Admitted: 1981, California, 1982, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Loyola Marymount University, J.D.
Member: San Bernardino County Bar Association; The State Bar of California; High Desert Bar Association; Italian-American Lawyers Association (President, 1988).
Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Member, Board of Trustees, St. Mary's Medical Center, 2006; President, 2004-2006, Vice President, 2003-2004, Victor Valley College District Foundation; International Footprint Association, 1995; Councilwoman, 1995-2002 and Mayor, 1995, City of Hesperia. Board Member: San Bernardino Associated Governments, 1995-1998; Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority, 1996-1998; Victor Valley Transit Authority, 1998-2000; San Bernardino County Flood Control District Four, 1995-1999.
Born: 1955
Languages: Spanish and Portuguese