Meet Your Instructor

Ms. Horak is an independent training consultant and a member of the California and Oregon State Bars. While working as in-house counsel for an Oregon corporation, she handled litigation matters, as well as training and educating corporate members on various legal issues. She has also been a solo practitioner, managing various transactional, litigation, and probate matters for clients.

She conducts training on a range of business topics, including business writing and grammar, presentation skills, critical thinking, time management, conflict resolution, customer service, supervisory skills, building trust, and workload and workplace management. She works with a number of California state offices and agencies including Los Rios Community College District, California State University, Sacramento, the University of California, Davis, San Joaquin County, Department of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles, California State Teachers’ Retirement System, Department of General Services, California Lottery, California Department of Developmental Services, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Veterans’ Home, and California Department of Managed Healthcare.

Education 

• J.D., Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon  

• B.A., Communications, University of California, San Diego, Warren College, La Jolla, California 

Professional Organizations 

• Association for Talent Development (formerly ASTD)  

• Sacramento Area Human Resource Association (SAHRA)  

• California State Bar member  

• Oregon State Bar member