Faculty

EDUCATION

The American University, Washington, D.C.
B.A., Cum Laude, Urban Policy and Administration, December 1989

San Jacinto Junior College, Pasadena, Texas, A.A., December 1987

University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland
J.D., Magna Cum Laude, May 1995 (GPA: 3.73 Rank 5/310)

Law school honors, awards, or activities of note, e.g., journals, moot court, clinics, and the like:

Activities and Awards:

Recipient, 1995 Law Faculty Award (Commencement Speaker)
Recipient, Dean's Award for Service to the Law School, 1995
University of Baltimore Law Review, Associate Editor
National Moot Court Team, Fall 1993 (Regional Quarterfinalist)
American Jurisprudence Award, Criminal Procedure, Fall 1993
American Jurisprudence Award, Torts, Fall 1992
President, Women's Bar Association, 1994 – 1995
Law Achievement Scholar, Torts, Fall 1993

Judicial clerkship(s): Honorable John C. Eldridge, Court of Appeals of Maryland Law Clerk, August 1995 - August 1996

Work, e.g., law firm, corporate counsel, public service, etc:

United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland Career Law Clerk, April 1999 - March 2005;

University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland Adjunct Faculty, Legal Analysis Writing and Research, January 2004 to present;

Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, Baltimore, Maryland Associate, September 1996 - August 1998

Currently serving as the Prosecutor for the Maryland State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

Other:

President of Roland Park Elementary/Middle School PTA
Co-Chair of the Minds in Motion Campaign, a $200,000 capital initiative to improve physical education resources and programming at RPEMS.
Co-Chair of Roland Park Playground Initiative, raising $185,000 to build new playgrounds Author of School News column in Roland Park Neighborhood newsletter
Member of the B’More Fund, a philanthropic fund dedicated to celebrating the work of unsung heroes in Baltimore and recognizing their work in the community
Board member, Women’s Law Center of Maryland, 2001 to 2003
Board member, Women’s Housing Coalition of Maryland, 1999 - 2002
Volunteering at Joseph Richey Hospice, Baltimore, Maryland, patient care and fundraising for children’s hospice.
Bar admissions: Admitted to Maryland Bar 1995, United States District Court 1996