Background
Townsend, Phyllis Frenea was born on March 30, 1955 in Temple, Texas, United States. Daughter of Elder D. Townsend and Glenoria Lorraine (Butler) Banks.
Townsend, Phyllis Frenea was born on March 30, 1955 in Temple, Texas, United States. Daughter of Elder D. Townsend and Glenoria Lorraine (Butler) Banks.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1977. Juris Doctor, Hastings College Law, San Francisco, 1980.
Assistant chief law clerk United States Attorneys Office, San Francisco, 1979. Special assistant Mervyn Dymakly Congress, Los Angeles, 1980. Legal consultant to city manager Compton California, 1980—1981.
Sole practice Inglewood, California, since 1981. Member central committee Los Angeles County Democratic Party. Delegate and executive board representative Democratic State Party, Los Angeles.
Member of American Bar Association, Wellesley Club Los Angeles, S. Central Bar Association, Black Women Lawyers Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association.