Tamila Jensen Attorney

First Admitted: 1973, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

State Bar of California, 1973
President, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Vice President, Neighborhood Legal Services

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

United States Supreme Court November 13, 2012
Supreme Court of California, December 19, 1973
Kasperbauer v. Fairfield, (2009) 171 CA 4th 229, 88 CR 3d 494
Boranian vs. Clark (2004) 123 Cal.App.4th 1012, 20 Cal.Rptr.3d 405
In Re Marriage of Ruelas (2007)154 Cal.App.4th 339
Santa Monica Pines, Ltd. v. Rent Control Board (1984) 35 Cal.3d 858 (amicus)
Frank Annino & Sons Construction, Inc. v. McArthur Restaurants, Inc. (1989) 215 Cal.App.3d 353 (plaintiff and appellant)
California Coastal Commission v. Quanta Investment Corp. (1980) 113 Cal.App.3d 579 (intervener and respondent)
El Patio vs. Permanent Rent Control Board (1980) 110 Cal.App.3d 915 (petitioner)

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Certified Mediator

Pro bono/Community Service:

SFVBA Delegate to Conference of Delegates 1997 to present
President, Neighborhood Legal Services, 2012 - 2013
SFVBA Delegate to ABA Conference of Delegates, 2009-2010
Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, 2004/2005
Member, Bench Bar Coalition, California Judicial Counsel, 2005 - present
Board of Directors, Neighborhood Legal Services, 2001-present
President, San Fernando Valley Bar Association - 2008 - 2009
Member, San Fernando Valley Estate Planning Counsel, 2000 - present
Member Probate Volunteer Panel, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1996 - present
Member, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 2000 - present
Member, Committee for the 75th Anniversary of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association
Member, Southern California Council of Elder Law Attorneys, 2001 - present
Certified Mediator pursuant to the California Dispute Resolutions Program Act, 1998
Member Appeals Panel, Department 70, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1996 - 2006
Member Probate Mediation Panel, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1997 - 2000
Dispute Resolution Services, settlement officer, 1996-present
Participant, Judge Pro-Tem Program of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1997 - 2001
Joint Association Settlement Officer Program (JSOP), L.A. County Bar Association
School Leadership Counsel, Valley View Elementary School, L.A. Unified School District, 1990 - 1991 and 1991 - 1992
Class Agent, King Hall Alumni Association, class of 1973, 1995 - 2000
Energy Task Force, Land use, and Transportation Committee, City of Bloomington, Indiana, 1977
Mayor's Committee to Study/Amend the Charter, Santa Barbara, California, 1975
Board of Directors, Monroe County Girls Club, a United Way Organization 1977 - 1979
Board of Directors, King Hall Alumni Association, 1974-1975
Estate Planning Counsel of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1994 - 1997, 2006 to present
Member of LACBA Appellate Courts Committee
Member Board of Directors, WLALA, 1999/2000
Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, 1994 - 2004
Member LACBA trusts section
L.A. County Bar Association President Elect 2019-2020
California Women Lawyers, 1975 - present
L.A. County Bar Association vice president 2016-2018
L.A. County Bar Association Board of Trustees, 2009 - 2010
L.A. County Bar Association, 1994 - present
Counsellor, Senior Citizens Legal Services Program, San Fernando Valley Bar Association 1995 - 1998
Delegate to State Bar Contention for San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1995 - present
Chair, Women Lawyers Section, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1997 - 2001
Chair, Resolutions Committee of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1995/96, 1996/97, 2000/2001, 2004/2005, 2015-2016
Member Board of Trustees, SFVBA, 1998 - 2004 and 2005 - 2009
San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1993 - present

Educational Background:

University of California at Berkeley, Great Distinction in General Scholarship, Honors Program Completed in the Major with Great Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, Class of 1969
Boston University School of Law (Lazarski University), LLM., 2015

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

“Teaching Real Estate Law Abroad”, Valley Lawyer, February 2011 at p. 20
Staff Editor, American Business Law Journal, 1979- 1980
Presenter, 12th Annual Women's Conference, College of the Canyons, "Entrepreneurship and Starting Your Own Business", panel member, April, 1998
Debrechen School of Law, Debrechen, Hungary, seminar “American Legal System and Contract Law”, October 2007
European School of Law and Governance, Pristina, Kosovo, seminar “Real Property Law in the U.S.” October 2010
Presented, April, 2012 PFAC Conference, “The Powers of a Conservator to Intervene in the Marital Relationship of the Conservatee”
Co-presented, June 8, 2012 CEB class “Enhancing Communication Between Lawyer and Client in Estate Planning”
Presented, June 2, 2016 PFAC Conference, “The Powers of a Conservator to Intervene in the Marital Relationship of the Conservatee”
“Scalia’s Lasting Legacy: Debating the Constitution” “The Living Constitution”, Valley Lawyer, May 2016, p. 12
“Challenging Sex Discrimination: The Costs and Benefits”, 1 of 7 half-hour videotape programs on Women in Newspaper Management, producer, interviewer, co-editor, May, 1977, Center for New Communications, School of Journalism, Indiana University
"Looking Back, Looking Forward", King Hall Counsellor, Winter 1998 at p. 34
“Protesting a Perceived Injustice: Sex Discrimination and the Restoration of Equity”, Social Justice Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1988, co-author
"Perceived Personal Costs of Filing Complaints of Sex Discrimination", Working Paper Series, College of Administrative Science, The Ohio State University, WPS 83-18, April 1983, co author
“The Whistleblowing Process”, 3 Work and Occupations, 10, February, 1983, co-author
“Correlates of Whistle blowers’ Perceptions of Organizational Retaliation”, 27, Admin. Sci Quarterly 17, March, 1982, co-author
“From Belle Terre to East Cleveland: Zoning, the Family and the Right to Privacy”, XIII Family Law Quarterly 1, Spring, 1979
“Availability of Minorities and Women for Professional and Managerial Positions 1970-1985, by Stephen A. Schneider”, Business Horizons, August, 1978, at p. 87, book review
Taught a seminar on the law of contracts at Debrecen University School of Law in Hungary. In 2010 I will team-teach a seminar on real property law at the European School of Law and Development in Pristina, Kosovo, Visiting lecturer, Debrechen University School Of Law, Hungary, 2007
“Environmental Law and the Consumer”, paper presented at annual convention of Business Educators, 1978, at Indiana University
“Changing Concepts of Property Law”, paper presented at School of Business Executive Education Program, 1978, at Indiana University
“A Supreme Court Zoning Decision”, Business Horizons, August, 1977, at p. 72
“Arcosanti v. Traditional Property Rights and Land Use Regulation: Ecologists’ Solution or Landowner’s Bane?”, Selected Papers of American Business Law Association Annual Meeting, 1977

Industry Groups:

Bench Bar Coalition
California Women Lawyers
Estate Planning Counsel
Granada Hills Chamber Of Commerce
King Hall Alumni Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
National Association Of Elder Law Attorneys
Neighborhood Legal Services
San Fernando Valley Bar Association
Santa Clarita Valley Bar Association
Southern California Counsel Of Elder Law Attorneys

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