Education
J.D., University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon, 2009
Editor-in-Chief, Oregon Law Review
Judicial Extern, The Hon. Michael Hogan
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 2005
Professional Affiliations
Member of WealthCounsel and Atticus Advantage
California Bar Member (SBN 279579), 2011-current
Real Estate Broker (DRE 02127282), 2021-current
Santa Barbara Association of Realtors, California Association of Realtors
Community Leadership
Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness Commission, 2023-current
Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative, Board Member, 2022-current
Santa Barbara County Commission for Women, Commissioner, 2021-2023; Vice Chair
Rotary Club of Carpinteria Sunset, 2017-current; President, Secretary, Charter Member
Rotary Club of Carpinteria Sunset Charitable Foundation, 2017-2022
Girls Rock Santa Barbara, Board of Trustees, 2019-2020
Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, Board of Trustees, 2012-2019; President, Bloom Event Co-Chair
Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning, Member, 2011-2017; Secretary, President-Elect
Volunteer History: Plaza Playhouse Theater, Carpinteria Beautiful, Carpinteria Boys & Girls Club, California Avocado Festival, Planned Parenthood & Carpinteria Chamber of Commerce, Aliso Elementary School reading volunteer
Samantha Perez-Robinson
Legal Assistant
Samantha graduated with a bachelors in Sociology with a minor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies from UCSB. Before joining Montecito Law Group, she was an Operations Supervisor’s and Visual Manager at Kate Spade. Samantha is tribally enrolled and plans to get her master’s in Tribal Governance and a paralegal certification. She aspires to go into politics after working on several political campaigns. Samantha was raised in San Diego and she loves taking sunset walks with her fiancé and husky-golden retriever!
Bannie Bajwa
Legal Assistant
Prior to joining our firm, Bannie spent two years as an assistant at a criminal and civil law firm. Bannie is majoring in Psychological and Brain Sciences at UCSB and minoring in Professional Writing. After graduation, Bannie plans to travel and attend law school. She is from the Bay Area, and looks forward to sunset walks on the Isla Vista bluffs with her roommates every night.