Speaking Engagements
- Key note address, ABA Commission on Women's Leadership Academy; Building Blocks for Success, Business Community and Institutional Leadership (December 2012)
- Female judges Panel, San Francisco Trial Lawyers (May 2012)
- Being out as a judge, BALIF and BASF (June 2012)
- Guest lecturer, LLM Program, Stanford University Law School (September 2011)
- “From Generation to Generation: Remarkable Women Leaders,” American Bar Association Annual Meeting (August 2010)
- Keynote Speaker, California Women Lawyers Annual Dinner, (September 2009)
- “Women As Successful Leaders,” presented to the Filipino American Coalition (March 2007)
- “Opening The Door Beats Shattering the Ceiling: Disparity in The Legal Profession and Why Eliminating It Is Good Business,” 79th Annual State Bar Meeting (October 2006)
- “Beyond the Glass Ceiling/Gender Bias: How Women Lawyers Are Faring,” prepared for the BASF (July 2006)
- “Where Should We Be? How Do We Get There? A Visionary Look at Diversity in the Profession,” State Bar of California 2006 Spring Summit, “Dream Deferred: No Longer: Achieving True Diversity in the Legal Profession” (June 2006)
- “The Business Case for Eradicating the Glass Ceiling,” 39th Annual Bank Counsel Seminar (March 2006)
- “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Women Lawyers Are Faring,” The Recorder Roundtable (February 2006)
- “The Business Case for Diversity,” BASF’s Promoting Diversity—Tough Questions and Proposed Solutions Seminar (October 2005)
- “Being a Successful Leader,” San Francisco Bar Association (September 2005)
- “Breaking The Glass Ceiling in the Legal Profession,” Sacramento Women Attorneys (August 2005)
- “Breaking the Glass Ceiling,” John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California (January 2005)
- “Successful Rainmaking for Women Attorneys,” Queen’s Bench Bar Association (June 2005)
- “Making a Change: Retaining and Promoting Women” Annual State Bar Conference (October 2004)
- “Breaking the Glass Ceiling,” Recorder Roundtable (March 2004)
- “Women Creating the Economy,” the Commonwealth Club of California (January 2003)
- National Conference of Women Judges, “Cutting Edge Issues in Discrimination Law,” Minneapolis (October 2002)
- Annual Meeting of the California State Bar panel, “Beating the Odds: Overcoming Gender Bias” (October 2002)
- “Best Thinking San Francisco Roundtable—Women at Law Firms: A Generation of Progress” (July 2002)
- Co-Chair, “Summit for Mid-Sized and Small Law Firms” (July 2002)
- “Balancing Personal and Professional Lives,” California CEB (June 2002)
- Roundtable of experts sponsored by The Recorder, “Reflections on a Glass Ceiling” (January 2002)
- Roundtable of employment experts sponsored by The Recorder, “Employment Law: The Latest Developments” (November 2000)
- “Preventing Retaliation Claims and Stopping the Onslaught of Punitive Damages,” Council on Education in Management (October 2000)
- “Hot Issues in Sexual Harassment: When Consensual Relationships in the Workplace Turn Sour,” Council on Education Management, Personnel Law Update 1999 seminar (December 1999)
- “Cutting Edge Issues in Employment Law,” the Federal Bar Association (September 1999)
- “ADR in Employment and the Enforceability of Employment Agreements,” National Conference for Women in Employment, Seattle, Washington (August 1999)
- “Negotiating Skills For Women in the Workplace,” National Women in Transportation Conference, San Francisco (November 1997)
- “Cracks in the Glass Ceiling: Women in Law Firm and In-House Management,” San Francisco Women Lawyers Alliance (October 1997)
- “Cutting Edge Employment Issues, “American Bar Association (January 1997)
- “How to Conduct an Effective Employment Investigation to Minimize Liability,” San Francisco (July 1996)
- “The Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses,” The California Bankers Association (April 1996)
- “Successfully Defending Employment Cases,” California Judges Association and The Rutter Group (January 1996)
- “The Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses,” The California Bankers Association (April 1996)
- “Successful Strategies for Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution,” The National Conference for Women Corporate Counsel (July 1995)
- “Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation,” The Rutter Group with Justice Edward Pannelli and Judge Gene McDonald (April 1995)
- Co-Chair, National Conference for Women Corporate Counsel Sponsored by Business Development Associates (October 1994)
- “Civil Procedure Before Trial,” The Rutter Group with the Honorable Ira Brown, Jr. and The Honorable Lucy McCabe (October 1994)
- “Successful Women Rainmakers,” National Law Firm Marketing Association (April 1994)
- “Practical Pointers for Successful Rainmaking as a Woman Attorney,” Queen’s Bench Networking Fair (March (1994)
- “Successful Law and Motion Practice,” The Rutter Group, with the Honorable Ira Brown, Jr. and The Honorable Lucy McCabe (September 1992, March and October 1993)
- “Opening Statements,” State Bar of California’s Litigation Symposium (April 1993)
- “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace,” Chuck Finney’s Legal airs Radio Show (January 1993)
- “Bias in the Workplace,” Litigation Section of the State Bar of California (October 1992)
- “Settlement Negotiations,” The Rutter Group (September 1991)