Background
Sands, Velma Ahda Daughter of John T. and Thelma Jane (Davis) Carlisle.
Sands, Velma Ahda Daughter of John T. and Thelma Jane (Davis) Carlisle.
Bachelor of Science, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1976; Juris Doctor, Southwestern U., 1985.
Consultant, Peat Marwick Main, Los Angeles, 1980-1981; vice president, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, 1981-1986; contractor, Los Angeles Investors, 1986; manager IRC division, FN Realty Superior vena cava syndrome, Pasadena, California, 1986-1988; manager finance reporting, Luz International Ltd., Los Angeles, 1988-1989; private practice law, Los Angeles, since 1990; temporary judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court, since 1996. Instructor Fame Entrepreneurial Training Program.
Participant career day programs for local high schools. Member United We Stand. Member American Bar Association, NAFE, Board Women Lawyers (board directors), National Association Bank Women (chair ways and means committee of scholarship fund 1986, scholar 1984), Los Angeles County Bar Association, Langston Bar Association (Vice-President 1998), Los Angeles Bench and Bar Affiliates (scholarship committee, meeting host, scholar 1983), Phi Alpha Delta.