Languages: English and Spanish

Occupation: Attorney in partnership with husband, Richard Hamar

Undergraduate Education: B.A. 1979, University of Miami, Florida

Post Undergraduate Education: Juris Doctorate Degree. 1982, University of Miami, Florida

State Bars: California and Florida

Federal Court Bar Membership: U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Primary Area of Practice: Family Litigation (past experience in criminal and civil litigation)

Membership: Women Lawyer’s Association of Los Angeles, Co-chair of the Family Law Section; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Mexican American Bar Association; Surfing Lawyers Association.

Lecturer on family law issues: Beverly Hills Bar Association events for the public; Lecturer to Sojourn attorneys (legal clinic for abused women); Lecturer to community groups and several local rotary clubs; Lecturer for the Women Lawyer’s Association, Speaker’s Bureau

Community Service: Volunteer for a legal clinic for battered Women; Free legal services provided to nonprofit organizations; Co-Director of a children’s soccer project “Estrellas” (where she produced two major soccer tournaments for girls in and outside of the U.S. to promote equality in that sport).  

Consulate Experience: Legal counsel for the Colombian Consulate of Los Angeles, providing advice to the Foreign Ministry on U.S. law and to the community (international , child kidnapping, civil, criminal, immigration, labor, and  family law issues).