About Jen

Media and Outreach:

  • Adjunct Professor, Cerritos College, Paralegal Studies Certificate Program, Torts for Paralegals course, Spring 2010.
  • Adjunct Professor, Cerritos College, Paralegal Studies Certificate Program, Estate Planning course, Fall 2009.
  • Pro Bono Volunteer Attorney, Professional Panelist, Loyola Law School, Cancer Legal Resource Center (”CLRC”), 2007 to Present, featured attorney in CLRC’s September 2009 newsletter.
  • Speaker and panelist, Women’s Financial Literacy, Business and Tax Seminar sponsored by California Senator Alan Lowenthal and State Controller John Chiang, Long Beach, California, July 2009.
  • Presentations at various local organizations and businesses including Farmers and Merchants Trust Company, Wells Fargo Trust Company, Lakewood Rotary, BNI, Lakewood Chamber Women in Business Council, Lakewood Soroptimists to name a few.
  • Guest Commentator, Bennett Law Office, owned by Tamara Bennett, June 30, 2009 post
  • Guest Blogger, Blog for Profit, owned by Grant Griffiths, July 3, 2009 post
  • Guest Commentator, Bev Smith Talk Show, June 2009 regarding Michael Jackson’s death and the California probate process.
  • Author, excerpt on transitioning practice to a law firm, Solo by Choice, by Carolyn Elefant
  • Author, chapter on Reading Lips, Reaching The Bar: Stories of Women edited by Robin Sax
  • Author, Estate Planning: Avoiding Trust Litigation, published in the NAFTA Advisor, February 2007
  • Quoted, ABA Journal, article, Why Can’t We Be Friends?, January 2010

Education:

Juris Doctor degree, Loyola Law School, 2002

  • Published Separating Conjoined Twins: Legal Reverberations of Jodie and Mary’s Predicament, 24 Loyola of Los Angeles Int’l L. Review 65 (2002)
  • Senior Articles Editor & Staff Member, Loyola of Los Angeles Int’l L. Review
  • Dean’s List for 1998 Academic Year
  • First Honors Award for the Highest Grade in Legal Research and Writing
  • Recipient of The Mabel Wilson Richards Scholarship
  • Participant, Rich Moot Court, Patent Law
  • Am Jur Award Recipient for Highest Grade in Legal Research and Writing

Master of Public Administration degree, Public Administration, California State University Dominguez Hills, 1997

Bachelor of Science degree, Public Administration with Honors in the Major, California State University Dominguez Hills, 1995

Associate of Arts degree, Liberal Arts, Long Beach City College, 1993

Bar Admissions:

  • State Bar of California
  • United States District Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • United States District Court, Central District of California

Work History:

  • Associate, Tredway, Lumsdaine & Doyle, LLP, Long Beach, California, 2006 to present
  • Partner, Sawday and Drake, A Professional Corporation, Long Beach, California, 2004 to 2006
  • Associate, DeCarlo, Connor & Shanley, A Professional Corporation, Los Angeles, California, 2002 to 2004
  • Senior Member of the Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California, 1993 to 2002

Professional Affiliations:

  • Member, Board of Directors, Community Hospital of Long Beach Foundation, 2010 to Present
  • Member, Board of Directors, Greater Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, 2008 to Present
  • President, Women Lawyers of Long Beach, 2008 to 2009; member since 2006
  • Director, Estate Planning and Trust Council of Long Beach, 2009 to Present; member since 2006
  • Member, Long Beach Bar Association; member since 2006