Experience

City of Antioch

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• City Attorney

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Appointed by the Antioch City Council. The City Attorney serves as chief legal counsel for the City advising elected officials, staff, boards, committees, and commissions; directs and supervises the administration of programs, policies, and procedures of the City Attorney's Office; directs the preparation and administration of ordinances, resolutions, codes, contracts, deeds, leases, and other legal documents; oversees the City’s response to general liability claims against the City; and represents the City in litigation. The City Attorney’s Office provides legal advice and counsel including employment and labor relations, public safety, land use and environmental law, public contracts, code enforcement, municipal utilities, municipal elections, conflicts of interests, open meeting laws, public records laws, claims and litigation filed against the City. Show less



City of Oakland

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Founding Commissioner and Chairperson, Oakland Police Commission

  • Oct 2017 - Dec 2020

  Appointed by Mayor Libby Schaaf with confirmation by the Oakland City Council. Served as a founding commissioner and the first chairperson of the Oakland Police Commission; elected twice by the commission to serve as chairperson. The purpose of the Oakland Police Commission is to oversee and review the Oakland Police Department's policies, practices and customs and to hold it accountable for meeting or exceeding national standards of constitutional policing. The Commission is also responsible for oversight of the Community Police Review Agency, which receives police misconduct complaints from the public, investigates police misconduct, and recommends discipline. Show less