Rita Risser, American lawyer Recipient Achievement award, California Women in Government, 1981. Member Women"s Concerns Task Force, Santa Clara County, 1984.; Member Santa Clara County Bar Association, California Women Lawyers, American Civil Liberties Union, Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinators Council, National Women"s Political Caucus (president 1981), National Speaker"s Association.
Background
Risser, Rita was born on April 15, 1953 in Inglewood, California, United States. Daughter of Joseph Aurelius and Doris Elizabeth Risser. Bachelor, University of California-Berkeley, 1975, Juris Doctor, 1978. Bar: California 1979, United States District Court California 1979. Attorney, Disability Law Center, Campbell, California, 1978-1979.
Education
Field representative Assemblyman John Vasconcellos, San Jose, California, 1979-1980. Attorney Law Offices ofHarold A. Galloway, Santa Clara, California, 1980-1981. Sole practice law, Santa Clara, 1981-1984.
Attorney Employment Rights Attorneys, San Jose, California, 1984-1990.
Consultant, tnr., employment law specialist, 1990. Lecturer University of California-Santa Cruz, 1984-1992.
President Housing for Indiana People, San Jose,1979-1984.
Career
Attorney Disability Law Center, Campbell, California, 1978—1979. Field representative Assemblyman John Vasconcellos, San Jose, 1979—1980. Attorney Law Offices Harold A. Galloway, Santa Clara, 1980—1981.
Sole practice law, 1981—1984. Attorney Employment Rights Attorneys, San Jose, California, 1984—1990. Consultant; tnr.; employment law specialist, since 1990.
Lecturer University California-Santa Cruz, 1984—1992. President Housing Indiana People, San Jose, 1979—1984.
Membership
Member Women"s Concerns Task Force, Santa Clara County, 1984. Member Santa Clara County Bar Association, California Women Lawyers, American Civil Liberties Union, Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinators Council, National Women"s Political Caucus (president 1981), National Speaker"s Association.