Patricia Phillips - Los Angeles, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1967
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of California at Santa Barbara, 1956
    B.A.

Past Positions

• Morrison & Foerster LLP, Senior Counsel
• Hufstedler & Kaus (formerly Beardsley, Hufstedler & Kemble), Partner, 1969 - March 17, 1995
• Hon. Robert Feinerman, Los Angeles Superior Court, Law Clerk, 1968

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Continuing Education of the Bar and Rutter Group, 1980 - 1985
  
• Trial Advocacy Instructor, Attorney General's Advocacy Institute
  
• Lecturer, Numerous Courses, Department of Justice's Office of Legal Education

Published Works

Articles

• Divorce, a Woman's Guide to Getting a fair Share (Co-Author with George Mair), Macmillan
  
• California Transactions Forms - Family Law - Chapter 3 Child Custody and Support, West Group
  

Bar Admissions

• California, 1968

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Family Law Specialist, California State Bar
• Mediator, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Expert Witness

Other Affiliations

• The State Bar of California (Former Vice President, Board of Governors)
• The State Bar of California (Former Member, Board of Governors)
• The State Bar of California (Former Chair, Commission on the Future of the Legal Profession)
• The State Bar of California (Former Chair, State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners)
• The State Bar of California (Former Member, State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners)
• The State Bar of California, Litigation, Family Law Sections
• The State Bar of California (Former Chair, Delay Reduction Consortium)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Former President (First Woman President))
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Precedent Offices)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Board of Trustees)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Development Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1988 - 1989 (Blue Ribbon Committee on the Superior Court)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Former Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Court Unification)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Former Co-Chair, Know Your Judge Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Former Chair, 100th and 125th Anniversary Committees)
• United States District Court - Central District, CA, 2001 - 2004 (Member, Lawyers Disciplinary Committee)
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1990 - 1993 (Representative)
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1998 - 2000 (Senior Lawyer's Advisory Committee)
• Judicial Council, 1990 - 1994 (Member)
• Judicial Council, 1991 - 1994 (Executive Committee)
• Judicial Council, 1991 - 1993 (Ad Hoc Committee on Private Judging)
• Judicial Council, 1990 - 1991 (Committee on Court Profiles)
• Judicial Council, 1990 - 1991 (Family Law Advisory Committee)
• Los Angeles County Commission on Judicial Procedures, 1991 - 1996
• Loyola Law School of Los Angeles, 1988 - 1990 (Chair, Board of Visitors)
• Loyola Law School of Los Angeles (Member)
• Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law (Advisory Committee)
• Maternal and Child Health Access, Inc.
• Children's Law Center - Los Angeles County
• American Bar Association (Committee on Research on the Future of the Legal Profession)
• American Bar Association (Task Force on Outreach to the Public)
• American Bar Association (Committee on Communications)
• American Bar Association, Litigation, General Practice, Family Law, Senior Lawyers Sections
• American Bar Association (National Conference of Bar Presidents)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Legislative Committee)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Bench-Bar Committee)
• Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, 1969 - Present
• California Women Lawyers Association, 1974 - Present (Founding Member)
• Chancery Club (First Woman President)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1975 - Present
• Black Women Lawyers, 1981 - Present
• Downtown Women Partners, 1983 - Present
• Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association, 1982 - Present
• University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990 - 1994 (Foundation Board of Trustees)
• Professional Association of Judicial Mediators & Arbitrators, 1996 - Present
• Senior Matrimonial Network, 1998 - Present
• Dalkon Shield Cases (Arbitrator)
• Los Angeles Daily Journal (Columnist)
• Los Angeles County Superior Court (Mediator - Family Law)
• Center for International Commercial Arbitration (Director)
• Los Angeles County Superior Court (Court Coordination Committee)
• Los Angeles County Superior Court (A.B. 3820 Committee)
• Los Angeles County Superior Court (Member, Ad Hoc Committee to Develop an Informal Complaint Policy)
• The Trusteeship
• Commission on the Future of Loyola Marymount University Task Force
• City Club on Bunker Hill, 1999 - 2001 (Chair, Board of Governors)
• City Club on Bunker Hill (Member of Board)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta