CURRICULUM VITAE
Employment:
Partner
Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger
Member since 1998
Judicial Experience:
Judicial Extern to Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong, 1997
Academic Positions:
University of San Francisco School of Law
Intensive Advocacy Program
Co-Program Director, 2005 - 2010
Executive Committee, 2000 - 2010
Faculty Member, 1999 - present
Mock Trial Team Coach, 2003, 2004
Emory University, School of Law
Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program, 2003 - 2008, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia
Faculty, 2004 - present
Team Leader, 2006, 2008
University of San Diego, School of Law, 2009
Faculty, Advocacy Training Program, Mexicali, Mexico (funded by USAID)
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, 2010-2011
National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Teaching Faculty
Trial Skills Public Programs:
Western Regional Trial Skills Program (San Francisco)
Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
Southwest Regional Trial Skills Program (Alburquerque, NM)
Southern California Trial Skills Program (Los Angeles)
National Session (Louisville, CO & Boulder, CO)
Deposition Programs:
Western Regional Deposition Program (San Francisco)
Pacific Regional Deposition Program (San Diego)
Northwest Regional Deposition Program (Seattle, WA)
Teacher Training Programs:
Advocacy Teacher Training (San Francisco, Boston, Louisville, CO)
In-House Trial Skills Programs:
Private and Public Law Firms
Professional Committees / Affiliations:
American Board of Trial Advocates
Associate, 2011 present
San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association
Board of Directors, 2003 present
Executive Leadership Board, 2010 - present
Education Programs Chair, 2006, 2009
Women's Caucus Chair, 2004
Mock Trial Committee, 2003 2009
Bar Association of San Francisco
Board of Directors, 2009 - 2011
Judiciary Committee, Chair, 2008
Judiciary Committee Member, 2006 2008
Office of Independent Administrator
(Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Arbitration System)
Oversight Committee Member, 2009 - present
National Association of Women Judges
Resource Committee, 2007 present
American Inns of Court, USF Chapter
Executive Committee, 1999 2011
University of San Francisco, School of Law
Board of Counselors, 2010 - present
Board of Governors, 2003 2006
Recent Lectures / Presentations:
October 11, 2011, SFTLA, Morphing Your Case to Maximize Recovery, Panelist Speaker, San Francisco, CA
July 26, 2011, NITA National Session, The Exhibit Dance, Lecture, Boulder, CO
May 30, 2011, USF Intensive Advocacy Program, Experts: Selling the Science Lecture
May 4, 2011, Emory School of Law, Demonstration & Lecture of Closing Arguments, Atlanta, GA
March 23, 2011, Speaker, Recorder Roundtable on Depositions: How to Take Winning Depositions, San Francisco, CA
May 12, 2010, USF Inn of Court, Expert Witness at Trial: Making the Information Jury Friendly, Mastering the Hypothetical, Avoiding the Runaway Expert Witness, Chair and Speaker
April 20, 2010, SFTLA Roundtable Discussion, Navigating The Kaiser Electronic Medical Record System, Co-Chair
March 26, 2010, University at Buffalo School of Law, Advocacy Teacher Training Seminar, Speaker
March 9, 2010, SFTLA, Advanced Settlement Techniques, Program Chair and Speaker
February 13, 2010, Stanford Law School Mock Trial Competition, Judge
January 31, 2010, Presenter, AAJ Winter Convention, Evidence in Economic Damages, Maui, HI
November 1, 2009, Lecturer, NITA Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, Handling & Laying Foundations for Exhibits
October 10, 2009, USF School of Law Moot Court Competition, Judge
October 6, 2009, Legal Services Corporation, Experts Lecture, Louisville, CO
August 12, 2009, NITA Northwest Regional Trial Skills Program, Evidence and Theory Testing Lectures
June 18, 2009, NITA Western Regional Trial Skills Program, Voir Dire Lecture
June 13, 2009, Regional Trial Lawyer Conference, Strategic Deposition Techniques, Squaw Creek, Olympia, CA
June 4, 2009, USF Intensive Advocacy Program, "Closing Arguments" Lecture
June 2, 2009, San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association, "Evidence Advocacy," Chair & Panelist
May 27, 2009, Effective Physical Communication Strategies During Trial (Webinar Lecture - Seminar Web Live!)
March 21, 2009, CAOC Tahoe Ski Seminar, "Impact Direct Examination"
March 20, 2009, National Ethics Competition, Judge, Sacramento, CA
January 24, 2009, Stanford Law School Mock Trial Invitational, Judge
November 8, 2008, CAOC 47th Annual Conference, Evaluating and Advocating Your Settlement
October 14, 2008, SFTLA, Medicine for Jurors, Chair & Panelist
July 2008, Department of Homeland Security In-house Advocacy Training Program, "Direct & Cross of Expert Witnesses," Louisville, CO
May 2008, USF Intensive Advocacy Program, Lectures: "Closing Argument" and "Direct & Cross of Experts"
May 21, 2008, Panelist, USF Intensive Advocacy Program, "Women in the Law"
January 2008, Presenter, NITA Southern California Trial Skills Program, "Jury Selection"
International Presentations:
Trial Skills Training Program, Struga, Macedonia (U.S. Dept of Justice), April 2011
Advocacy Teacher Training Program, Pristina, Kosovo (U.S. Dept of Justice), October 2010
Trial Skills Training Program, Pristina, Kosovo (U.S. Dept of Justice), April 2009
Solicitors Advocates Training Program, Belfast, United Kingdom, September 2008
Community Activities
Girls Basketball Coach
Cornerstone Academy, 1995
Notre Dames des Victoires, 1999 2002
Lowell High School, Summer Clinic, 2003
BCSFYAO, 2004 2006
St. Patrick (Catholic Youth Organization), 2007 2009
Awards & Recognition
National Law Journal, Minority 40 Under 40, 2011
Top 50 Women Lawyers in Northern California, SuperLawyers, 2011
San Franciscos Top Attorneys, 2010 - present
SuperLawer, 2010 - present
Best Lawyers in America, 2010 - present
Bar Association of San Francisco Merit Award, 2008
San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association, "Trial Lawyer of the Year" Finalist, 2008
John Meehan Fellow (University of San Francisco School of Law Distinguished Alumnus), 2007
