Background
Ponomareff, Guyla Woodward was born on May 17, 1932 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Walker and Elizabeth Mary (Carroll) Ponomareff.
Ponomareff, Guyla Woodward was born on May 17, 1932 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Walker and Elizabeth Mary (Carroll) Ponomareff.
AB, Pennsylvania State University, 1953. Juris Doctor, University Pennsylvania, 1956. Master of Laws, Boalt Hall, University California, 1974.
Trial attorney Office Solicitor, United States Department Labor, Philadelphia, 1956—1957. Legislation attorney Washington, 1958—1959. Research attorney Jenks, Kidwell, Goodsill & Anderson, Honolulu, 1959—1961.
Private practice Castro Valley, California, 1966—1970, Lafayette, since 1975. Judge pro tempore Municipal Court Walnut Creek-Danville, California, since 1983. Arbitrator Superior Court Contra Costa County, since 1982.
Instructor Armstrong College, Berkeley, 1983.
President Mount Diablo chapter American Civil Liberties Union, 1980—1982. Board directors American Civil Liberties Union Northern California, 1977—1980. Chairman legislation committee Contra Costa Child Abuse Prevention, 1982—1984.
Board directors, since 1985. Member advisory council State Board Parent-Teachers Association, 1982—1983. Member Contra Costa Battered Women's Alternatives Legal Advisory Committee, 1981—1983.
Board directors California National Womens Political, since 1984. Co-chairman Contra Costa, 1976, Contra Costa Committee to Establish a Commission on Status of Women, 1974—1975. Member of American Bar Association, California Women Lawyers, Women Laywers of Alameda County, Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers, Contra Costa Bar Association.
Married George Leonard Ponomareff, June 28, 1959. Children: Eleanor, Lisa, Gregory.