Donna graduated in the top 1% of her class from Southwestern University School of Law in May 1994. She was Certified by the State Bar of California as a Family Law Specialist in November 2000. She has been practicing in all aspects of complex family law matters for almost the past 20 years and has sat as a "Judge Pro Tem" or temporary judge in numerous family law and domestic violence courts in Los Angeles County since 2005. Donna has lectured extensively for the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County and San Fernando Valley Bar Associations and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts on various issues related to family law. Donna has also been a volunteer family law mediator and settlement officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court for many years.