Education

2003, LL.M. in Taxation with Honors

Golden Gate University School of Law
San Francisco, California

1992, J.D.

University of California, Hastings College of The Law
San Francisco, California

Jurisprudence Awards: Criminal Procedure, Prof. Peter Keane, 1990, Legal Writing and Research, Prof. Robert Nelson, 1989; ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Western Regional Champion, 1991; Moot Court Board, and Best Brief Award nominee, 1990; Hastings Women's Law Journal, Editorial Board, 1989-1991; Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, Note Editor 1991-1992; University of San Francisco Street Law Program, Instructor, 1990; Dean's Scholar, 1989-1992; Law Revue, Technical Director, 1989-1991.

1989, B.S. with Departmental Distinction in U.S. History

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Externships

Aug. 1991 - Dec. 1991

Judicial Extern

Chief Judge Thelton E. Henderson
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
San Francisco, California

Corporate Experience

July 1999 - Feb. 2003

General Counsel/Corporate Secretary

415 Productions, Inc.,
San Francisco, California

Litigation Experience

July 2005 - present

The Law Office of Joseph A. Creitz, P.C.

Feb. 2003 - July 2005

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor of Labor
San Francisco, California

June 1995 - June 1999

Senior Associate Attorney

Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld
Oakland, California

Sep. 1992 - Feb. 1995

Associate Attorney

Bell, Rosenberg & Hughes
Oakland, California

May 1991 - Aug. 1991

Summer Associate

Lawton & Cates
Madison, Wisconsin

Academic Experience

Aug. 1994 - Dec. 2000, Aug. 2005 - present

Adjunct Professor
Instructor, 1994 - 1995

U.C. Hastings College of the Law
San Francisco, California

Aug. 1990 - May 1991

Teaching Assistant

Professors Eileen Scallen, David Jung, D. Kelly Weisberg, and Vivian Wilson
U.C. Hastings College of the Law
San Francisco, California

Aug. 1990 - May 1991

Teaching Assistant

Legal Writing & Research, and Torts, U.C. Hastings College of the Law
San Francisco, California

May 1990 - July 1992

Research Assistant

Professors Eileen Scallen, David Jung, D. Kelly Weisberg, and Vivian Wilson
U.C. Hastings College of the Law
San Francisco, California

Community And Volunteer Activities

Apr. 2004 - Aug. 2008

Board Member

San Francisco Children's Council

June 2001 - June 2006

Volunteer

San Francisco SPCA Animal Assisted Therapy Program

Sep. 1983 - Sep. 1987

Board Of Directors/Counselor

Briarpatch, Inc.
Madison, Wisconsin