EDUCATION

Legal

The National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada. Certificates received February 2001 (Sentencing Offenders) and October 1997 (Handling Small Claims).

The National Law Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Juris Doctorate degree received May 1987. Honors: Recipient, National Law Center Academic Scholarship 1984-87. Street Law Teacher 1986; Contributing Writer to The Advocate 1986-87.

Undergraduate

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with distinction received May 1983. Psychology and Japanese language minors; Independent research project in Japan on "The Cross Cultural Correlation between the Japanese and the Jews". Honors: Dean's List four years. Awards: The Carl Knobloch Award-for superior performance and public service in political science 1983; The Trude M. Akau Award-in recognition of excellence in scholastic achievement 1981 and 1982; Samuel W. King Scholar-excellence in academic achievement and community service 1982; Charles Hemenway scholar-academic achievement 1982.

Professional Memberships

The State Bar of Hawaii (1987); U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, (1987); District of Columbia Bar (1988); State Bar of California (1990); U.S. District Court, Central District of California (1990); The Hawaii, California, and District of Columbia Bar Associations

Professional Experience

Of Counsel, Burris & Schoenberg, LLP (9/02- present)

Los Angeles, CA. General practice in the areas of corporate, finance, transactional and business law.

Judge Pro Tem - (4/97-8/02)

Los Angeles County Superior Courts, L.A., CA. Responsible for hearing and deciding small claims bench trials and for heavy docket of arraignments and traffic trials calendar in Superior Court. [Also first assisted in highly contentious, long term, family law and custody matters, performing research, pleading drafting, discovery, and attending depositions and hearings.]

Business Director - Institute of Reconstructive Surgery (1/93-4/97)

Beverly Hills, CA. Responsible for coordinating construction and build out of fully accredited surgery center in compliance with federal, state and local regulations. Negotiated the acquisition of all medical equipment and surgical supply contracts. Responsible for hiring all medical and administrative staff. Assembled marketing plan and co-produced television advertising spots and local news and medical segments. Drafted all corporate compliance and legal documents. Complete responsibility for all key business practice and fiscal decisions.

Law Office of Julie L. Kessler (9/91-1/93)

Los Angeles, CA. Solo practice in the areas of corporate, finance, entertainment, real estate and franchise law. Clients included law firms, entertainment production and distribution companies, and well known fast food franchise. Substantial overflow work performed for law firm concentrating in Bankruptcy law and creditorís rights.

Special Project Counsel -- Proskauer, Rose (3/91-8/91)

Paris, France. Coordinated and assisted in the due diligence investigation of TOTAL (France) and all of its worldwide divisions and subsidiaries in connection with its initial listing on the NYSE. Supervised corporate compliance with production requests and reviewed all types of corporate documents and agreements (French/English) in connection with SEC requirements.

Associate -- Stroock & Stroock & Lavan (3/89-2/91)

Los Angeles, CA. Practice in commercial real estate and finance law, with an emphasis on the purchase and sale of hotels, shopping centers and commercial office buildings on behalf on foreign corporate clients. Negotiation and drafting of letters of intent, partnership agreements, commercial and medical office building leases, purchase and sale agreements, loan agreements, notes, trust deeds, letters of credit, environmental indemnities, opinion letters and conveyance documents. Performed due diligence for $670 million commercial real estate acquisition on behalf of institutional investor. Substantial research and experience in the acquisition of fiscally and environmentally troubled commercial properties.

Associate -- Fong, Miho, Okano & Wong (10/87-2/89)

Honolulu, Hawaii. (and summer associate 1986). Practice in the areas of corporate, partnership and real estate law with an emphasis on the purchase and sale of commercial real estate. Negotiated and drafted commercial leases, land development contracts, conveyance documents, loan agreements, mortgages, security agreements and guarantees. Prepared federal government compliance documents and legal opinions for multi-million dollar real estate acquisitions. Litigation practice in the areas of products liability, legal malpractice and probate, including numerous depositions and court appearances.

Law Clerk -- U.S. Department of State (9/86-2/87)

Agency for International Development, Bureau for Private Enterprise, Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C. Participated in negotiations between foreign government officials, private investors and U.S.A.I.D. officials concerning multi-million dollar housing and urban development loans. Drafted loan and guaranty agreements, legal memoranda applying various sections of the Foreign Assistance Act and general commercial/administrative legal research and writing. Top secret security clearance.

Legislative Aide to U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga (9/85-4/86)

U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Attended Senate Finance and Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearings, drafted reports and briefed aides and Senate counsel on Herbicide, Rodenticide and Pesticide Bill of 1986, performed legislative legal research and response drafting to constituent mail, drafted support statements for private immigration bills and drafted various speeches addressed to the Senate on numerous issues.

University Psychology lecturer (Academic year 1982)

University of Hawaii, Freshman Seminar Course, Honolulu, Hawaii. Drafted and administered course lectures, discussions and scientific experiments, administered examinations and evaluated final grades in psychology course for freshman and sophomore university students.

Personal

Proficiency in spoken French, Spanish and Hebrew, basic Italian and Japanese. Extensive travel through the Far East, Near East, North Africa, South Pacific, Europe, Mexico, Central America, Canada and the U.S.