Georgetown Law Center: Order of the Coif; Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award (Constitutional Law) University of Texas: Kappa Tau Alpha. Dean' List. Speaker: Presentation on DSL issues for Women in Telecommunications, 2001-2003; Presentation on Telecommunications infrastructure issues at day-long continuing legal education seminar. Witness, Testified on California Environmental Quality Act issues in complaint proceeding before California Public Utilities Commission. Moderator, Infrastructure and ISDN panels, SuperComm '92. Moderator and Co-organizer, Communications Managers Association day-long session at annual conference. Guest Speaker, Telephone Network outages for Monitor Today, cable news program of Christian Science Monitor. Member: Women in Telecommunications; Wireless Communications Alliance; California Wireless Association. Senior Articles Editor and Staff Member, Georgetown International Environment Law Review, 1993-1994.

Admission Details

  • 1996, California
  • 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • 2016, United States Supreme Court
  • 2015, Eastern District Court of California
  • 2014, Central District Court of California

Minority Owned

  • Yes

Law School Attended

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, 1996

University Attended

  • University of Texas, B.J., 1984

Special Agencies

  • California Public Utilities Commission
  • Texas Public Utilities Commission
  • Illinois Public Utilities Commission
  • Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
  • Federal Communications Commission

Associations & Memberships

  • Federal Communications Bar Association
  • State Bar of California.

Representative Cases

  • North County Communications v. Vaya Telecom, Inc. Case No. 37-2011-000083845
  • IntelePeer v. MilliCorp, Inc. Case No. 16-cv-00303-MEJ
  • InteelPeer v. Explore Travels, Inc. Case No. 16-cv-01255-DMR
  • O1 Communications v. AT&T Corp. Case No. 16-cv-01452-VC
  • Verizon California v. O1 Communications, Case No. 13-07-cv-07869 PSG (VBKx)
  • Qwest v. Anovian, et al. Case No. 08-CV-01715 MAT (W.D. Wash)
  • Pacific Bell d/b/a AT & T California v. California Public Utilities Commission, Case No. 3:07-CV-01797-SI (N.D. Calif)
  • Metromedia Fiber Network Services v. City of Berkeley, Case No. C-01-0722-SI (N.D. Calif)
  • Application of Pacific Fiber Link, L.L.C. (U-6028-C) for Modification of its CPCN to Review Proponent's Environmental Assessment for Compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act ('CEQA'), Case No. 99-08-021
  • Pasadena Neighborhood Coalition v. Altrio Communications, Case No. C.02-11-053
  • Federal Communications, Inc. for Provision of In-Region Services in Texas, CC Docket No. 00-4
  • Illinois Commerce Commission Docket 00-0393 (Line Sharing)
  • California Public Utilities Commission Docket R.93-04-003/I.93-04-002 (Line Sharing)
  • California Public Utilities Commission Docket R.95-04-043 (Collocation and Triennial Review phases)
  • California Public Utilities Commission, Docket R. 93-04-003/I.93-04-002/ R.95-04-043/I.95-04-044 (Section 271 Compliance)
  • Public Utility Commission of Texas Docket 29175/28745 (Triennial Review Batch Hot Cuts/Loops Impairment Analysis)
  • Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket P-42/CI-02-293/OAH Docket No. 12-2500-14765-2 (Line Sharing Over DLC)
  • Michigan Public Service Commission Case No. U-13891 (Triennial Review)
  • Public Utility Commission of Texas Docket No. 20226/20272.