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Cathy Mosbrucker |
Cathy
Mosbrucker moved to San Francisco in 1981 to attend U.C. Hastings College
of the Law. She intended to return to her home in the upper mid-west after
obtaining her degree. Instead, she fell in love with San Francisco and returns
to North Dakota only under extreme duress.
During law school, Cathy began volunteering at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic beginning her specialization in landlord-tenant law. She also worked for the Bernal Heights Law Collective and San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation. After law school Cathy did litigation in the area of employment discrimination and wrongful termination before returning to the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. She has been in a private practice specializing in tenants' rights since 1996. Cathy conducts trainings for other attorneys and provides expert advice for the Homeless Advocacy Project, the Volunteer Legal Services Program of the San Francisco Bar Association and the Aids Legal Referral Panel. She has written training manuals for a number of nonprofit groups on the area of landlord-tenant law. Cathy serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the San Francisco Superior Court and as a Homeless Shelter Arbitrator for the San Francisco Department of Human Services. She was appointed as a San Francisco Residential Rent Board Commissioner in 2003. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the General Assistance Advocacy Project since 1985. Cathy has received a number of awards for her pro bono work including the President's Pro Bono Service Award by the State Bar of California in 2000. |
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Mary Jane Foran |
Originally from New England, Mary Jane Foran has lived in the Bay Area since 1979. She is a graduate (B.A.,Philosophy) of Wesleyan University in Connecticut and San Francisco’s New College School of Law. Prior to graduating from Law School, Mary worked for Ralph Nader’s Center for the Study of Responsive Law, Nolo Press, the Shanti Project, and for private attorneys in the areas of police misconduct and housing issues. She also worked as a volunteer for the Tenant’s Union, the Haight Ashbury Switchboard, and St Mary’s Housing Committee. Mary has specialized in civil litigation focusing on tenants’ rights since becoming a member of the California Bar in 1983, first as a supervising attorney at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic’s citywide Eviction Defense Office, and then in private practice since 1996. She also serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the San Francisco Superior Court, a member of the Board of Directors for Legal Assistance to the Elderly, and a member of the Landlord/Tenant Expert Panel of the Bar Association of San Francisco. |
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