I worked at the LA County Dept. of Public Social Services (D.P.S.S.) for eleven (11) years after which I was awarded my 10-year pin.  I worked as an Eligibility Worker (Intake and Approved, both), Eligibility Worker Supervisor, and Administrative Assistant in the Public Inquiry and Appeals section, which is like a 'Complaint Dept'.  My job was to know the EAS/Eligibility and Assistance Standards manual AND work out solutions when problems had been properly decided in the first place, according to the rules.  This was like doing puzzles, both on the phone and by letter correspondence.

I attended Whittier-Beverly Law School at night ~ which was another way of doing puzzles.  I'd won a math contest years earlier so thought "Verbal Geometry" was fun.  Night School worked well for me, because 3 classes a semester enabled me to concentrate on each class  1 evening at a time: either M, T, Th ~ or M, W, Th.

I was pleased that I did well but surprised: The two fields were a bit similar, each seeking solutions.  As a SOCIAL WORKER, my job was to ask "How do you FEEL about that?" to figure out how to establish Eligibility; as a LAWYER my job is ask "What do you want to DO about that?" to identify some legal remedies ~ and so is more satisfying as a "Mrs. Fix-It person" ~ which supports the purpose of The Law.

Since 1994 I have had a continuous AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell based on peer-review (as an Attorney who is highly ethical and has highest knowledge) and listed in their Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers.