In 2021 and 2022, Sheila was recognized by Sacramento Magazine as a Top Lawyer in Appellate Law. Sheila began her legal career at a boutique appellate firm in Los Angeles and argued before the California Court of Appeal eight times before ever arguing in a trial court.

After six years of appellate practice, Sheila expanded her practice to include trial court advocacy and later relocated to Sacramento. Like most appellate attorneys, Sheila is a generalist. 

But her trial court experience in disparate practice areas, including product liability, title insurance and family law, has given her a deeper understanding of the issues that drive cases and what really matters to her clients.

Sheila rounds out her appellate advocacy practice by mediating appeals as a volunteer appellate mediator for the Third District Court of Appeal.

In her leisure time, Sheila enjoys paddle boarding on the American River.

Memberships

The Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court

Sacramento County Bar Association
Women Lawyers of Sacramento

Education

Loyola Law School, J.D. (Full-tuition merit scholarship), 2007
Yale University, B.A., History 1998