Ms. Patricia A Lobello-Lamb, a native of Akron, Ohio, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science from the University of Akron. She came to California after graduation from college and decided to stay. She attended Loyola Law School of Los Angeles and received her Juris Doctorate degree. While attending law school, she worked as a social worker for Los Angeles County in Watts. After passing the bar exam on her first attempt, she worked as a research attorney for the Los Angeles Superior Court, an associate in the private civil firm of Dalstrum and Miller, the Director and Chief Trial Counsel for the Southern California Office of the Committee of Bar Examiners, the General Counsel and V.P. of Knudsen Dairy Corp, a Fortune 500 company, and in private practice specializing in the area of probate, trusts and conservatorships since 1984 where she practices law under the name Patricia A Lobello. She is a qualified Court-Appointed Counsel for the probate department in Los Angeles County and a speaker and moderator of training programs for probate lawyers. She has served as a trustee of the Los Angeles Bar Association, on the Executive Committee of the Trust and Estates and Senior Lawyers Section, as President of the Italian American Lawyers Association, the Eastern Bar, and the Breakfast Club of Los Angeles, and member of the California State Bar Judicial Nominations Evaluation Committee. She is active in her surrounding community and has served on the American Red Cross Board, Chairperson of the Casa Colina Hospital Board, and Chairperson of both LeRoy Haynes Family Services Board and Foundation Board.