Supervisor, Los Angeles County, California, District 3, 2014-present

Senator, California State Senate, 2001-2008

Assemblymember, California State Assembly, 1995-2000

Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996, 2000

Speaker Pro Tempore, California State Assembly, 1997-1998

Member, California Judicial Council Task Force on Gender Bias in the Courts, 1986-present

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Environmental Quality Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Health Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources and Water Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Senate

Chair, Select Committee on Arts & Entertainment

Chair, Select Committee on California's Women, 1997

Member, State Commission on the Status of Women, 1997

Instructor, Loyola University

Instructor, University of California Los Angeles Law Schools

Counsel, California Women's Law Center, 1993-1995

Managing Attorney, California Women's Law Center, 1989-1994

Co-Founder, California Women's Law Center, 1989-1993

Practitioner of Law, Various Law Firms and Universities, 1978-1993

Law Professor, 1987-1989

Member, Harvard University Board of Overseers, 1998-present

Member, California Women's Law Center Board, 1994-present

Member, National Center on Custody, Child Protective Services & Domestic Violence Advisory Committee, 1993-present

Model National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1993-present

Member, National Women Abuse Prevention Center Board of Directors, 1991-present

Member, State Domestic Violence Code Drafting Project, 1991-present

Advisor, Child Support Guideline, 1990-present

Member, Southern California Coalition for Battered Women Board, 1990-present

Member, Family Equity Coalition, 1987-present

Presenter, Media Awards, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

Founding Executive Director, Vision, 2000

Member, California Arts Council, 1997

Member, California Coastal Conservancy, 1997

Faculty, Center for the American Woman in Politics, 1997

Trainer, California Summit on Domestic Violence, 1994

Trainer, Judicial Officers of the State of Hawaii, 1993, 1994

Chair, Sojourn Shelter for Battered Women and their Children Advisory Board, 1979-1994

Executive Committee, State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1991-1994

Member, National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, 1991-1993

Trainer, National Summit on Domestic Violence, 1993

Member, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Citizens Advisory Committee, 1991

Member, Ocean Park Community Center Board, 1983-1990

President, Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles, 1986-1988