Candidate for
Judge of the Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 54

• UCLA - Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, 1994 (Regents Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship)

• Chicago-Kent College of Law - Juris Doctor, 1998 (Lowell Thomas Scholarship)

• Admitted to California Bar 1998

• Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney nearly 14 years

• Assigned to Hardcore Gang Division for the last 7 years

• Prosecutes primarily gang-related murders and attempted murders

• Approximately 100 jury trials, including 20 murder trials

• Broad experience in felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile courts

• Prosecuted thousands of criminal cases involving crimes such as murder, carjacking, kidnapping, robbery, domestic violence, child abuse, sex crimes, animal cruelty, identity theft, forgery

• Has handled countless court proceedings, including jury trials, court trials, juvenile adjudications, preliminary hearings, and various pretrial hearings

• Active in dog rescue for the last 17 years