and Rewards March 2019
ADR Services Panel member on Remote Mediations and Arbitrations 2020
USDC Central District 2020 Advanced Mediation Training December 10, 2020
Panelist, California Lawyers Association, “Keeping Out of Arbitration Disclosure Quicksand”, May 2024

MCLE PRESENTATIONS

Greenwald Pauly LLP; Sidley Austin LLP ; Santa Monica Bar Association; Southern California Mediation Association; McNicholas & McNicholas LLP; Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office; Los Angeles County Counsel; Kendall Brill & Kleiger LLP; Hollins Law; USC Law School Alumni Association; Greenberg Glusker; Santa Monica City Attorneys Office; Musick Peeler; Gipson Hoffman & Pancione; Securities Exchange Committee; State Bar of California Litigation Section, Los Angeles Securities and Exchange Commission, McCune & Harber LLP.,Dickstein & Shapiro Iranian American Bar Association National Conference, Santa Monica Bar Association, Reback McAndrew, Kjar, Warford & Stockalper, Ervin Cohen & Jessup, Steptoe & Johnson, Orange County Bar ADR Section, USC Alumni Association, Los Angeles County Counsel, Fulbright & Jawarsky