Attorney Bios

Fay Arfa

Attorney Arfa graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA and where she was also awarded a Master's degree in Public Administration. She graduated from Southwestern University School of Law.

After earning her college degrees, Attorney Arfa worked as a U.S. Senate Intern in Washington, D.C. and as a Deputy for the Los Angeles City Council. After receiving her law degree, she became a prosecutor with the federal government and later served as a deputy city attorney.

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Admitted to bar: 1981, California; 1986, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals & Writs, Ninth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court.

Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1972; M.P.A., 1975); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1981). (Certified Specialist, Criminal Law and Appellate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Phi Beta Kappa. Government Intern, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., Summer, 1972. Guest Speaker, "Alcohol: Effects on Life Liberty and Livelihood," UCLA School of Law, 1997.

Moderator, "Marijuana - The Good, Bad and Legal (?)," Century City Bar Association, 1997. Deputy, Los Angeles City Council, Fifth Council District, 1975-1979. General Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration, 1982-1984. Deputy City Attorney, 1985-1986.

Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Small Firm and Solo Practice Executive Committee, 1996-1997) and Century City (Chair, Sections on: Criminal Law, 1998-; SubstanceAbuse Section, 1997-1998; Member, Board of Governors, 1998-) Bar Associations.

Reported Cases: People v. Clark (1989) 212 CA 3 1233; In re William S. (1989) 208 CA3 313; People v. Mitchell (1994) 30 CA4 783; People v. Monette (1994) 25 CA4 1572; People v. Ponce (1996) 44CA4 1380; People v. Ellison (1998) 68 CA4 203; U.S. v. Robertson, 158 F.3d. 1370 (1998, 9th Cir.); People v. Borrelli, (2000) 77 CA4 703; People v. Young, (2001) 92 CA4 229; In re Eduardo C., (2001) 90 CA4 937; U.S. v. Franklin, 321 F.3d 1231 (2003 9th Cir.).

Fay Arfa has the distinction of being Certified as a Specialist in two separate areas of law - Criminal Law as well as Appellate Law - by the California State Bar, Board of Specialization.