SCWIL Board

Carla Rodriguez is the District Attorney of Sonoma County. She was elected into office and began her term in January, 2023. Carla has been a criminal prosecutor for over 26 years, handling a wide variety of caseloads including domestic violence, elder abuse, homicide, sexual assault, environmental crimes, juvenile delinquency, and consumer protection, taking several cases to trial. She is a member of the California District Attorney’s Association and the Sonoma County Bar Association. Ms. Rodriguez is currently the Chair of the Sonoma County Bar Association Archives Committee and sits on the Roseland Community Advisory Board for Roseland Public Schools.

Marci Reichbach is an Attorney with the Judicial Council’s Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER). Prior to joining the Judicial Council, she served as a full-time Assistant Professor of Legal Writing at University of San Francisco School of Law. Before teaching, she worked for ten years as a Research Attorney, first for the complex civil litigation department at San Mateo Superior Court, and more recently for the civil and probate departments at Sonoma County Superior Court. Marci also spent ten years in private practice, focusing on antitrust and securities law at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in San Francisco, and later focusing on banking, insurance law, vendor management, and complex litigation at Friedemann Goldberg Wargo Hess. Marci has served as a Judge Pro Tem for small claims, is on the board of Sonoma County Women in Law, and is a member of the Sonoma County Bar Association’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion section, and worked on its pipeline committee to develop a mentoring program. Marci is a graduate of Stanford University (’98) and Yale Law School (’01), where she was an editor for the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism.

Danielle Podshadley is a civil litigation attorney with Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery. Danielle is deeply committed to advocating for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Verity, Sonoma County’s Sexual Assault Prevention, Intervention, & Healing Center, and she represented survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault during her time in law school at UC Davis School of Law.

Angela Emerick joined the SCWIL board in 2018 and is an Attorney at Emerick Law Offices. Mrs. Emerick focuses on Immigration Law and Criminal Defense. Mrs. Emerick is passionate about immigration since she was born in Australia and has gone through the immigration process herself.

Lynne Stark-Slater is a Chief Deputy with the Sonoma County Public Defender's Office where she supervises the felony trial unit and represents clients on the mental health caseload. She is a proud Santa Rosa native and graduate of the Univ. of the Pacific and Empire Law, where she now teaches Criminal Procedure.

Autumn obtained her associate degree in paralegal studies from Empire College in 2009. Autumn is a family law senior litigation paralegal and brings with her over 10 years of paralegal experience. Nothing brings Autumn more joy than assisting clients through one of the most difficult transitions in their lives. Autumn is a wife, a mother, and a student currently pursuing her dreams of becoming an attorney and is enrolled in the JD program at California School of Law.

Autumn is a member of the Sonoma County Bar Association, National Association of Legal Assistants, and a board member of Sonoma County Women in Law.

Kristin Horrell is a Deputy County Counsel with the Sonoma County Counsel’s Office. She is a Sonoma County native and salutatorian of the 2020 Empire College School of Law graduating class.

Brisa Sanchez is a 2L student at Golden Gate University School of Law with a strong interest in prosecution, particularly in cases involving sexual assault, domestic violence, and other violent crimes against women. She is a UC Riverside alumna from the Class of 2022, where she graduated with a degree in Global Studies and Spanish. She currently serves as a law clerk intern for the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office and as a prevention intern for Verity, where she conducts outreach in schools to educate students about consent, healthy relationships, and sexual assault. She is also an active board member for Sonoma County Women in Law, advocating for women in the legal profession.

Jane Gaskell was previously a Partner at the Law Offices of Andrian, Gallenson & Gaskell, having worked as an Associate at the Andrian & Gallenson firm since 2011. She began her legal career as a Law Clerk at the Sonoma County Office of the Public Defender, and was recently appointed to serve as a Judge in the Sonoma County Superior Court by Governor Gavin Newsom. She is married to Freddie, a high school teacher, with whom she has two daughters, both currently in college, and one loving dog.