The JRCLS Women in Law Regional Conference is coming up on September 19, 2015 in Orange, California. Register now at https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventId=1717750. In preparation for the conference, we will be posting information about each of the panels and speakers. Read more about "The Balancing Act: Part-time, Full-time, and Working From Home" panelists below. Stay tuned for more details about the other panels!
Sherri Fanger McInnes
Sherri Fanger McInnes is a Partner in the law firm of Scott
& Whitehead. Ms. McInnes represents employers in all aspects of employment
law and litigation, including discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment,
and retaliation lawsuits, as well as compliance matters. She regularly defends
and responds to state and federal agency charges of discrimination, harassment,
retaliation, and wage and hour violations. In addition, she provides advice on
employment law and human resources issues such as performance counseling,
discipline and terminations, investigations, drafting employment agreements and
employee handbooks, leaves of absence, and wage and hour issues. Prior to
joining Scott & Whitehead, Ms. McInnes worked for over 10 years as an employment
attorney in the Costa Mesa, California office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &
Walker.
Ms. McInnes received her B.A. degree in Government from the
University of Redlands. She received her J.D. degree from Brigham Young
University’s J. Reuben Clark School of Law, where she graduated magna cum
laude. While there, she served as a senior editor on the Brigham Young University
Law Review, won the Woody Deem Trial Advocacy Competition and was a member of
the invitation-only Trial Advocacy Team which won several national awards. Ms.
McInnes externed for Judge T. Noonan on the United States Court of Appeal for
the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, California.
Ms. McInnes is a member of the Orange County Bar
Association and currently resides in Orange County, California with her husband
and children. She frequently speaks to
and trains groups of managers and employees on employment issues and regularly
presents anti-harassment programs.
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Richard A. McFarlane
Richard A. McFarlane, J.D., Ph.D. is a seasoned legal
professional, and founder and principal of a law firm emphasizing performing
legal research and writing for other attorneys, mostly those working in small
firms, or as solo practitioners. He is also the publisher and editor-in-chief
of Lex Scripta Legal Research Group.
Dr. McFarlane opened his own law firm almost immediately
after passing the California bar in 1991, and has over twenty years of
extensive experience in all aspects of civil litigation. He also has
represented debtors and creditors in chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy proceedings.
In addition, Dr. McFarlane has experience in elder law, probate, trusts and
estates, and criminal defense. He is a member of Quality Dispute Resolution
Services of Irvine, California where he serves as a mediator and arbitrator,
and a visiting adjunct instructor in the Law and Society Program at the
University of California Riverside teaching constitutional and Supreme Court
history.
Dr. McFarlane received his J.D. from Southwestern
University School of Law in Los Angeles. While there he was a member of Phi
Alpha Delta Law Honor Society. Dr. McFarlane received his Ph.D. from the
University of California at Riverside in Legal History of the Western
United States. His dissertation is “‘The Waters ... Belong to the People’: The
1913 Nevada Water Law as a Populist Response to Progressivism.” He received his
B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from California State University at Fullerton.
While there he was an officer in Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and was
on the Dean’s List.
Dr. McFarlane is the author of several articles on legal
history and legal ethics. Most recently, he published a monographica entitled “Lecture
Two: Historical Antecedents to the United States Constitution” as an e-book through
Amazon.com’s Kindle Direct Publishing service.
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Melinda Hunsaker
Melinda Hunsaker is a Managing Partner at McGonigle &
Hunsaker, LLP. Her practice includes Medi-Cal Planning, Applications, and
Appeals; Estate Planning and Trust Administration, including Special Needs
Trusts, Probate, Conservatorships, and Guardianships; and other Elder Law and
Special Needs Law related matters.
Ms. Hunsaker is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by
the National Elder Law Foundation, the only organization approved by the
American Bar Association and the California State Bar to offer certification in
the area of elder law. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law
Attorneys; the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) Trust and Estates section; the
OCBA Elder Law section; the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, of which she is also a
board member; and the Special Needs Alliance, an invitation only membership
organization of attorneys holding its members out as recognized experts in the
field of special needs planning, trusts, and related governmental programs.
Ms. Hunsaker received her law degree from Western State
University, College of Law, graduating cum laude in December of 2005, and was
admitted to the California State Bar in May of 2006.
Ms. Hunsaker is a regular volunteer at the Orange County
Probate Court’s free Limited Conservatorship Clinic and has been published in
the Orange County Lawyer. She frequently gives presentations throughout
Southern California to churches, schools, and community organizations for
seniors, people with special needs, and their families. She also provides training to attorneys and
other professionals, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities.
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