Honors and Awards:

• Women's Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania "2010 Susan B. Anthony Award"
• Century Club of Distinguished Alumni (inducted 2008)
• Oakland Catholic 2007 Leading Lady
• County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania "2004 Friend of County Government"
• "2002 Woman of the Year," Duquesne University Womens' Law Division

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Duquesne University, Board of Directors (1997-2001, 2003-Present); Vice Chair of the Board of Directors (2006-Present); Alumni Board of Governors, President (1997-2001)
• ALFA International, Board of Directors
• St. Vincent's Seminary, Board of Regents (2009-2011)
• Pennsylvania Defense Institute, President (2002-2003) (Co-Chair, Employment and Civil Rights Committee (2007-2008)) (Previously served as Executive Vice President,  Vice President, Treasurer and Chair of  Education Committee)
• Pitt Law School, Panel Participant, "The State of the Legal Marketplace - Navigating Your Way in this Challenging Economy," October 8, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Leadership Pittsburgh '99-'00
• Artists and Cities, Inc., Former Inaugural Member: Board of Directors
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (Chair, Law Firm Management Program 2007; Vice Chair, Civil Rights and Public Entity Liability Section; Vice Chair, Meeting Sites Committee; Employment Practices and Workplace Liability)
• Women's Bar Association of Allegheny County
• Allegheny County Bar Association (Managing Partners' Forum (2003-2008), Civil Litigation Section, Nominating Committee, Women in the Law Committee, Gender Equality Task Force, Co-Chair - Diversity Task Force)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section; Commission on Women in the Profession; Board Member, PA BAR-PAC; Membership Development Committee)
• The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (2001-2007) (Chair, Hearing Committee, 2006-2007)
• Defense Research Institute, (Employment Law Committee, Women in the Courtroom Committee)
• Advisory Committee, Local Rules of Practice in United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Allegheny County Bar Foundation, Fellow (2001-present)
• Pennsylvania Bar Foundation, Life Fellow (2007-present)

Educational Background:

• Duquesne University (B.A., 1985, Cum Laude) (Chairman, Duquesne University Appellate Moot Court Board; Member, Order of Barristers).