PRESENTER BIO

Nancy Lemon

Nancy K. D. Lemon has been a leading authority on domestic violence law for four decades. A practicing attorney, she also provided expert testimony in over 80 DV cases. She worked to craft many California DV statutes. From 1988 through 2022, Professor Lemon taught Domestic Violence Law and the Domestic Violence Practicum/Field Placement at UC Berkeley’s School of Law. She published the first textbook on DV Law, now in its 6th edition. In 2012, she co-founded the Family Violence Appellate Project, where she was the Legal Director and is now Of Counsel, working on special projects.