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.

Certified Specialties : Certified Specialist, Criminal Law and Appellate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.. National Board of Trial Advocacy: Certified in Criminal Trial Advocacy.

Education : University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1972; M.P.A., 1975); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1981). . Phi Beta Kappa. Government Intern, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., Summer, 1972.

Work Experience:

Fay Arfa, A Law Corporation, 1986 - Present

Deputy Los Angeles City Attorney, 1985-1986.

General Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration, 1982-1984.

Deputy, Los Angeles City Council, Fifth Council District, 1975-1979.

Seminars:

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.

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.