Caren Cafferata Jenkins (Insert Applicant Name)

Caren Cafferata Jenkins (Insert Applicant Name)

COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL SELECTION APPLICATION SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 14 By _Caren Cafferata Jenkins _ (Insert applicant name) 1 Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2018 (QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 47) Personal Information 1. Full Name: Caren Cafferata Jenkins 2. Have you ever used or been known by any other legal name (including a maiden name)? If so, state name and reason for the name change and years used. My birth name is Caren Jenkins. When I married, I changed my surname to Cafferata-Jenkins, and, through my divorce decree, the hyphen was dropped and I took Cafferata as my middle name. 3. Work Address: 18124 Wedge Parkway #158, Reno NV 89511 4. How long have you been a continuous resident of Nevada? I have lived in Nevada from 1984 through 1998, and from 2002 to the present, for a total of 31 years. 5. Age: 60 (NRS 3.060 states that a district judge must be at least 25 years old.) Employment History 6. Using the format provided in Attachment “A” please start with your current employment or most recent employment, self-employment, and periods of unemployment for the 20 years immediately preceding the filing of this Application. Educational Background 7. List names and addresses of high schools, colleges and graduate schools (other than law school) attended; dates of attendance; certificates or degrees awarded; reason for leaving. 1980-84, Golden Gate University, Master of Arts degree, Arts Admin./Non-profit Mgmt. 1977-80, Penn State University, Bachelor of Science degree, Recreation & Parks 1976-77, University of Pittsburgh undergraduate coursework, transferred to Penn State 1972-76, York Suburban High School, High School diploma 8. Describe significant high school and college activities including extracurricular activities, positions of leadership, special projects that contributed to the learning experience. High School: French interpreter/Emcee for Pennsylvania Ambassadors of Music’s month-long European tour, President of Temple Beth Israel Youth Group, statewide co-songleader for Pennsylvania Federation of Temple Youth, actor in various school and community theatre productions, member of high school marching band (B-flat cornet), summer camp counselor, received Optomists Club youth leadership award. College: Resident assistant in college dormitories (2 years), founded non-profit to produce campus performing arts series, leader of several campus clubs and groups related to music, sexuality and community volunteerism. 3 Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2018 9. List names and addresses of law schools attended; degree and date awarded; your rank in your graduating class; if more than one law school attended, explain reason for change. 1993-96, Golden Gate Univ. School of Law, 536 Mission St., San Francisco CA, Juris Doctor degree conferred May 1996, ranked in top 22% of graduating class 10. Indicate whether you were employed during law school, whether the employment was full-time or part-time, the nature of your employment, the name(s) of your employer(s), and dates of employment. I worked in various legal environments throughout law school, except during my first year, when such activity was highly discouraged. I was intent to incur as little student loan debt as possible, and hoped to explore areas of practice to pursue after obtaining my degree. The positions included: - Intern, Chief Judge Thelton Henderson, U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., full-time, 8/95-12/95 - Law Clerk, Gladstone & Vettel, LLP, real estate litigation, part-time, 5/95-1/96 - Intern, Judicial Council for the Ninth Circuit, Office of the Circuit Exec., part-time, 1/95- 5/95 - Teaching Assistant, Contracts, Golden Gate Univ. School of Law, part-time, 9/94-5/95 - Summer Associate, Office of the San Francisco City Attorney, full-time, 5/94- 9/94 - Student Trainer, WESTLAW online legal research software, part-time, 08/94-5/96 11. Describe significant law school activities including offices held, other leadership positions, clinics participated in, and extracurricular activities. Justice Rose E. Bird Award for Professionalism and Integrity (selected by law school faculty). Comment Writer and Published Author, Ninth Circuit Survey, GGU Law Review, 1995. Chief Editor, Ninth Circuit Survey, Golden Gate University Law Review, 1996. Finalist, Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition, 1995. Dean's List, 1994-96. Scholarship Recipient, 1994-96. Law Student Representative, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, Board of Directors, Committee Chair, Newsletter Editor, 1994 - 1996. Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, volunteer. Homeless Advocacy Center, volunteer. Public Interest Law Foundation, member and volunteer. Invited Speaker, numerous GGU Law School Recruitment Office events. Member, GGU Jewish Law Students. Member, GGU LEGALS (Lesbian & Gay Law Students), organized marriage equality events. 4 Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2018 Law Practice 12. State the year you were admitted to the Nevada Bar. I was admitted to practice in Nevada state and federal courts in 1997. 13. Name states (other than Nevada) where you are or were admitted to practice law and your year of admission. I was admitted to practice in California state and federal courts in 1996, and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in 2000. 14. Have you ever been suspended, disbarred, or voluntarily resigned from the practice of law in Nevada or any other state? If so, describe the circumstance, dates, and locations. Never. 15. Estimate what percentage of your work over the last 5 years has involved litigation matters, distinguishing between trial and appellate courts. For judges, answer questions 16-20 for the 5 years directly preceding your appointment or election to the bench. For 7 of the past 9 years, I have served the State of Nevada in two positions - Executive Director of the Nevada State Board of Optometry and the Nevada Commission on Ethics in addition to maintaining a private law practice. In those roles with the State of Nevada, I handled over 100 public administrative complaints led the investigation, evidentiary and jurisdictional review as well as “just and sufficient cause” hearings before those boards. In my current position, I am the lead prosecutor of alleged violations of state statutes and regulations for a professional licensing board. This administrative law activity comprises approximately one-third of my workload, with the remainder focused on public education; policy, regulatory and statutory development; and agency management. However, over the course of my 25 year legal career, litigation has been my primary activity, involving 90% trial court litigation, litigation avoidance and dispute resolution. Family law and real estate litigation were my primary areas of practice. 16. Estimate percentage of time spent on (1) domestic/family and juvenile law matters, (2) civil litigation, (3) criminal matters, and (4) administrative litigation. In the last 5 years, 65% of my private practice caseload has been domestic, family and juvenile matters, ,but creating and defending trusts and estates involving people with special needs or mental health conditions and protecting elder populations have taken center stage. The remainder have centered on civil matters and administrative litigation. 17. In the past 5 years, what percentage of your litigation matters involved cases set for jury trials vs. non-jury trials? All litigation matters (100%) in the past 5 years have been non-jury trials. My litigation caseload in that period has been limited, as I am bound to avoid taking cases that may conflict with my service to the State. 18. Give the approximate number of jury cases tried to a conclusion during the past five years with you as lead counsel. Give the approximate number of non-jury cases tried to a decision in the same period. 5 Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2018 A small number of my cases have proceeded to a bench trial or administrative hearing. I am skilled at dispute resolution, and settled the majority of conflicts I have handled, either at the outset of the conflict, following the discovery phase, or immediately before trial. I estimate that only 6 cases in the past 5 years have proceeded to the bench trial level, as the majority of my cases require simple filings and motions. I have handled only 2 jury trials in my entire legal career due to the nature of my practice. 19. List courts and counties in any state where you have practiced in the past 5 years. Washoe County, Second Judicial District Court Carson City, First Judicial District Court Douglas County, Ninth Judicial District Court Lyon County, Third Judicial District Court Washoe and Clark Counties, Nevada State Board of Optometry Administrative Hearings Lassen County, Superior Court of California San Francisco, Superior Court of California Santa Clara County, Superior Court of California 20. List by case name and date the five cases of most significance to you (not including cases pending in which you have been involved), and list or describe: a. case name and date, b. court and presiding judge and all counsel c. the importance of each case to you and the impact of each case on you, d. your role in the case. Guardianship of DGT, 2003, Second Judicial District, Family Court, Judge Charles McGee presiding. I represented the Petitioner. DGT, a special needs child, age 8, had been placed in foster care with Mom #1 almost six years before the hearing, and, after some time, Mom # 1 completed an adoption. Mom #1 and Mom #2 had been life partners for over 12 years, had a loving home and another child, a 10 year old daughter, adopted only by Mom #2. Five years after DGT joined the home, Mom #1 was diagnosed with cancer and died shortly thereafter. I represented Mom #2 to obtain guardianship over the person and estate of DGT. After requesting an expedited hearing and obtaining an interim order that DGT would not be removed to another foster care placement during the proceedings, I worked through the maze of the Department of Social Services, and shortly thereafter, DGT, his sister, Mom #2 and I appeared in Judge McGee's courtroom.

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