Honors and Awards: Letters of Commendation from the Attorney General of Ontario, Canada, the Government of Brazil, and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Department of Justice Special Achievement Award (1983); Letter of Commendation from FBI Director William Webster (1984); Letter of Commendation and Special Award from the Commander, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations in a case that was profiled by Mike Wallace on CBS’s Sixty Minutes. (1984); Federal Trade Commission's Meritorious Service Award for Outstanding Service (1978).   Medal of Honor, Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College (1990)

Special Licenses/Certifications: member of the bar in DC, Florida, Maryland, New York, and Virginia; private pilot's license (inactive)

Bar/Professional Activity: Master of the Bench, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court (focuses on white collar criminal prosecution and defense issues) (1992 --)Board of Directors, Bar Association of the District of Columbia (1994 – 99; 2000 – 2008); Committee Chair of the Year (1995); Secretary (1996-97, 2003-04); candidate for President (1997, 2001); Director for Media and Public Affairs (1997-99, 2000-01); (Treasurer (2005 - 2006).Board of Directors, Anacostia Economic Development Corporation (1993 --)Anacostia Holding Co., Inc., Anacostia Marketplace, Inc. (Executive Compensation Committee (2005 –).Member, Executive Council, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar (1999 - 2009)Chief election law and voting rights liaison lawyer, Indian River County, Florida Democratic Party (2004, 2006). Volunteer voting rights attorney (2008)The Cosmos Club, member, Legal Affairs Committee (1998 -- 2004, 2006 - 2009) House Committee (2004 – 06)Member, Advisory Board, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (2006 – present)President, Federal City Club (2005-06); member, Board of Governors (1992 – 06).Vice Chair, Committee on Grievances, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1998 - 2002) (appointed by the Chief Judge) (member, 1994-2002)Member, American Bar Association Coordinating Committee on Immigration Law (appointed by the President of the ABA) (2001 - 2002)Assistant United States Attorneys Association of the District of Columbia (President 1998-1999) Co-chair, Subcommittee on Federal Criminal Rules, White Collar Crime Committee,American Bar Association Section of Criminal Justice (1996 - 2001)Chair, International Criminal Law Committee, ABA Criminal Justice Section (1993-96)　Member, ABA Section of International Law Task Force on War Crimes in Former Yugoslavia (1993 -1995). Helped draft proposed rules of procedure for the court.Member, ABA Working Group on the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights (1994 -1995)Member, Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia (1985-88; 1991-2006)Member, Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)Executive Committee (1995-98) and Associate Member, Consular Corps of Washington, D.C. (1986 –)

Pro bono/Community Service: 2009 -- represented indigent defendant referred by Catholic Charities and otained dismissal of criminal charges which enabled client to pursue a military career.2008 - voting rights attorney, Obama lawyers, Florida Democrats  (also 2004 and 2006); member, Advisory Board, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; Board of Directors, Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College (1986-89, 1992-95) member, Board of Directors, Anacostia Economic Development Corporation, Anacostia Holding Company (1993 to present)(chair, executive compensation committee); Board of Directors, Greater Washington Boys and Girls Clubs (1992-94)Research associate, (late) Honorable Arthur J. Goldberg, Center for Law and Social Policy (1972)  Researched the rights and responsibilities of outside directors for Justice Goldberg while he served as an outside director of Trans World Airlines – a position which he subsequently resigned when the company refused to hire an independent staff to support the outside directors. Justice Goldberg used this research for an article published in The New York Times on this topic. Prepared comments on the rights and responsibilities of directors of non-profit corporations that Justice Goldberg edited and submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: SCHOLARLY WRITINGS:The Federal Trade CommissionLegal Times, vol. XXII, no. 18, page S36, September 20, 1999.TRIAL (Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), January 1999, 74-77.ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring 1998, 373-384.International Enforcement Law Reporter, vol. 14, no.1, January 1998, 27-33.(Chelsea House 1991)(author).The Department of Justice "Still Trapped by Torture," article discussing implications of the UN Convention Against Torture for prosecution of those implicated by the report of the International Committee of the Red Cross on torture of 14 high value detainees, Legal Times, April 20, 2009."Getting Wired," article about presenting cases using the electronic courtroom and various electronic and software programs prepared for continuing legal education program for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, October 1999."Back-Alley Assault on Abortion Rights: Proposal Impairs Prosecution of Attacks on Pregnant Women," Legal Times, vol. XXII, no. 22, page 93, October 18, 1999."Law is Catching Up With IP Pirates: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Imposes Stiff Penalties for Technological Thievery," "The Basics of Direct and Cross-examination of a Fact Witness: How to tell the story that wins the case," "The Criminalization of Trade Secret Theft: The Economic Espionage Act of 1996,""The Criminalization of Trade Secret Theft: The U.S. Economic Espionage Act of 1996," "Want a Beach View or a Garden View? How About a Change of Venue?," Commercial Litigation, vol. II, no. 1, Fall 1997."Treaty Traps: How to Guide Your Client through the Maze of Extradition," Criminal Justice, Winter 1992."Prosecution, not Warfare," The National Law Journal, December 10, 1990."Keeping Your Workplace Drug Free," Business & Health, August 1989."The UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods," WITA Trade Trends, May/June 1988.(Chelsea House 1990)(reviewing editor and contributor).SCHOLARLY LECTURES and PROGRAMS:  Speaker, "How to Start and Building a Law Practice in the District of Columbia," Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. (April 2009)A Certain Justice, by P.D. James, Johns Island Club, Vero Beach, Florida (April 1999).Corporate Legal Times, vol. 7, no. 63 (February 1997).Speaker, "Estate Planning – the Basics," women’s committee, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Hyattsville, MD (March 2009)　　　Speaker, "How to Help Your Lawyer Help You Stay Out of Trouble," Joint Spring Conference on Emerging Issues for State and Federal Public Lands Managers, Eastern Lands and Resources Council and Western States Land Commissioners Association, Washington, D.C. (April 2008)Speaker, "Civility, Ethics, and Lessons Learned over 35 years of Law Practice," FederalAmerican Inn of Court, Washington, D.C. (September 2007)Speaker, "Pretexting and Other Legal Matters Impacting Security Professionals," Trucking Security and Law Enforcement Conference, American Trucking Associations, Orlando, Florida. (May 2007)Panelist, "The Nuts and Bolts of U.S. Security Clearances," American Bar Association, Section of International Law Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C. (May 2007)Faculty member, Employment Laws and How They Impact Human Resource Management, Seminar on Human Resource Management, Certificate Program of theGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC. (July 2006)Panelist, "Secrets of Settling an Estate: the I Love You Notebook," The Cosmos Club, (June 2006)Book Reviewer, Denial and Deception, by Melissa Mahle (former CIA agent), American Association of University Women of Vero Beach, Florida. (December 2005)Guest panelist, Washington Month in Review, The Cosmos Club, remarks on the Terri Schiavo case: Implications for Estate Planning and Living Wills. (April 2005).Commentary on the need for new types of corporate directors given the changing standards being applied to them, Sky Radio, American Airlines. (January 2005).Panelist, "Networking 101," Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, (September 2004).Co-organizer and Moderator, panel of law professors, "The USA Patriot Act and other Civil Liberties Issues arising from the War on Terrorism," the University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (September 2003)Organizer and Panelist, "Planning for Disability," Cosmos Club, Washington, DC. (April 2003).　Speaker, "Qui Tam/False Claims Act Developments," American Bar Association's Health Care Fraud National Institute, San Francisco, California. (May 2002)Organizer and speaker, "New Federal Tax Planning Opportunities After the Enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001," The Cosmos Club, (November 2001).Speaker, "The National Response to Terrorism: Individual Rights in the Balance," American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities Council Meeting. (October 2001).Speaker, "Planning for Your Retirement: How to Take Distributions from Retirement Plans," Calhoon MEBA Engineering School, St. Michael's, Maryland. (September 2001)Speaker, "The New Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Old Wine in New Bottles?" Symposium on Alcohol Beverage Law, National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, (March 2001)Panelist, Atlantic Cable Conference, National Cable Television Association’s Office of Cable Signal Theft presentation on cable signal theft, Baltimore, MD. (October 1999)Direct Examination of an Expert Witness in cable signal theft case in the High-Tech Courtroom, demonstration during program on Technology for the Trial Lawyer: Cutting Costs and the Cutting Edge, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Washington, D.C. (October 1999)Minority Witness, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 2436, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 1999 (July 1999)Book Reviewer, Speaker, Women's Professional Development Workshop, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (March 1999)Member, program committee, International Law Weekend '98, moderator and panelist, "Corporate compliance issues for the US Corporation with Foreign Operations: Should we go along to get along?" Association of the Bar of the City of New York (November 1998).Member, organizing committee and participant in a mock trial of a franchising case at the annual convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Washington, DC (July 1998).Member, organizing committee and panelist, "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: What You Need to Know To Counsel on Criminal and Civil Matters," co-sponsored by the Litigation Committee of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the International Legal Affairs Committee of the American Corporate Counsel Association (February 1998).Member, organizing committee and panelist, Joint Representation in Estate Planning Matters under District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar, Washington, D.C. (December 1997).Member, program committee, International Law Weekend '97, organizer and moderatorof panel on Trade Secret Theft -- the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (November 1997).Panelist for program on Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations, Conference on Corporate Crime in America sponsored by The Corporate Crime Reporter, Washington, DC (October 1997).Member of the organizing committee and moderator, Florida Bar continuing legal education program, Florida Law Update for out-of-state practitioners, Washington, DC (March 1997). Panelist, Corporate Legal Times Roundtable, "The State of Compliance in Corporate America," Member, program committee, International Law Weekend '96 (sponsored by the International Law Association, American Branch, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the American Society of International Law, and other organizations), and organizer and moderator of panels on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Recent Developments in Extradition (Nov. 1996).Key note speaker and panelist, Conference on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, for Belarussian Government officials, sponsored by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the American Bar Association's Central and East European Law Initiative, Minsk, Belarus (September 1996).Organizer and moderator, program on the UN War Crimes Tribunal for the FormerYugoslavia, Annual Convention, American Bar Association, Orlando, Florida (August 1996).Speaker, "The Compliance Officer as Target: Limiting Legal Risks," Annual Conference on Compliance Programs, Council of Ethical Organizations, Alexandria, Virginia (July 1996).Organizer and speaker, Estate Planning Seminar, Consular Corps of Washington, D.C. May 1996).Member, organizing committee, and speaker, "International Extradition of Transnational Criminals: Tactics of the Body Snatchers," International Bar Association, Conference on Borderless Crimes and Criminal Organizations, Dublin, Ireland (May 1996).Speaker, "Crime and Punishment after the O.J. Simpson trial: A Brief Overview of the Criminal Justice System in the United States," the Consular Corps of Washington, D.C. November 1995).Speaker, "Challenges in Internal Investigations," Annual Conference on Compliance Programs, Council of Ethical Organizations, Washington, DC (June 1995).Speaker, "Sex, Lies and Videotapes: Sexual Harrassment from Both Sides Now," Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (May 1995).Member, organizing committee and speaker, "Primer on International Criminal Law," Southeast White Collar Crime Subcommittee of the White Collar Crime Committee, Section of Criminal Justice, American Bar Association (July 1994).Organizer and moderator, program on Hong Kong and China: Recent Developments in International Law Enforcement Cooperation, ABA International Criminal Law Committee (January 1994).Organizer and moderator, program on International Criminal Investigations, ABA International Criminal Law Committee (Fall 1993).Co-organizer, "Primer on International Criminal Law," American Bar Association Sectionof Criminal Justice meeting, Miami, Florida (Fall 1993).Member of a working group responsible for organizing a workshop on the Role and Stature of the Judiciary, Bratislava, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, sponsored by the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI) of the American Bar Association (March 1992).　Organizer, moderator and speaker, program on International Aspects of Criminal Fraud Litigation, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court (January 1992).Speaker, "Coordinating Security Efforts with Law Enforcement Agencies," and "Investigative, Evidentiary, and Procedural Issues in Developing Compliance Programs, Handling Corporate Internal Investigations and the Application of Foreign Criminal Laws to US Businesses Abroad," American Society of Industrial Security (December 1991).

Verdicts and Settlements: SELECTED MATTERS:represented corporate president accused of participation in multi-million dollar fraud scheme that resulted in no indctment;represented young bank officer in federal criminal prosecution for fraud and obtained a sentence of probation.represented non-native born international security consultant in successful application for a security clearance.  Client is a principal in a firm that provides security consulting services to the US State Department.Assisted in co-representation of a federal employee in a medical malpractice case and obtained $2.5 million settlement.

Transactions: Negotiated and drafted contract of sale of commercial property between professional assocation and property owner (2009).  

Representative Clients: High net worth families, US Senator, Corporate CEO's, intelligence community professionals, small businesses, individuals, federal employees, diplomats.

Educational Background: A.B. with Distinction, political science, Mount Holyoke College, 1970