------------EDUCATION---------

• Candidate for Master's Program at the National Judicial College, University of Nevada at Reno
• University of Washington School of Law, J.D. 1976
• University of Washington, B.A. Political Science 1973
  Certified Mediator by the National Judicial College, October 2008
• Advanced Science & Technology Adjudication Fellow, (ASTAR) 2009-Present

------------CAREER HIGHLIGHTS----------

• Designated as Best Lawyer in America under maiden name Johnson in labor law category; Martindale-Hubbell AV(highest) rating as Partner in the Law Offices of GRANT & GRANT; Practiced in high profile, multi-party and complex litigation cases for 25 years
• Honored as one of the Women of the Year, Seattle University School of Law, Women's Caucus, 2004; Loren Miller Bar Association, 2011
• Former law clerk to a federal judge
• Inactive Bar Memberships: Washington State Bar Association and California State Bar Association; United States District Courts of Washington (Eastern & Western Districts) and California (Central District)
• Practiced in high profile federal and state, multi-party and complex litigation cases in Washington & California for 25 years

------------PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, COMMITTEES----------

• Washington State Superior Court Judges' Association: Equality & Fairness Committee & Civil Law & Rules Committee; Judges' Conference Committee
• Former Presiding Judge and currently a member of Juvenile Court Executive Committee
• Emeritus Member, Hon. Robert J. Bryan, American Inn of Court XXV
• Inactive Bar Memberships: Washington State Bar Association and California State Bar Association; Federal District Courts of Washington (Eastern & Western Districts); Central District of California
• Former Board Member of the following: Washington State Association for Justice, Washington State Employment Lawyers Association, Pierce County - Tacoma Washington Women Lawyers Association
• Published lecturer on various legal topics
• Founding Member of Pierce County Washington Women Lawyers Association

------------CIVIC INVOLVEMENT-----------

• Former Board Member of: the Hilltop Artists in Residence; African American Art Museum; American Red Cross Mt. Rainer Chapter; Charles Wright Academy & Bellarmine Preparatory School Parent Associations; Lenny Wilkens Foundation
• Classroom Mentor; Moot Court Competition Judge, Daffodil Festival Association Judge and Daffodil Princess 1969 Stadium High School; Paint Tacoma, Curator Tacoma Art Museum; Pilchuck Glass School; West Tacoma Optimist Club; Pierce County Black Collective