A different take on planning ahead
I took a winding path in becoming an attorney. After earning my bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1992, I spent most of my 20's developing my art and music, and holding random jobs that ranged from making body jewelry to tutoring math. While searching for a more stable career path, and obsessively following the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, I took a step back and realized that my extended community needed a good attorney. My whole life I've been told that I am level-headed, non-judgmental, and infuriatingly calm in the midst of conflict, so I decided I might be a good fit for the job.
I received my J.D. (with all sorts of exciting honors!) from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, where I performed research and writing in the fields of tax, wills & trusts, and assisted conception. While in law school, I interned with the San Francisco Probate Department. There I learned as much about human psychology as I did about probate practice. Following my time at Hastings, I worked for seven years at the wonderful firm of Folger, Levin & Kahn, practicing primarily estate planning for high net worth clients. In April, 2007, I hung out my own shingle in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco—a fabulously close-knit community where my husband and I also own succulence: life and garden (and owned the well-loved and now defunct Four Star Video).
I am the mother of two, and in my free time (ha!) I sing with Conspiracy of Venus, a women's a capella alt-choir. My own life philosophy is founded in a joyous appreciation of the here and now, in the pleasures and beauty of food and nature, and in the practice of yoga.
I received my J.D. (with all sorts of exciting honors!) from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, where I performed research and writing in the fields of tax, wills & trusts, and assisted conception. While in law school, I interned with the San Francisco Probate Department. There I learned as much about human psychology as I did about probate practice. Following my time at Hastings, I worked for seven years at the wonderful firm of Folger, Levin & Kahn, practicing primarily estate planning for high net worth clients. In April, 2007, I hung out my own shingle in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco—a fabulously close-knit community where my husband and I also own succulence: life and garden (and owned the well-loved and now defunct Four Star Video).
I am the mother of two, and in my free time (ha!) I sing with Conspiracy of Venus, a women's a capella alt-choir. My own life philosophy is founded in a joyous appreciation of the here and now, in the pleasures and beauty of food and nature, and in the practice of yoga.
