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> aw ornces “4 CUMINGS ano JORDAN GAN FRARCISCO B4I105 _ For this reason, I will again set forth my experience. x | I shave ‘been in the private practice of criminal law since my graduation from law school in 1970. | During this time, I have handled felony matters beth in State Court and Federal Court, in Illinois and in California, | as well as in the states of Arizona, Oregon, and Missouri, too numerous to mention in this Declaration. My felony trial experience numbers approximately eight felony trials. In this regard, -it-is important to note that when I o on BO DH eh |W KH started practicing criminal law in 1970, women criminal trial 10 { attorneys were practically unheard of. Even to this day, the over- 11 whelming majority of criminal trial lawyers are men. The relative 12 | newness of female criminal trial attorneys, coupled with an inher- 13 | ent bias against women attorneys, on the part of clients as well 14 | as judges who make criminal appointments, has” had the result of i oad rn allowing me less trial experience than had I been a male attorney in a comparable | position. | However, as the experience listed below ~~ “ OH. will demonstrate, I am competent and well ‘qualified to handle the tan we oO matters before this ‘Court. — «© Felony Trials - ae oh oon People v. Hughes (1971) 3 No. _ 71-2622, Circuit Court of Cook NO © Couty, Chicago, Illinois. Charge: murder. I participated as co- NO ow counsel in this matter, conducting the voir dire of prospective ay OND Ww NO jurors, conducting the cross- -examination of the chief witness ae NTO * On October 5, 1976, I furnished this Court with a summary in letter form of ny criminal law experience. It was subsequent to this summary that the Court has implied, both in court and out, that Tr am insufficiently experienced. ee age. me NR OND O Wok