Where family matters Law Offices of Debra A. Cotton       About Debbie > Debbie's CV Education Professional Licenses and Certificates Professional Training Professional Experience Board Positions Charitable Work Professional Memberships Professional Honors Publications Education Undergraduate: University of California, Irvine, CA Bachelor of Arts degree, 1990 Major: Spanish Graduate: Western State University, College of Law Juris Doctor, 1996 Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award - Wills Recipient, Distinguished Student Award Memberships: ATLA (Association of Trial Lawyers of America) President: 1995 - 1996 Vice President: 1994 - 1995 Class Representative: 1993 - 1994 Student Bar Association Third Year Representative Second Year Representative Women's Law Association Delta Theta Phi, Law Fraternity Additional course work at California State University, Fullerton; Psychology with an emphasis in Early Childhood Development Professional Licenses and Certificates Wholesale Exemption Certificate California State Board of Pharmacy – March 2002 Certificate in Mediation The Mediation Center - February 1999 Admitted to Practice Law in the State of California California Supreme Court - June 1997 Bar Number 188999 Professional Training 1999 Mediation Training 1998 Guardianship Training 1998 Drafting Wills 1998 Basic Bankruptcy 1997 Family Law Training Professional Experience June 1997 - present LAW OFFICES OF DEBRA A. COTTON Sole Practitioner Other: December 2004 - present OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Trustees Elected General Election, November 2, 2004 August 2000 – May 2001 WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF LAW Adjunct Faculty, Professional Skills I and II (research and writing) Board Positions CBAC (Community Budget Advisory Committee)- Ocean View School District, 2003 Ocean View School District, 2004 CHOC Sponsorship Council – Board Member, 2000-2002 PTO – Golden View Elementary School First Vice President, 2003-2004 school year First Vice President, 2004 Membership chair, 2002, 2003, 2004 ATLA (Association of Trial Lawyers of America) Secretary, Family Law Section, 1997 - 1998 OCBA (Orange County Bar Association), since 1996 Board of Directors (affiliate bar representative), 2000 Board of Directors (West District representative), 2003-2006 OCSBA (Orange County School Board Association) Board of Directors (Elementary School District Representative), 2005-2007 OCWLA (Orange County Women’s Lawyers), life member since 1995 President 2000 President Elect 1999 Treasurer 1998 Charitable Work Women’s Jail Project, 2000 - 2001 Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), since 1999 Public Law Center, since 1997 PTO – Golden View Elementary School, since 2001 Stay in School Program, since 1998 Orangewood Volunteer Day SCIFF (Surf City International Film Festival), 2002 Professional Memberships ATLA (Association of Trial Lawyers of America), 1993 - 1999 CAOC (Consumer Attorneys of California), 1996 - 1999 CAALA (Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles), 1998 - 1999 CWL (California Women Lawyers), since 1997 Delta Theta Phi Fraternity, since 1996 Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce, 2001 - 2002 Legion Lex Inn of Court, since 2001 NAFE (National Association for Women Executives), 1994 - 1996 OCBA (Orange County Bar Association), since 1996 OCBA, Family Law Section Member, since 1996 OCWLA (Orange County Women’s Lawyers), life member since 1995 RNLA (Republican National Lawyers Association), since 2003 RNC (Repulican National Committee), since 2005 WSUAA (Western State University Alumni Association), since 1998 Professional Honors International Executive Guild’s Who’s Who, 2000 2,000 Notable American Women, 2000 2,000 Notable American Women, 1996 Leesfield/ATLA Law Student Scholarship, 1996 Who’s Who in American High School Students, 1985 Publications Cotton, Debbie (1998, Summer). It’s all about choices. (Abbreviated version) Orange County Women Lawyers Association: Update, Vol. 13, No. 2, page 3.       Home | About Debbie | Contact Us