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Bar Admissions
- State Bar of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Education
- McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
- Juris Doctor
- Taxation Certificate
- Teaching Assistant for International Advocacy (2004 – 2005)
- U.C. Davis, Davis, California
- B.S.
- Major: Managerial Economics with Agriculture Economics Concentration
- Modesto Junior College, Modesto, California
- Associate of Science
- Major: Agriculture Business
Published Works
- Butler v. Clarendon America Ins. Co. (2007) 494 F. Supp. 2d 1112,
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Children’s Crisis Center of Stanislaus County, Inc., Chair of the Board of Trustees – 2018 to Present
- Stanislaus Chapter, California Women for Agriculture, Member – 2018 to Present
- Stanislaus County Bar Association, Golf Tournament Chair – 2017 – 2018
- Children’s Crisis Center of Stanislaus County, Inc., Board of Trustees – 2016 to Present
- Stanislaus County Bar Association, Board of Directors – 2015 to Present
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Member, 2010 to Present
- Wray F. Ladine, American Inn of Court, Member, 2007 – 2009
- Stanislaus County Farm Bureau, Member – 2006 to Present
- Stanislaus County Bar Association, Member – 2006 to Present
- Association of Defense Council, Member, 2006 – Present
- American Bar Association, Member, 2006 – 2013
- Future Farmers of America, Alumni 1998 to Present
- North Central Valley Dairy Women, Member 1998 – 2007
Past Employment Positions
- Arata, Swingle & Van Egmond, Managing Attorney and Chief Financial Officer, 2009 – 2016
- Curtis & Arata, Attorney, 2007 – 2009
- Thayer Harvey Gregerson Hedberg & Jackson, Attorney/Law Clerk, 2004 – 2007
- California State Agricultural Labor Relations Board, Legal Intern, 2003
- Crystal Cream & Butter Company, Tour Guide Coordinator and Dairy Education Specialist, 2000 to 2002
- California State Fair, Entry Office Assistant and Livestock Show Coordinator, May through September 2000 through 2003
- BASIC Vegetable Research Farm, Greenhouse Assistant, 1999
- Self-Employed Piano Teacher, 1998 – 2005
Pro Bono Activities
- Arbitrator, California State Bar Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program, 2016 to Present
- Mock Trial Scorer, Stanislaus County Office of Education, 2010 to Present
- Youth Court Judge, Center for Human Services of Modesto CA, 2006 – 2012
