Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Jodie P. Filkins served on the first California Citizens Redistricting Commission from 2010 until July 2020. Following certification of the district maps in 2011, Filkins traveled throughout the United States to speak and advocate for independent redistricting. She has participated as signatory to three Amicus Curiae briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme court in favor of independent redistricting.

Filkins has been a licensed California attorney for the last 30 years practicing in areas of complex civil litigation defense, and currently owns her own practice defending private employers and public entities in the defense of Worker’s Compensation litigated matters. She secured application and preservation of the attorney-client privilege in Workers’ Compensation in a published Court of Appeal decision in 2014.

Filkins has served her local community of Norco, California as a volunteer for various organizations as well as the City of Norco on Ad Hoc Committees regarding Sales Tax initiatives and City Districts.  She has served for the last 10 years on the Lake Norconian Club Foundation, a nonprofit foundation charged with the preservation of the Lake Norconian Club Supreme and other historic buildings in the City of Norco.