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Professional Awards, Recognition, Articles & Presentations
- Reasonable Accommodations/Familial Status, Barker Management, Inc. Seminar, August 2011
- Fair Housing Primer, Hollywood Housing Community Development Corp. Seminar, July 2011
- Department of Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement IMAGE Award, February 2010
- Best Lease Provisions, AAGLA Latino Roundtable, June 2010
- Apartment Association of Great Los Angeles (AAGLA), President’s Circle, Gold Recognition Award, December 2009
- Unlawful Detainer Trends--Preparing for Jury Trial, Barker Management, Inc. Seminar, May 2009
- “HUD-Insured Mortgage May Not Be the Answer”, Apartment Age May 2008
- Outstanding Annual Work Performance Evaluation
Merit Cash Award, February 2006 - Outstanding Annual Work Performance Evaluation
Merit Cash Award, February 2005 - Federal Service Recognition Award
Departmental Enforcement Center, July 2004 - Speaker/Trainer at the AFS-Non-Filers Training, September 2003
- Outstanding Annual Work Performance Evaluation
Merit Cash Award, February 2004 - Co-Chair Hispanic Heritage Month/Celebration, October 2003
- Trainer - Prep for the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)
Administrative Record, Washington DC, August 2003 - Outstanding Annual Work Performance Evaluation
Merit Cash Award, February 2003 - Co-Chair Black Heritage Month/Celebration, February 2003
- Co-Chair Hispanic Heritage Month, October 2002
- Excellence in Performance Award
Joint Project with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, May 2001 - Federal Service Recognition Award, Enforcement Actions Reporting
Departmental Enforcement Center, January 2001 - Federal Service Recognition Award
Community Planning & Development, June 2000 - Monitoring Report $5.4 Million - $.5M returned to the Dept.
See "Federal housing Officials Dock County $500,000 for Misspending Grant," Riverside Press-Enterprise, 10/16/00 - Federal Service Recognition Award, Office of General Counsel
Migrant Farmworker Center, See "$21-Million Deal to Improve Farm Worker Housing: Settlement of Bias Complaints Against Riverside County is the Biggest of Its Kind," Los Angeles Times, 5/23/00, Cuomo Says $21 Million Discrimination Settlement Will Create Housing Opportunities for 2,000 California Farm Worker Families, HUD News, 5/22/00
Academic Awards, Honors, & Scholarships
- Valedictorian, University of West Los Angeles, May 2005
Summa Cum Laude, Commencement Speech - Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Remedies, Spring 2005 - Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Wills & Trusts, Spring 2005 - Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Business Associations, Spring 2005 - The Alan R. Frieman Evidence Scholarship Award, Fall 2004
- Dean’s Scholarship Award IV, Fall 2004
- Faculty Merit Scholarship Award, Fall 2004
- Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Constitutional Law II, Spring 2003 - Roger J. Taynor Moot Court Competition (Statewide), May 2004
California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Award - Best Written Brief
Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Constitutional Law I, Fall 2003 - Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Evidence I, Fall 2003 - Faculty Merit Scholarship Award, Fall 2003
Law Review, Fall 2003 - Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Best Written Brief & Best Oral Argument, Summer 2003 - Richard Abbe & Barry Levin Moot Court Competition Winner
California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate, Division Six, July 2003 - Dean’s Honor List, Spring 2003
- Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Professional Responsibility, Spring 2003 - Dean’s Honor List, Fall 2002
- Faculty Merit Scholarship Award, Spring 2003
- Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Civil Procedure I, Fall 2003 - Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Legal Analysis & Writing II (Legal Research), Summer 2002 - Faculty Merit Scholarship Award, Fall 2002
- Witkin Book Certificate Award
Criminal Law, Spring 2002 - Witkin & CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Torts I, Fall 2001 - The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU) Foundation
$10,000 David C. Lizarraga Fellowship, June 2001 - Graduate Student Affairs Academic Grant UCLA, September 1994/1995
- ASUCI Legislative Council Secretary
University of California, Irvine, September 1989 - June 1990 - UC Irvine, Dorm President
University of California, Irvine, September 1988 - June 1989 - Undergraduate Honor Student, Dean’s Honor List
University of California, Irvine, September 1989 - Harry S. Truman Scholarship Finalist
- Nominated by the University of California, Irvine, February 1989
- Cuban-American Scholarship
Cuban-American Association, Bell Gardens, California, February 1989 - LaCadana’s Women Club Scholarship
Burbank, California, June 1988 & June 1989 - PTA Scholarship Award
Burbank, California, June 1988 - Commencement Speech
John Burroughs HS, Burbank, California, June 1988