Water Quality Professional Certification

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I attended law school beginning Fall 1998. I completed law school in 2 years instead of the normal, track of 3 years; however, I did complete an additional 6 months of training and experience in moot court, public speaking, public policy law and mentorship and education. My passion as I explained is: service. I really enjoy digging in with pride, commitment and dedication to whatever role - and helping people and so I spent an additional 6 months expanding my knowledge and depth in the areas that I wanted to, namely public works and policy as well as education and mentorship/leadership. In addition to extending my law school experience yet still completing it in under the standard 3 year timeframe, additionally, I worked for the City of San Diego, assisting them with high quality capital project management issues: source, time and budget planning as well as workforce staffing and training in both administrative and supervisory capacities of varying types, from water to infrastructure, etc.. This experience lended itself well in varying forms of management skills and supervisory experience that I've had since 2002 through now even to present. To date, I manage 17 people in house, in my current role and I am described often as: fair, reasonable, diligent and efficient. I think it is critically important to balance work and life, provide, serve, all while maintaining timelines and deadlines. If you have a passion and commitment for what you do, it shows and it translates well to leadership and a healthy and positive, and most importantly PRODUCTIVE work environment, for all!

California Western School of Law

Real estate development, planning, building and engineering management; collaborations in acquisitions and sales; finance; representation and governance enforcement; construction defects; right to repair; litigation and law and motion; negotiations; design/build; improvements and reconstruction expertise; risk management; regulatory affairs and legislation; California Public Contract Code; public bidding; contractor selection; procurement processes; California Labor Code; crisis management; indemnification; contract drafting; legal research; financial analyses; data protection; privacy and security; access management; service and expectation management; administrative management; direct hiring and supervision; representative management; knowledge of water rights, uses, and policy; legislation; water treatment and distribution; SWPPP; WPCP; DWOCP; knowledge of the State Water Resources Control Board; knowledge of tree, grid iron, ring and radial systems; knowledge of Title 22 - treated and recycled water discharge and use rules/regulations; knowledge of riparian, appropriative and prescriptive water rights; DDW; supervisory and process improvements.

Executive Staff Attorney

This means that in the legal field, the highest achievement within this participating class, was me - for public policy considerations and business organizational transactions, issued through the Society of American Jurisprudence and the State Bar of California.

Public Policy and Business Organizations Transactions

Dorothy Benson

English

Full professional proficiency

Spanish

Limited working proficiency

Hebrew

Elementary proficiency

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Charitable Real Estate Trust Law and Public Advocacy

Founding Partner Simpson Law Group - Advocates for Public Contract Law

Dorothy was a student of mine at California Western School of Law maybe 10-15 years ago, where I came to know her and respect her intellect and her responsible nature.  We have been friends since and I have tracked her professional growth and have always supported her development as a lawyer and as a maturing adult.

Founding Attorney Higgs, Fletcher and Mack Law - for Policy and Legal Adovocacy

John Morris

Documentation

Ability to effectively resolve legal, financial and contractual issues and disputes.

Great emphasis on analytical, drafting and strategic negotiating skills

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and use basic problem solving skills

Must be self-driven, highly motivated and able to work with minimal supervision

Negotiation skills

Research methodologies

Office administrative management

Cusotmer Service

Supervisory skills

Engineering drawings

Data collection

Adaptable

Multitasking

Detail Oriented

Communication and interpersonal skills.

Strong written and oral communication skills, as well as good interpersonal skills and self-awareness to work effectively with other team members and departments.

Communication skills, including development of presentations.

Interpersonal Skills

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain quality relationships with external members and internal staff.

written communication

written skills

Working Effectively Under Pressure

Dorothy Benson

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