April 5, 2004 -- Mary Joy Quinn
On Monday April 5th at 7 P.M. Ms.
Quinn, co-author with Susan Tomita of Elder Abuse and Neglect
and author of Guardianships of Adults: achieving, justice, autonomy and safety,
will talk about trusts, conservatorships and elder abuse.
Mary Joy Quinn has been the Director of the Probate Court of San Francisco Superior
Court since 1989. Prior to that, she served as a conservatorship investigator for 12 years. As
director, she supervises probate court investigators and examiners and coordinates the activities of
the Probate Department. Ms. Quinn facilitated and supervises the following low cost or no cost
programs: mediation, guardianship monitoring program with AARP volunteers, education for lay
conservators, and in pro per clinics for guardianships and conservatorships. In 2002, Ms. Quinn
designed and coordinated education on elder abuse and neglect for San Francisco judicial officers
and attorneys.
From 2000-2005, Ms. Quinn was a member of the Probate and Mental Health Advisory
Committee of the California Judicial Council. She currently serves as an advisor to the
committee. Ms. Quinn is in her fourth year as a commissioner with the American Bar
Association Commission on Law and Aging. She is also on the Executive Board of the National
College of Probate Judges and the board of the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder
Abuse.
Ms. Quinn is the co-author of Elder Abuse and Neglect (Springer Publishing Co. 1986,
1997) and a contributor to the California Judicial Council publication, Handbook for Conservators
(2002). She is the author of Guardianships of Adults: Achieving Justice, Autonomy, and Safety
(2005). She has contributed to numerous publications on the subjects of elder abuse and neglect,
conservatorships/guardianships, undue influence, and the relationship between civil and criminal
courts with regard to elder abuse and neglect.
April 19, 2004 -- Ianthe Brautigan
Ianthe Brautigan will read from her family memoir You Can't Catch Death, and talk about
her legendary father, Richard Brautigan, (Trout Fishing in America being his most famous book.)
