Background
Penton, Janis S. was born on October 17, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Janis S. Penton
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University of California, Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1976). University of Southern California (Master of Business Administration, 1980. Juris Doctor, 1980).
Career
Worked at Hoffman, Sabban & Watenmaker, A Professional Corporation (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Estate Planning Law, Trust Law. Admitted to the bar, 1980, California, United States. District Court, Central District of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1991, Florida.
Order of the Coif. Staff Member, Southern California Law Review, 1979-1980.
Law Clerk, United States. District Judge, Gus J. Solomon, 1980-1981.
Listed in: Who"s Who in American Law, Sixth Edition.
Who"s Who Among Rising Young Americans, 1992. The World Who"s Who of Women. Company-Author: "Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Letters of Credit," The Business Lawyer, August, 1992.
Author: "Confirming Letters of Credit After Northern Trust: A Trap for the Innocent," Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1990.
The Consequences of Nondocumentary Conditions," Brooklyn Law Review, 1990. "Estate and Gift Tax Provisions of the Deficit Reduction Acting of 1984," Case & Comments, 1984.
"Domestic Uses of Standby Letters of Credit," Los Angeles Lawyer, 1983. "After ERTA: Estate Planning Opportunities," Business Law News, 1981.
"Stock Options Live Again," California Lawyer, 1981.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Letter of Credit Update, 1988. Member, United States. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law, 1989.
Member: State Bar of California (Member, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Business Law Section, 1993).
American Bar Association ( Member: Uniform Commercial Code Committee, 1993. Letters of Credit Subcommittee, 1993.
Working Group on Article 5 Revision, 1991. Task Force on Governmentally Mandated Letters of Credit.
Vice Chairman, Working Group on International Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees, 1990.
Secretary, Task Force on the Study of University of Cape Coast Article 5, 1986-1990).
Achievements
Membership
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Letter of Credit Update, 1988. Member, United States. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law, 1989.
Member: State Bar of California (Member, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Business Law Section, 1993).
American Bar Association ( Member: Uniform Commercial Code Committee, 1993. Letters of Credit Subcommittee, 1993.
Working Group on Article 5 Revision, 1991. Task Force on Governmentally Mandated Letters of Credit.
Vice Chairman, Working Group on International Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees, 1990.
Secretary, Task Force on the Study of University of Cape Coast Article 5, 1986-1990).
