Advocate, lawyer, foster youth, special ed

Tracy Peterlin

Temecula, CA

*****.********@*****.*** - 951-***-****

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Special Ed advocate

Self - 2010 to Present

Independent consultant and advocate for special ed services through Riverside and San Bernardino County school districts. Request and attend IEPS, demand psychosocial evaluations, attend suspension and expulsion hearings. Assist with finding and placing juveniles in residential placements and transitions from custody to appropriate placements. Work with Oak Grove school and several local group homes. Specific interest and experience advocating for correct placement and programs for foster youth and transitioning wards. Extensive work with social workers and Board of Ed personnel. Independent grantwriter

Various - Temecula, CA - March 2006 to Present

Independent grantwriting and fundraising projects, supporting KIDS FIRST and other non-profit agencies for abused and neglected children.

Owner, mobile grooming company

Discount Dog Spa - Temecula, CA - 2006 to Present

mobile grooming

Professional grooming certificate earned in 2006, from American Grooming Inc., Temecula. Started my own business in order to allow me flexibility and availability for my children, several of whom are adopted and special needs kids. My children groom with me, work at the local rescues weekly, and attend fundraising events I organize. I set my own schedule and have helped the business grow to have two grooming trailers, and several employees.

Substitute Teacher

TEMECULA HIGH SCHOOL AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL - 2006 to Present Special education teacher and general substitute in Riverside County Board of Ed. Alternative schools, jail school, Oak Grove Private School, YWCA, Riverside County, California Choices Program Instructor

Curriculum development and instruction in six Riverside County middle schools in an after school program for

"at risk" adolescent girls. Curriculum stresses self-esteem, career choices and independence as an alternative to gangs, pregnancy and violence at home.

Sole practitioner, criminal and Family law

LAW OFFICE OF TRACY PETERLIN - Rancho Cucamonga, CA - 1995 to 2006 law, family law, criminal, adoption, guardianship, foster case litigation and education law and adovocacy. Special expertise in dispositional issues i.e., children of violence, learning disabilities and prenatal drug exposure. Because of my extensive work with delinquent and special needs children, I was referred juvenile cases by the Board of Education, Inland Regional Center, DPSS, Foster Care Agencies and parent groups. Director

Riverside County Department of Public Social Services - Riverside, CA - 2003 to 2005 Univerity of California, Riverside.

Head of Department which implements a Labor Law educational program, paralegal certificate program, public policy certificate program, MCLE continuing education curriculum for attorneys and continuing education for social workers and human resource managers. Duties include planning and implementation of nine weekend seminars for attorneys and semester-long family law, employment law and trial advocacy classes. As a member and trainer for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, I serve as coordinator and instructor of all trial tactics classes.

Partner

ALVARENGA, DRAKE & PETERLIN, Attorneys at Law - San Bernardino, CA - 1999 to 2003 Contracted in San Bernardino Juvenile for representation of minors and parents in dependency and delinquency. I was in charge of training all new attorneys in addition to daily courtroom caseload and supervision of seven attorneys that represented special needs children and parents in abuse/neglect court. Taught parenting classes for court-involved parents. Attorney

SAN BERNARDINO PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE - San Bernardino, CA - 1996 to 1999 Contracting attorney, litigated the mentally disordered offender and sexually violent preditor cases for the county. Court and jury trials.

Violence Prevention Coordinator

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - Riverside, CA - 1995 to 1996 Administration of State Grant for training of Health Department staff regarding treatment of violent clients and violence/drug abuse in families. Development of a County Resource Manual of Adolescent Services, Legal Guide for Adolescents living in violence, and advocacy on behalf of services for adolescents. Networking with all Los Angeles and San Diego adolescent service providers, and memberships in State Agencies directing funding and services for adolescents. Supervisor, Michelle Ritchie, 909-***-****. Wrote and developed violence curriculum for high schools and trained teachers in its application. Curriculum later purchased by Lane Elsinore School District. Taught high school students at Riverside Juvenile Detention Center, Lake Elsinore and Murrieta alternative high school and Esperanza pregnant minor programs. Violence prevention grant program

Riverside County Department of Public Social Services - Riverside, CA - 1994 to 1996 independent contractor instructor, instruction for county foster parents and private agency workers on issues of juvenile dependency, violent juvenile offenders, working with ADHD and oppositional minors, effects of intravenous drug use on children, reactive attachment disorders, foster cases, drift and abandonment issues. Adjunct Professor

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW - 1993 to May 1995 Professor of Trial Advocacy, basic and advanced. Wrote curriculum and manual for Juvenile Law and Trial Advocacy classes.

Program Coordinator: Howard Ruben, (312) 62-8298.

Attorney, Felony Trial Division

COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE - Chicago, IL - 1994 to 1995 Approximately 150 bench trials, 16 jury trials, including murder and life sentence cases. Supervisor: Kendall Hill, 312-***-****

Attorney

Delinquency Division - 1991 to 1994

Over 1000 trials, including murder, aggravated battery, insanity defense, and murder cases, involving transfers to the adult system. Public speaking, attorney training, organizing transfer hearing seminars for judges and probation officers and publication of client handouts. Two years in a special murder unit handling jury cases, termination of parental rights, transfer hearings and other complex cases. Supervisor: Kendall Hill, 312-***-****.

Supervisor

Salvation Army Group Home for Boys - 1990 to 1994

Supervised caseworkers and worked directly with 9 troubled boys aged 10 to 17 years old. Attended court hearings. Arranged for therapy, designed treatment plans. Adjunct Professor

NATIONAL LEWIS UNIVERSITY - 1993 to 1993

Taught Political Science, Constitutional Law, and other legal courses. Guest instructor, Criminal Law

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE - Wheaton, IL - September 1992 to November 1992 Supervisor, Judge Thomas Hett.

Guest instructor, Juvenile and Delinquency

ROSARY COLLEGE - Chicago, IL - September 1991 to November 1991 Attorney

Abuse/Neglect Division - March 1989 to October 1991 Handled temporary custody hearings, trials and dispositions, including extensive termination of parental rights trials. Experience with medical doctors and psychologists as expert witnesses. Approximately 450 trials, public speaking engagements, training seminars for other attorney, social workers and publication of client handouts. Supervisor: Ina Marks, 312-***-****.

Advocate/Attorney

CABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID CLINIC - Chicago, IL - May 1988 to March 1989 Tried cases in a Chicago housing project law clinic; practiced 40% civil; 60% criminal with a 7-11 student- practicing license. Handled juvenile and adult felony trials, including adult murders. Also handled Housing Authority eviction trials. Unemployment and Social Security hearings. Supervising Attorney: Richard Cozzola, 312-***-****. Supervising Attorney

COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Juvenile Court - Chicago, IL - October 1987 to May 1988

Chicago, Illinois

Using a 7-11 student-practicing license, tried all cases in abuse/neglect and a delinquency courtroom. Supervising Attorney: Revelle Peritz, 312-***-****. 86-10/87 LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois Wrote unemployment appeals briefs, depositions, interrogatories, completed class actions, Social Security briefs, Chicago Housing Authority grievances, defended hospital collection cases and landlord/tenant actions. Courtroom experience with Unemployment Compensation and Social Security hearings, orders of protection and routine motions.

Supervising Attorney: Gregoria Vega Brynes, 312-***-****. Director of Public Relations for the City Manager

CITY OF SANTA ANA, California - Santa Ana, CA - 1984 to 1986 Responsible for all media releases and publicity for city programs, and all relationship with media representatives.

Supervisors: Robert Bobb, City Manager and Paul Apodaca, Assistant, 714-***-****. Director

BRAINERD AREA COMMUNITY ACTION - Brainerd, MN - 1984 to 1986 Responsible for City and County-funded community programs, including youth and senior citizens programs and City public relations events. Began the first Juvenile Offender Program and Senior Citizens Center by writing grants and obtaining $455,000 in foundation/federal money. Taught classes at high school, after school programs, and supervised all summer school teachers at each site countywide. Contact: Cynthia Longanecker, Former Community Action Board Member, 218-***-****. Instructor

DEL MAR HIGH SCHOOL - Newport Beach, CA - 1984 to 1984 Public Speaking and Yearbook advisor.

Director of the first state grant program

BRAINERD SCHOOL DISTRICT - Brainerd, MN - 1980 to 1981 for teen sex education.

Developed the teaching program through the county agency that included parents, churches and schools. The following year, program adopted by the school district, using publicity and curriculum of this program. Wrote all material for the program and taught in four private schools for one year until program adopted in public schools. Acted as teacher and supervisor of six other teachers. On Camera Reporter

KDLH-TV - Duluth, MN - 1977 to 1980

and on air radio news reporter

EDUCATION

CERTIFICATE in Management

University of California - Riverside, CA

May 1996

CERTIFICATE nonprofit management

University of California - Riverside, CA

1996

DePaul Chapter President

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW - Chicago, IL

1985 to 1988

LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM

University of Houston Law Center - Ciudad de México, D. F. 1986

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - Duluth, MN

1977 to 1980

Bachelor of Arts in Communications/Community Health University Newspaper Editor

1979

International Law, the Mexican Legal and Political the Universidad Nacional of Mexico

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SKILLS

Spanish language

Computer literate,Office, word, Exel, Powerpoint, taskstream,internet

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