Ina D. Chang
Content Attorney
Since 2020, Ina Chang has worked as a content attorney for CEB, supervising and updating the tort, litigation, and insurance practice guides. Prior to that, she worked for over 12 years on product liability, class action, insurance, and consumer-fraud cases. Ms. Chang has extensive experience in case coordination for both state and federal courts, and has handled all phases of civil discovery, including taking and defending depositions and the development of expert and company witnesses. She was an integral part of numerous defense teams that went to trial and often involved complex litigation. Ms. Chang graduated with a J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law in 2005, where she received a King Hall Public Service Commitment Certificate. She earned a BA in Political Science and Mass Communications from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001. Ms. Chang served as a judicial extern for the California Court of Appeal, 1st District in the summer of 2004, and a judicial extern for the California Court of Appeal, 2nd District writ division in the summer of 2003. Ms. Chang has been a member of a number of bar associations that are committed to diversity and inclusion in the legal field, including the Asian American Bar Association and Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom. In 2010, she received Shook Hardy & Bacon's Mosaic Award for furthering the firm’s diversity efforts. Prior to becoming a lawyer, she was a reporter for the Daily Californian (University of California, Berkeley) and a reporting intern for a number of newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, the Californian (Salinas, CA), and the Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY).
Theodore Ko
Content Attorney
Theodore Ko is a Content Attorney with CEB and works on developing CEB Practitioner. Mr. Ko graduated from UC Davis Law in 2012, and worked as a deputy district attorney at Yolo County and staff immigration attorney at Asian Law Alliance in Santa Clara.
Nate Jackson
Legal Writer
Leslie Booher
Legal Content Specialist
Leslie Booher is a legal content specialist for the Real Property and Trusts & Estates team at CEB. She also has experience with exempt entities; business governance and compliance; and pharmaceutical industry law and regulation. Ms. Booher received a bachelor’s degree in business and MBA from Southeast Missouri State University. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019.
Shelly Rosenfeld
Content Attorney
Shelly Rosenfeld is a Content Attorney at Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), partnering with subject matter experts and conducting legal research and analysis to develop engaging legal content in multiple formats. Most recently, she was the Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center’s Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC), earning the Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN)’s Rising Star Award. Ms. Rosenfeld’s close to twenty legal articles have been featured in a variety of legal publications, including the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment & Sports Law, the UCLA Entertainment Law Review, and the Hastings Business Law Journal. In addition, she has spoken on the following podcasts: Money Rehab, CureTalks, and Becker’s Women’s Leadership. Ms. Rosenfeld volunteers as a Legislative Ambassador of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network. Previously, Ms. Rosenfeld worked as an in-house entertainment counsel at a production company and a studio; as an associate attorney at a large law firm; and as a prosecutor for misdemeanor cases in Los Angeles. Before becoming an attorney, she worked as a television anchor and reporter for an NBC affiliate in Arizona. She won a 2006 Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Spot News Coverage and a 2005 Arizona Associated Press Award. Ms. Rosenfeld earned an LL.M. at the University of California, Los Angeles Law School; a J.D. at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law; a Masters Degree at Northwestern University; and a BA at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of the State Bar of California, the State Bar of New York, and the District of Columbia Bar.
Jennifer E. Dean
Content Attorney
Before leaving private practice, Jennifer Dean worked as an estate planning, trust administration, and probate attorney, focusing on smaller estates and non-contested cases. She now works as a Content Attorney for CEB on the Trust and Estates Team. Ms. Dean graduated, magna cum laude, from Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee with a BA in History. She then received her J.D. from California Western School of Law. Ms. Dean has over 13 years of legal industry experience, 10 in the estate planning and trust practice area, working first as a paralegal and later as Managing Attorney for Shoup Legal, A Professional Law Corporation. Ms. Dean edits and has served as the Content Attorney for many CEB publications, including “Decedent's Estate Practice,” “California Irrevocable Trusts,” “California Probate Workflow Manual,” “California Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives,” and “California Will Drafting.” Her Daily News series "Exploring Probate Topics through Viral TikTok Songs" looks at how pop culture and the probate world intersect. Ms. Dean has been a member of San Diego County Bar Association for many years, in addition to serving as an advisor on the Southern California District Church of the Nazarene District Properties Board.
David Saunders
Content Attorney
David Saunders received his BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. He works for CEB as an attorney editor in the Criminal Law Team. Mr. Saunders manages the publications “California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice,” “Appeals and Writs in Criminal Cases,” and “Scientific Evidence and Expert Testimony in California.”
Arezou Bakhtjou
Content Attorney
Arezou Bakhtjou is an Iranian-American criminal defense attorney, human rights activist, and legislative advocate. She is a speaker on diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as the elimination of bias in the practice of law. Ms. Bakhtjou is currently a content attorney at CEB. Ms. Bakhtjou practiced mainly indigent defense for 12 years in California. She is a zealous advocate, litigator, and has conducted several trials. Ms. Bakhtjou has obtained successful outcomes for her clients including through jury trials. She obtained her BS in Chemistry from Tehran, Iran and her law degree in Orange County, California. Ms. Bakhtjou is fluent in Farsi and is passionate about criminal justice, gender and racial equity, as well as diversity and inclusion. In 2019, Ms. Bakhtjou was invited to testify before the American Bar Association Women in Criminal Justice Task Force (WCJ TF) and was awarded the WCJ TF Certificate of Appreciation. She has authored numerous articles including "60 Years After Gideon v. Wainwright, Reflecting on How California Pioneered the Idea of the Public Defender.” Ms. Bakhtjou has served two terms as the Governor for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ), and has also served on CACJ Legislative Committee. She has also served two terms on the Alameda County Judicial Appointments Evaluation Committee. Ms. Bakhtjou is currently serving on San Francisco Justice and Equity for Transformation Council. She has been invited by bar associations to speak on Diversity, Inclusion, and Gender Bias in the Practice of Law.
Chelsea Kay
Content Development Manager
Chelsea Kay is the content development manager for Learning, working with attorneys and speakers to develop and record legal education programs for the CEB Learning platform. In building a robust library of CLE courses, she and her team focus on creating legal education videos that highlight the nuances of legal practice in California. Ms. Kay received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law in 2014 and was sworn into the New York State Bar in 2015. She started her legal career on the International Humanitarian Law team at the American Red Cross in Washington, DC providing legal trainings and CLE courses to law students and attorneys around the country. After nearly two years, Ms. Kay left the city and relocated to a small beach town where she opened up her own consulting business providing legal editing and writing guidance to attorneys, professors, and professionals around the world. In March 2022, she became a content attorney at CEB, working with California attorneys to develop specific legal education programs, before stepping into the team manager role in March 2023. Aligned with her career focused on legal education, Ms. Kay has also served as an adjunct professor at American University and Heidelberg University, and as a volunteer for the Jean-Pictet Competition on International Law. In addition to her articles on CEB's DailyNews, Ms. Kay has published articles and legal blogs for Human Rights Brief, Intellectual Property Brief, Human Rights & Human Welfare, and Humanity in War. In law school, she was on the Moot Court team executive board and served as the inaugural digital editor for the Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, as well as a student attorney for the Civil Advocacy Clinic.
David Muellenhoff
Content Attorney
David Muellenhoff is a content attorney for CEB, focusing on commercial transactions. He currently serves as editor of several of CEB's legal treatises on privacy, business transactions, and business entity formation. Mr. Muellenhoff also works on CEB's Practitioner product line, and previously served as editor of CEB's "California Business Law Reporter" periodical. For the 15 years before he joined CEB in 2019, Mr. Muellenhoff served as general counsel for a privately-held conglomerate comprising various commercial enterprises and commercial properties nationwide, including highly-regulated consumer-finance and consumer-debt businesses and nationally franchised restaurants. His experience included a broad variety of commercial transactions and acquisitions; regulatory audits and investigations; business and consumer litigation; and real estate and employment matters. Prior to that, Mr. Muellenhoff served in corporate counsel roles for publicly-traded media and data companies Pinnacor and Stockpoint, and as director for D-M Information Systems, a litigation-support firm. Mr. Muellenhoff is an Eagle Scout and has a demonstrated commitment to public service. He has served in leadership roles with several government and community nonprofit boards and commissions, including the Livermore Housing Authority and Tri-Valley Housing Opportunity Center, among others.
Paul Myslin
Content Attorney
Paul Myslin is a Content Attorney at Continuing Education of the Bar, a non-profit organization that is part of UCLA Extension. His primary focus is on criminal law and evidence publications, including “California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice,” “California Criminal Sentencing Enhancements,” “Jefferson's Evidence Benchbook,” “Criminal Law Forms Manual,” Fee Agreements Forms Manual,” “Effective Introduction of Evidence,” and several others. Mr. Myslin also authors content for DailyNews consisting of articles on recent legal developments in the practice of criminal law. Mr. Myslin earned his J.D. from the University of California San Francisco School of Law in 2001. Prior to that, he earned a Bachelor's degree in English at University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Myslin worked as a trial attorney in the San Francisco Public Defender's Office for 16 years. He also worked with the Innocence Project in collaboration with Golden Gate University and Santa Clara University School of Law. Mr. Myslin has published numerous current awareness articles on the CEB DailyNews platform. He is a member of the California Lawyer's Association, and has served as the CEB Liaison to the Criminal Law Executive Committee of the CLA. Mr. Myslin has also been a presenter at the CLA on the subject of bail reform.
Christina M. Chan
Content Attorney
Christina Chan is a content attorney for CEB. She has almost a decade of experience in estate planning and administration, as well as several years of experience practicing bankruptcy law. Prior to joining CEB, Ms. Chan was an attorney at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, where she counseled clients on maximizing generational wealth by implementing sophisticated strategies to reduce estate taxes and protect assets from creditors. Previously, she worked as an attorney at several boutique firms in Orange County, California, where her practice encompassed high-net worth estate planning, trust administration, business and real estate transactions, and trust and probate litigation matters. Before this, Ms. Chan was an attorney at a bankruptcy firm where she represented hundreds of debtors, creditors, and Chapter 7 trustees. Ms. Chan earned her BA in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
Karen Louth
Legal Content Specialist
Karen Louth is a legal content specialist at CEB, assigned to the Learning team. She develops curriculums and finds attorneys, judges, and other subject matter experts to create CLE courses for CEB's on-demand library. Previously, Ms. Louth worked at the Orange County District Attorney’s office as a paralegal. In that role, she was assigned to OC GRIP - a community outreach program that supports students and parents by providing resources to help students meet their academic goals and make positive life choices. Ms. Louth graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a BA in English (2010) and completed the UCLA Extension Paralegal Training Program, earning her certificate with distinction (2012). She also has prior experience in personal injury and insurance subrogation law firms, writing SEO and social media content, and the publishing industry.
Jason D. Figueiredo
Content Attorney
Jason Figueiredo is currently a content attorney for CEB. He writes Employment Law and Business Law topics for Practitioner as well as monthly article for the DailyNews. Mr. Figueiredo graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with an undergraduate degree in Law and Society. After working in the tech industry for roughly a decade, he obtained his law degree from John F. Kennedy College of Law. After law school, Mr. Figueiredo opened a practice handling wills and trust, criminal law, family law, and business/contract law. While trying to land clients, he also worked for FindLaw, writing legal articles and how-to guides aimed at both attorneys and non-attorneys. Prior to working at CEB, Mr. Figueiredo was a General Counsel for a Bay Area construction company that mainly built public projects.
Kyla Rowe
Content Attorney
Kyla K. Rowe is a content attorney at CEB and is responsible for partnering with real property practitioners to develop engaging legal content in multiple formats. She edits annual updates of multiple CEB publications, including those relating to real property transactions. Ms. Rowe drafts original content for CEB's Daily News and Practitioner products as well. Ms. Rowe obtained her BA in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she was a member and captain of the school's NCAA Division III tennis team. She received her J.D. from the University of California College of Law, San Francisco, where she received multiple Witkin/CALI awards for her academic performance and participated in the school's Civil Justice Clinic. Before joining CEB, Ms. Rowe practiced real property transactions at a mid-sized law firm and was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Thelton E. Henderson (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California). Ms. Rowe is dedicated to pro bono and social justice causes, and was a recipient of the Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services each year she was in private practice.
Dora A. Corby
Legal Content Specialist
Dora Corby is a Legal Content Specialist with CEB. Ms. Corby has practiced in California, Connecticut, and New York. She has worked in the areas of aviation law, business formation, insurance defense, and personal injury. Ms. Corby received her BS in Aviation Management from Eastern Michigan University and her J.D. from the University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law. Ms. Corby is a member of the American Bar Association's Aviation and Litigation Sections.
Leizel Ching
Content Development Manager
Leizel Ching manages the team of content attorneys who create CEB Practitioner materials. Prior to joining CEB, Leizel was a litigator at both a global law firm and a small California law firm. Ms. Ching earned her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and BA from the University of California, Riverside.
Vicky McDonald
Legal Content Specialist
Vicky McDonald conducts legal research for CEB’s Employment Law, Business Law, Criminal Law, and Civil Litigation publications. She works to develop high-quality content across various areas of law for CEB’s Daily News publications, practical guidance, and digital education products. Ms. McDonald partners and collaborates with attorneys and bench officers to develop, review, and update CEB's digital and print publications. Ms. McDonald graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2016 and earned a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. She is licensed to practice in the state of California.
Tamarah Haet
Content Attorney
Tamarah Haet is the project manager for the family law titles at CEB, where she has worked for over 19 years. She also maintains a private family law mediation practice in the East Bay. Educational History • University of California, Davis School of Law, Public Interest Law Scholar (1995) • University of California, Berkeley, Dual BA, Social Welfare and Legal Studies (1989)
Hannah Schrader
Legislative Reporter, News
Hannah Schrader is a Sacramento-based legislative reporter for CEB's newsroom covering all things Capitol-related. She works collaboratively with the newsroom team to deliver accurate, practice-area-focused reporting on emerging state-level policy. Ms. Schrader graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Davis with a bachelor’s degree in political science, emphasizing American politics, and a degree in economics. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received department citations from both the UC Davis Economics and Political Science departments for outstanding academic achievement. While her reporting currently focuses on statewide legislation, Ms. Schrader brings extensive experience covering local politics and elections. Before joining CEB, she served as City News Desk Editor at The California Aggie, where she helped shape the paper’s public policy coverage.
Alexis Keenan
Technology Reporter, News
Alexis Keenan is a journalist and former litigation attorney who writes about technology-centered litigation and regulation, especially AI’s impact on legal systems and the practice of law. Alexis holds a MA in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill, a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and an undergraduate degree in political science from Michigan State University. Achievements & Other Notable Experience • Illinois Supreme Court & U.S. District Court, Northern District of IL (admitted 2004) (non-active) • Technology Law Moderator Web Summit, Doha, Qatar (2024). Lisbon, Portugal (2025) Moderator AI regulation and governance • Technology Law Moderator Collision, Toronto, Ontario. Moderator AI risk management (2024) • NYSSCPA Excellence in Financial Journalism 2022 Award for Video/Documentary Film • Northwestern University Medill Alumni NYC Chapter. Board member (2017 to 2019 • Chicago Bar Association. Young Lawyers Division Committee co-chair (2005 to 2006)
Megan Oliver Thompson
Content Development Manager, CEB Publications
As the Content Development Manager for CEB Publications, Megan Oliver Thompson leads the team of Content Attorneys who collaborate with our contributors to develop and update CEB's legal practice guides on an annual or biennial basis. Ms. Oliver Thompson previously worked as a Content Attorney for two years, focused on updating several litigation-focused titles, including favorites such as “Civil Appellate Practice,” “Civil Discovery Practice,” and “Attorney Fee Awards.” She also regularly wrote articles on recent legal developments in California for CEB's Daily News. Ms. Oliver Thompson received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law and her BA in English from The George Washington University. Ms. Oliver Thompson is an experienced litigator who practiced for over 17 years before joining CEB. Her litigation practice focused on defending business clients in consumer class actions and complex commercial cases across many industries, including food, restaurant, dairy, retail, technology, franchising, financial, and public sector. Ms. Oliver Thompson also enjoyed a niche practice representing California dairy farmer organizations in administrative proceedings concerning dairy product pricing regulations. Some of her litigation successes include successfully defending two Bay Area transit agencies at trial in a due process class action; obtaining decertification of a Rule 23(b)(3) damages class in a federal food labeling class action alleging unfair business practices, false advertising, and violations of California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act; and defeating class certification in an unfair business practices and false advertising case brought against a national retailer.
Heidi Imsand Slater
Content Attorney
Heidi Imsand Slater has nearly a decade of experience in estate planning and administration. She most recently worked at Fennemore Wendel in Oakland and prior to that worked at a boutique trust and estate firm in Danville, CA. Ms. Slater attended law school at the University of California Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) and thereafter obtained her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of San Francisco. She has been certified by the California State Bar as a Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law and has been rated a Super Lawyers Rising Star every year since 2018, until joining CEB.
Philip Weverka (retired)
Content Development Manager
Philip Weverka (retired) managed the team of content attorneys who develop and update the legal treatises published by CEB on an annual basis. For the 10 years immediately preceding joining CEB, he was a sole practitioner focusing primarily on real estate litigation. Mr. Weverka was been employed by CEB since 2006. He initially worked as a Content Attorney focusing on real estate and has served as a content development manager since 2019. Mr. Weverka has a J.D. from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law and a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Weverka managed the team of Content Attorneys who develop and update the nearly 150 legal treatises published by CEB on an annual basis. Prior to joining CEB, while practicing as a sole practitioner, he obtained the largest settlement in history by a juvenile against the City of Oakland.
