Experience

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  Simple Law PC

  • California, United States

  • President

    • Mar 2021 - Present
    • California, United States

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  Judicial Council of California

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Legal Consultant

    • Apr 2019 - Present
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Make the law accessible to nonlawyers who need legal information, including recreating webpages and using live chat experience to create a chatbot people actually find helpful.

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  The Virtual Divorce

  • Virtual

  • Founder and Mediation Enthusiast

    • Aug 2014 - Dec 2021
    • Virtual

    Welcome to the Virtual Divorce - where getting your divorce is more convenient, more harmonious, and from the convenience of your home or office. You and your spouse don’t even have to be in the same room as each other. I offer convenient evening and weekend hours and appointments by phone or video conference. I also offer coaching about divorce, custody, support, assets/debts, prenups, and issues for unmarried couples. Let me know how I can help you by scheduling a 15-minute chat.

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  Superior Court, County of Los Angeles

  • California

  • Guide & File Project Manager

    • Sep 2017 - Jun 2020
    • California

    Evangelist to Courts and Court users about the app called Guide & File developed to help Court users easily fill out their legal forms online.. Easy-to-use and created by the Court's own Self-Help Center attorneys so is tailored to, and constantly updated for, California users.Court customer benefits:An easy question-and-answer interface (similar to Turbotax (tm))Click throughout the program for more in-depth legal informationSave your work and return to it later if you wantDon't type or write in addresses and names over and over on all the forms. Enter it once and the program does the restThe correct legal forms are filled out ...completelyCounty-specific Next Steps instruction sheets are provided to learn what to do after filling out the formsCourt Benefits:User's forms are legibleInformation entered into Guide & File by the customer can feed directly into the Odyssey case management system - no hand-entering data, no errorsCustomers are more educated in Court because information about legal rights and the process is built into the program. The correct forms are filled out completelyCustomers are informed about their Next StepsThe Guide & File tech team will include all your Court addresses in the dropdown menus, even if you don't use Odyssey!Tyler Technologies, Odyssey, OGF

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  Superior Court of Santa Clara County

  • San Jose, CA

  • Supervising Attorney

    • 1996 - Jun 2017
    • San Jose, CA

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  Marshall Industries

  • Account Manager

    • 1991 - 1996

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  Cognex Corporation

  • Account Manager

    • 1989 - 1992