Patti L. Dikes Ph.D

Education:

CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF RELIGION.
Claremont, California. Ph.D. program, Women's Studies in Religion.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY. Irvine, California. Completed one-year full-time graduate work in Criminology, Law & Society Ph.D. program.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW. Tempe, Arizona.
Juris Doctor. Class Rank: 6 of 120 (Top 5%). Magna Cum Laude.

Distinctions: Law Review: Writer, 1985-1986; Symposium Editor, 1986-1987; Order of the Coif; American Jurisprudence Award (Constitutional Law); Hornbook Award from West Publishing; Regent's Graduate Academic Scholarship; Pedrick Scholar (Dean's List); Jennings, Strauss, & Salmon Freshman Law Award; Election Review Committee.

NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY. Nampa, Idaho.
Bachelor of Arts, Social Science with a special emphasis on political science. Academic Cum Laude.

Associate Justice on ASNNC Judicial Board; Junior Class Vice President; Honor Scholarship; Phi Delta Lambda Honor Society.

Current Positions:

POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY - DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE PROGRAM and ADJUNCT PROFESSOR.
2001-present. San Diego, California. Part-time teaching and directing the Criminal Justice Program in the Sociology and Social Work Department and adjunct position teaching in the Theology and Christian Ministries Department.

APPELLATE DEFENDERS, INC. - PANEL ATTORNEY.
1998-present. San Diego, California. Appointed position representing indigent clients in appeals of juvenile dependency cases.

Courses:

Women in Major Religions; Women in Christianity; Social Problems; Introduction to Criminal Justice; Criminology; Criminal Law; Juvenile Delinquency; Constitutional Foundations for Criminal Justice.

Specialty Areas:

Feminism, Feminist Theology, Gender Theory, History of Christianity, Matristics, Medieval Women Mystics, Women in Religion, Constructive Theology, Wesleyan Holiness/Methodism, Law & Society, Criminal Justice, Children=s Legal Issues, Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency, Legal Research and Writing, Indian Child Welfare Act, Appellate Procedure, Trial Practice.

Research Languages:

English, French reading proficiency.

Previous Positions:

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF LAW - INSTRUCTOR.
San Diego, California. Four-year full-time position teaching Lawyering Skills to first-year law students. Three-year summer session position teaching Legal Analysis course.

SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR.
Chula Vista, California. Part-time position teaching Business Law course.

THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR.
San Diego, California. Part-time position teaching Children and the Law course.

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW - INSTRUCTOR.
Spokane, Washington. Full-time position teaching Legal Research & Writing to first- and second-year law students. Faculty Advisor for Client Counseling Competition and Linden Cup Competition (moot court).

CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR.
San Diego, California. Part-time position teaching Children and the Law course.

OFFICE OF COUNTY COUNSEL - DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL III.
San Diego, California. Senior Trial Attorney. Advisory and Litigation Representation of San Diego County, particularly the Health and Human Services Agency, Childrens Services Bureau. Responsible for all aspects of case management, including petition filing, discovery, motions, trials, and appeals. Over 400 bench trials.

LUCE, FORWARD, HAMILTON & SCRIPPS - ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY.
San Diego, California. Specializing in products liability, business and probate litigation. Civil litigation experience included all areas of discovery, trial preparation, law and motion, extensive client contact, strategy planning, depositions, and binding arbitrations.

Other Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, Arizona. RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Experience: TO THE DEAN; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, San Diego, California. LAW CLERK; Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite, Phoenix, Arizona. LAW CLERK.

Other Employment: Londen Insurance Group, Phoenix, Arizona. POLICY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE; Camp Pinelow, Loon Lake, Washington. LIFEGUARD; Northwest Nazarene University Learning Skills Lab, Nampa, Idaho. STUDENT TUTOR.

Professional Admitted to California State Bar, 1987 (active); Washington State Bar, 1996
Activities: (inactive); United States District Court, Southern District of California, 1987.
Past and Present Memberships: American Academy of Religion; Evangelical and Ecumenical Women’s Caucus; Society of Biblical Literature; Wesleyan Theological Society; National Association of Counsel for Children; California Appellate Defense Counsel; Association of Nazarenes in Social Research Member & Annual Conference Planner.

Publications:

Author, Point-Counterpoint Feature Article, Public Welfare: Who Bears the Weight, AIt's the Government's Responsibility,@ Holiness Today (November 2003).

Author, Note, Warning: No Incriminating Information Accepted Here, Hitch v. Pima County Superior Court, 146 Ariz. 588, 708 P.2d 72 (1985), Symposium on Professional Conduct, 19 Ariz. St. L.J. 171 (1987).
 
Presentations:

Presenter, "Finding Her Voice in Theology: A Reflection on the Female Theologians in the Church of the Nazarene from Olive Winchester to Mildred Bangs-Wynkoop to Diane Leclerc," Wesleyan Theological Society Annual Conference, Azusa Pacific University. Azusa, California. March 2010.

Presenter, “Condemnation of Spiritual Marriage as a Means to Establish Orthodoxy in Early Christianity,” History of Christianity Section, American Academy of Religion Annual Conference. Montreal, Ontario. November 2009.

Presenter, “‘Exhorting’ the Gospel: Wesleyan Holiness Manifested in Canadian Women,” Wesleyan Study Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Conference. Montreal, Ontario. November 2009.

Presenter, ATending the Garden: Feminist Theology and Practice,@ Conversations Toward Wholeness, CCCU Gender Conference. Point Loma Nazarene University. San Diego, California. April 2008.

Panel Moderator, AWomen in the Ministry: What We Say and What We Do,@ Association of Nazarenes in Social Research Conference. Kansas City, Missouri. March 2003.

Presenter, ABarrel of Monkeys: Making Legal Research and Writing Fun.@ Legal Writing Institute Annual Conference. Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Speaker, AOverview of Child Maltreatment.@ Child Maltreatment: a Cultural Perspective, Thomas More Continuing Legal Education Program. Gonzaga University School of Law. Spokane, Washington.

Presenter, ACurrent Trends in the Courts.@ Daughters and Sons United Therapists Seminar. Department of Social Services. San Diego, California.

Instructor, AVoir Dire of the Child Abuse Medical Defense Expert.@ Office of County Counsel. San Diego, California.

Panel Member, “Juvenile Sex Offenders.” San Diego Community Child Abuse Coordinating Council and Children’s Institute International. Audience of 200 law enforcement officers, social workers, mental health professionals, probation officers, and attorneys. San Diego, California.

Instructor, “Writing a Legal Brief Without a Lot of Time.” Office of County Counsel. San Diego, California.

Legal Oral Argument before the California Supreme Court on October 6, 2009, for review granted
Distinctions: in In re Phoenix H. (2009) 152 Cal.App.4th 1576, reported in the L.A. Daily Journal, “Rights Case Pits Parents v. Abused Kids,” October 7, 2009.

Published Decisions:

Appellate Attorney appointed by the Court:

In re R.W. (2009) 172 Cal.App.4th 1268 [establishing the juvenile court’s authority to limit a parent’s ability to make educational decisions for a dependent child]
In re Mary G. (2007) 151 Cal.App.4th 184 [reversal granted for violation of equal protection rights of out-of-state presumed fathers]
In re John M. (2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 1564 [reversal granted for erroneous denial of request by non-custodial father to place dependent child with him without evidence of detriment]
In re Javier G. (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 453 [establishing that a dependent child, as opposed to only a delinquent child, may be removed from a parent for rehabilitation rather than protection]
In re Liliana S. (2004) 115 Cal.App.4th 585 [successfully represented parent responding to appeal by Indian tribe over relative placement preference with non-Indian relatives under the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. § 1915]
In re Leticia S. (2001) 92 Cal.App.4th 378 [reversal granted for abuse of discretion in granting de facto parent status to the mother’s boyfriend, whose substance abuse, leaving drugs within reach of the child, and abuse of the child are what caused the dependency proceedings]
In re Diamond H. (2000) 82 Cal.App.4th 1127 [challenging the juvenile court’s denial of reunification services to a parent under circumstances demonstrating that reunification efforts would be fruitless – decision later overruled in part in Renee J. v. Superior Court (2001) 26 Cal.4th 735]
In re Margarita D. (1999) 72 Cal.App.4th 1288 [putative father lacks standing to seek reunification services or present evidence of extrinsic fraud where there was a previous paternity judgment that another man was the child’s presumed father]
Deputy County Counsel representing Child Protective Services:
In re Vanessa Z. (1994) 23 Cal.App.4th 358 [father lacks standing to appeal denial of de facto parent applications of his mother and sisters because he was not aggrieved by the decisions]
In re Vanessa W. (1994) 17 Cal.App.4th 800 [equal protection not violated for parents whose rights are terminated under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 without the showing of parental unfitness required to terminate the rights of parents under Civil Code section 232 because the parents are not similarly situated]
People v. Brown (1994) 8 Cal.4th 1176 [Amicus Curae: holding out-of-court statements made by child victim of molestation admissible under the fresh complaint hearsay exception]