Honors and Awards:

• Maria Miller Stewart Award, Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund, 1992
• Clinton W. White Trial Advocacy Award, Charles Houston Bar Association, 1993
• Clinton W. White Advocacy Award, Charles Houston Bar Association, 2001
• ABA Margaret Brent Award Nominee, Nominee, California Association of Black Lawyers, 2002
• California Lawyer Attorney of the Year in Employment (CLAY AWARD), California Lawyer Magazine, 2002
• Ten Women Campaign Award, Flyaway Productions, 2003
• Founders Award of Achievement, Recipient, California's Association of Equal Rights Professionals, 2003
• Community Service Award-Excellence in Law, Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, 2005
• Arthur A. Fletcher Award of Achievement, California Association of Equal Rights Professionals, 2010
• 2009 Living the Dream Award, S.F. Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, 2010

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Board of Directors, San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, 2006-Present
• Presenter, Civil Law And Procedure Institute, California Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER), “Attorneys’ Fees And Costs”, 1995
• Guest Host, “Legally Speaking,” Weekly Television Show, Local Cable Television, Oakland, California, 1996
• Presenter, Yale Law School, “Sexual Harassment, A Symposium,” New Haven, Connecticut, 1998
• Board of Directors, Northern District Court Federal Practice Program, San Francisco, California, 2003
• Interim Executive Director, San Francisco Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR), San Francisco, California, 2007
• Co-Chair, San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR), 2011

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team In Training  Financial Supporter 2001-2010
• Board of Directors, Friends Foundation 1999-Present, 1999
• The Rutter Group, Employment Litigation Practice Guide, Chapter 10 - Harassment., 2006

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Eradicating Sexual Harassment in Education, MacKinnon & Siegel (Eds.), New Directions In Sexual Harassment Law, Yale Press., 2004

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Patricia H. v. Berkeley Unified School District, United States District Court Case No. C92-2237 WHO Sexual Harassment - Settlement: $800,000, 1994
• Pulido v. State of California, et. al., Marin County Superior Court Case No. 154651 Sexual Harassment - Verdict/Judgment: $1,300,000, 1994
• Reissner v. State of California, et. al., United States District Court Case No. C96-2508 WHO Religious & Racial Discrimination - Verdict/Judgment: $501,948, 1997
• Bumphus v. Timec Corp., et al., United States District Court Case No. C95-3400 SI Race Discrimination/Retaliation - Verdict/Judgment: $903,887, 1998
• Pesce v. State of California, Amador County Superior Court Case No. 96-CI-9153 Sexual Harassment - Verdict/Judgement: $629,000, 1999
• Catherine M. v. Doukas, United States Bankruptcy Court Case No. C98-4053 TC Sexual Harassment - Settlement: $375,000, 1999
• Alice A. v. City of Oakland, et. al., United States District Court Case No. C98-2900 MHP Sexual Harassment - Settlement: $825,000, 1999
• Tonsa B. v. City of Oakland, et. al., United States District Court Case No. C99-2164 MHP Sexual Harassment - Settlement: $750,000, 2001
• Freitag v. CDC, United States District Court Case No. C00-2278 THE Sexual Harassment - Verdict/Judgment: $600,300, 2003
• Morgan v. Amtrak, 232 F.3d 1008 (9th Cir. 2000), 536 U.S. 101, 112 S.Ct. 1516 (2002) - Racial Discrimination - Verdict: $500,000, 2004
• Stevenson v. County of Sacramento, United States District Court Case No. CIV.S-03-0201 MCE Retaliation - Verdict/Judgment: $95,000; Settlement: $625,000, 2005
• Underwood v. State of California, Solano County Superior Court Case No. FCS022899 Sexual Harassment - Verdict/Judgment: $1,025,684, 2007
• Campbell v. Amtrak, United States District Court Case No. C05-5434 CW Racial Discrimination - Verdict/Judgment: $677,000, 2009
• Peoples v. Contra Costa County, United States District Court Case No. C07-00051 MHP Retaliation - Verdict/Judgment: $409,064; Settlement: $1,003,880, 2009
• Fobbs et. al. v. New Haven Unified School District et. al, United States District Court - Racial Harassment - Settlement: $725,000, 2011

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, 2003

Educational Background:

• UNIVERSITY OF DAR-ES-SALAAM - Junior Year Abroad, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1976
• YALE UNIVERSITY - Political Science Major, New Haven, Connecticut, 1978
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (BOALT HALL),, 1982
• JURISPRUDENCE & SOCIAL POLICY PROGRAM, Berkeley, California., 1982