Cindi earned her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. After graduation, Cindi returned to the West Coast where she attended the University of San Francisco School of Law. While in law school, she volunteered at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office and at Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. In addition, she also externed for a semester at the California Supreme Court. There, she worked in the criminal central staff helping to process numerous petitions for review for the court’s weekly Wednesday calendar. Upon graduating law school, Cindi worked in San Francisco with several panel attorneys, practicing both criminal appellate and criminal trial law, and became a member of the SDAP panel. Ultimately, she was hired by ADI and began working in San Diego in January 1995. She is an avid practitioner of Iyengar Yoga and the proud parent of two cats, Spot and Callie.

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