Assistant Federal Public Defender for District of Maryland, 1982-85. Member, Governor's Task Force on Medical Malpractice and Health Care Access, 2004; Children's Justice Act Committee, 2014-.
Born in Washington, DC, February 18, 1955. University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1976; University of Notre Dame School of Law, J.D., 1979. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1979; District of Columbia Bar, 1980. Law clerk to Judge James R. Miller, Jr., U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1979-81. Partner in Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, 1989-99. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (chair, standing committee on gender equality, 2003-; criminal subcommittee of pattern jury instruction committee, 2009-); Baltimore County Bar Association, 1985- (chair, bench & bar committees 1995-96; chair, professionalism committee, 2000-01); Women's Bar Association of Maryland. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1976-. Fellow, Women's Bar Foundation, 1996-. Member, Women's Law Center of Maryland, 1995-; National Association of Women Judges, 1999-. Member, Coe Board of Review (chair, 1994-); Lawyers' Campaign Against Hunger, Maryland Food Committee (executive board, 1994-99). Secretary, Springdale Community Board, 2000-. Board of Directors, CASA of Baltimore County (court-appointed special advocates for children), 2002-. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2004, 2012. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2005.
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