Senior Counsel at Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC, and member of the firm’s Litigation practice group and Chair of its Public Safety Liability Defense practice group. Her practice covers a wide range, including class action defense, municipal finance and public revenues, employment law, and police and other public agency defense litigation. She is a member of the California Municipal Law Handbook editorial board, and has served as a pro bono advocate in special education and adoption matters for the Alliance for Children’s Rights for over a decade.