Honors and Awards:

• October, 1992.  Presidential Award for Furthering the Cause of Civil Rights, Southern Gloucester County Chapter of NAACP.October, 2001. Professional Lawyer of the Year Award.  Designee from the Burlington County Bar Association.  New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law.October, 2001.  Mary Philbrook Award for Public Interest Work.  Rutgers Law School - Camden Women's Law Caucus.June 28, 2002.  The Justice Award, Black Ministers' Council of New Jersey.October 11, 2005.  ACLU of New Jersey, Roger N. Baldwin Civil Liberties Award. 2006; 2008; 2009:2010; 2011.  Named as a "Superlawyer" in area of criminal law, by N.J. Monthly Magazine (based on peer recommendation).2007 Named by the Association Of Trial Lawyers Of America as one of the "Top 100 Lawyers in N.J."

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified as a Certifed Criminal Trial Attorney - NJ

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Life Member National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Life Member- Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of NJ; Member Burlington County Bar Association; Member National Employment Lawyers Association - NJ

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• August 1994. Technology and Privacy: New Invasions and New Responses. Presentation  at the annual meeting of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Traverse City, Michigan. June 1998. Preparing for Cross Examination. Presentation at the Annual Green Mountain  Criminal Defense College, Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont.March 13, 1999, Moderator, First Annual American Civil Liberties Union of N.J. Civil Rights Seminar, Seton Hall Law School, Newark, N.J.March 19, 1999, Race and The Criminal Law.  Presentation to Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of Vermont, Radisson Hotel, Burlington, VT.April 27, 1999,  AAre the N.J. State Police Racist?  Racial profiling and the New Jersey State Police.@  Panel presentation Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University,  Princeton, N.J.September 16, 1999, "Combating Racial Profiling: Attacking Jim Crow On the Highway."  Presentation at annual training of the Wisconsin Public Defenders and Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  Milwaukee Hilton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.September 28, 1999, "Using Experts For Evaluating & Preparing Criminal Cases."   Panel presentation sponsored by the Association of Criminal defense Lawyers of N.J. and New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal Education.  New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, N.J.  November 22, 1999, State of New Jersey, Office of the Public Defender, Fall Attorney Training, "Issues in Challenges To Racial Profiles."  Princeton, N.J.March 22, 2000.  Participant, symposium, Racial Profiling-Law Enforcement At What Cost? Rutgers Race & The Law Review, Rutgers School of Law-Newark, Newark, N.J.April 13, 2000.  Association of Trial Attorneys Of America-NJ, Boardwalk Seminar 2000, Bally's Park Place Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J., Discovery Techniques in Criminal Matters.June 8, 2000.  New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal Education.  Skills and Methods Course, Criminal Trial Preparation.  Ramada Hotel, Mount Laurel, N.J.October 14, 2000.  Panelist,  Hearings on Racial Profiling, Camden County Human Relations Commission, Camden, N.J.October 14, 2000.  Participant, symposium, Enforcing Drug Laws, The New Jim Crow?, Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pa.October 21, 2000.  Challenging Racial Profiles, Presentation at Seminar, Weapons for the Firefight, sponsored by the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers,  John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, New York.February 23, 2001. Racial Profiling, presentation at symposium in "Racial Issues in the Justice System," sponsored by Syracuse Law School and ACLU Student Chapter of Syracuse Law School, Syracuse Law School, Syracuse, New York. March 17, 2001.  Panelist, A Death Penalty Seminar: Strategies  And Techniques For Saving Lives In A New Millennium, Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey and The ABA Death Penalty Representation Project.  Hylton Towers, East Brunswick, New Jersey.  April 7, 2001.  Panelist. Villanova Civil and Human Rights Seminar, Racial Profiling: Law? Racism? Reality?  Villanova Law School, Villanova, Pa.April 18, 2001.  Behind the Blue Wall of Silence: Understanding Police Misconduct Across America.  Panel presentation and moderator on police misconduct at conference co-hosted by National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and American University.  Washington School of Law, American University, Washington, D.C.April 21, 2001.  Mounting Racial Profiling Challenges.  Presentation to Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Spring Training Conference.  Ocean City, Md.June 7 2001.  New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal Education.  Skills and Methods Course, Criminal Trial Preparation.  Ramada Hotel, Mount Laurel, N.J.October 20, 2001.  Panelist, Police Practices, Racial Profiling, and Police Reform, NAACP Legal Defense And Education Fund, Inc. Civil Rights Training Institute.  Airlie House, Warrenton, VA.October 25, 2001. The Drug Epidemic, Public Alarm and Criminal Justice, presentation at seminar Criminal Defense Practice in a Time of Terror, Trafficking, and Tight Prison Doors, sponsored by the Vermont American Civil Liberties Foundation.   Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, VT.        January 23, 2002. Panelist, Justice for All? Drawing the Profiling Line."  Panel presentation sponsored by the College of New Jersey, Kendall Hall,  College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey.May 1, 2002.  Challenging Racial Profiles: Attacking Jim Crow on the Interstate. Presentation at the Spring Meeting of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  Omni Netherlands Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio.May 10, 2002. Challenging Racial Profiles.  Presentation at the Eleventh Annual Criminal Justice Act Panel Training Seminar.  Sponsored by the federal Public Defender Office and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District Of Pa.  The Downtown Club, Phila., Pa.June 5, 2002.  New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal Education.  Skills and Methods Course, Criminal Trial Preparation.  Grand Versailles Hotel, Maple Shade, N.J.June 8, 2002.  Panelist, "Civil Liberties In An Age Of Anti-Terrorism Measures."  N.J. Legal Secretaries Association, Clarion Hotel, Cherry Hill, N.J.August 24, 2002.  Challenging Racial Profiles: Attacking Jim Crow on the Interstate.  Presentation at the29th Annual Meeting and Seminar of the Tennessee Association of Criminal defense Lawyers, Maxwell House Hotel, Nashville, TN.November 1, 2002.  Piercing the Thin Blue Line - Investigating the Police.  Presentation on criminal discovery techniques at the Fall Meeting of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.October 22, 2003.  Challenging Racial Profiles: Attacking Jim Crow on the Interstate.  Presentation on methods of attacking racial profiling before the Nebraska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  Cornhusker Hotel, Lincoln, Nebraska.November 6, 2003. The State of New Jersey. Presentation on aspects of New Jersey drug laws to the 2003 Drug Policy Alliance Biennial Conference.  Sheraton Meadowlands, Hackensack, New Jersey.   November 7, 2003.  Racial Profiling.  Presentation on aspects of racial profiling  to the 2003 Drug Policy Alliance Biennial Conference.  Sheraton Meadowlands, Hackensack, New Jersey.   April 2, 2004.  Blue Whistleblowers: Professionalism, Retaliation and Remedies.  Panel presentation on litigation strategies to protect law enforcement whistleblowers from retaliation.  Rutgers School of Law, Camden, N.J.October 8, 2004, Ten Principles Criminal Defense Lawyers Should Know About Civil Rights Litigation, Presentation on civil rights law principles at the Fall Meeting of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  Sheraton Hotel, Atlanta, Ga.  October 29, 2004,  Piercing the Thin Blue Line - Investigating the Police.  Presentation on criminal discovery techniques at the Fall Meeting of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Marriott Hotel, Kansas City, Mo.    November 2005, Discovery Techniques in Criminal Matters, presentation to the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, Hilton Hotel, New Brunswick, N.J.        June 23, 2006, Challenging Racial Profiling,  presentation to the Iowa Public Defender Association, Sheraton Hotel, Iowa City, IA.November 18, 2006, Ten Principles Criminal Defense Lawyers Should Know About Civil Rights Litigation, Presentation on civil rights law principles to the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of N.J.  Sheraton Hotel, Woodbridge, N.J. July 28, 2007,  Presentation, Current State of Sex Offender Laws, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Seminar Under the Tent, Shepard University, Shepardstown, WV. June 2007, Moderator, Annual ACDL-NJ Dinner, Forsgate Country Club, Cranbury, NJ.September 7, 2007, Considerations in New Jersey Bail Proceedings, Annual New Jersey Public Defender Training Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ.    October, 22, 2007, Moderator, Appleseed Foundation of N.J., 2007 Awards Gala, Newark Club, Newark, N.J.May, 16, 2008, Panelist, "Prosecutorial Discretion: From Mistake to Misconduct.  New Jersey Bar Association Annual Meeting, Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J.    July 11, 2008,  Challenging Racial Profiling,  presentation to the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Greenwood, S.C.August 9, 2008, Panelist, "Disorderly Conduct: Police in Film."  ACLU of NJ presentation at Rutgers Law School, Newark, N.J.