PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Admitted to practice in the State Bar of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California (1977); admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit (1978).

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: Certified Fellow (1992-2007), Vice President (Membership) and Member of the Board of Directors, Southern California Chapter (1992 to 1996); Chair and member, National Mediation Committee (1999 -present); Chair and member, National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Profession (1993 to 1999); Member, National Committee on Gender Bias (1991-1993); Chair, National Pro-Bono Committee (1994 to 1996); Member, National Public Relations and Marketing Committee and Mediation Committee (1998 to 2007) ; Member, National Newsletter Committee (1999-2001). Participant in the creation of the Model Standards for Family Mediators, 2000; State Bar of California brochure on Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2002.

State Bar of California: Conference of Delegates: Chair and Member of the Executive Committee (1985 to 1989); Vice-chair of the Resolutions Committee (1982-84); Member of Delegation and Chair of Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles delegation (1978 to 1982); Member, Family Law Section Alternative Dispute Resolution Standing Committee South (1994-present); Member, Ethnic Minority Relations Committee, Executive Board Member (1988 to 1991).

Volunteer mediator, Family Law Departments; Member, L.A.S.C. Domestic Violence Task Force.

Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles: Member of the Advisory Board (1983 to present); President (1982-83); Officer and Member of the Board of Governors (1977-84); Co-founder, volunteer attorney and member of Advisory Council, Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law-inception to present (co-sponsored by WLALA, BWL & LACBA).

Los Angeles County Bar Association: Chair, Officer and Member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section (1983-97); Founder, Ethics Institute (an event begun in 1992); Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Association and Section Finances (1991-92); Member, Executive Committee of the Trial Lawyers Section (1981-85); Vice-chair and Member of the Judicial Appointments Committee (1980-83); Member of the Judicial Evaluation Committee (1983-87); Member of the Bylaws Committee (1981-82); Panel Arbitrator for attorney-client fee disputes (1979 to present); Member of Ad Hoc Committee on Exercise of Association's Purview (1990-91); Member of the Ad Hoc Committee Special Task Force on Unrepresented Litigants in Family Law Courts (1993-96).Member of Formation Committee, Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association (LACFLA). Beverly Hills Bar Association: Member of the Executive Committee, Family Law Section (1979-80); Volunteer Mediator, Judge Pro Tem in the Santa Monica Superior Court (1979 to present). Frequent seminar lecturer.

Progressive Jewish Alliance, Founding President; American Jewish Congress, President 1995-1999; Member of Board of Directors (1990 to 1999); Co-Chair Commission on Women's Rights/Jewish Feminist Center (1990-93); liaison to Women Against Gun Violence (1994-95). Leo Baeck Temple: Member of the Board of Trustees (1988-91).

Steering Committee Member, Welfare and Institutions Code Section 317 Dependency Panel (1981-83).Co-founder of Attorneys against Discrimination, formed in 1980 under the auspices of the Women's Legal Clinic. Steppingstone Youth Crisis Shelter: Member of the Governing Board (1984-86).

California Supreme Court: participant in Chief Justice Malcolm M. Lucas= Commission on the Future of the Courts.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS:

Included in Los Angeles Daily Journal=s listing of top 24 Family Law Mediators in State of California; Los Angeles Magazine listing of top 50 Women Lawyers in Southern California, and top 3% of Southern California attorneys in Southern California Super Lawyers and in various Who=s Who publications.

Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from Women Lawyer=s Association of Los Angeles, September 2000;

Recipient of Assembly Resolution from the California Legislature, for extraordinary contributions to the people of her community and throughout the state, November 16, 2000;

Recipient of the Alumna of the Year Award, Executive Committee, State Bar of California, Conference of Delegates, July, 1994;

Recipient of Resolution from Los Angeles City Council commendation for integrity and commitment to justice, May 1, 1984.

PERSONAL: Married to Joseph Martin Ostroy, May 24, 1964.