Faculty

Practice Areas: Litigation, Professional Liability, professional discipline, Railroad Law, Commercial Litigation, certified mediator

Admitted to Practice: Maryland 1974; California 1986 (California inactive)

Education: Manhattanville College (B.A. 1971); University of Maryland Law School (J.D. 1974, with honors) Morris Brown Myerowitz Moot Court Award, 1973
Student Bar Association, Moot Court Board, Law Review, Juvenile Law Clinical Program

Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association, 1974 – present
House of Delegates, 1983 – 1985
Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2002 – present
Maryland State Bar Association, 1974 – present, numerous committees including:

Board of Governors, 1981 - 1982
Chair, Young Lawyers’ Section, 1981 – 1982
Litigation Section – Section Council, 2005 - presentLitigation Section, Subcommittee on Trial Methods & Skills, Co-chair 1984 – 1985

Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation – 1984 – present
Women’s Bar Association of Maryland, 1975 – 1985
Women’s Law Center, 1975 – 1976
Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1975 – 1985; 1995 – present
Maryland State Board of Law Examiners (1980 – 1985)

Publications:
Co-editor, Civil Practice Manual, Circuit Court for Baltimore City (2003)
Contributing Author – MICPEL Condemnation (1984)
Contributing Author – MICPEL Maryland Practice Forms (1984)
Note: Section 22 of the Longshoreman’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 32 Md. L. Rev. 444 (1973)

Public Service:
Volunteer Attorney Mediator – Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 2002 – present
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers’ Service, Board of Trustees (2002 – present), (currently Vice President)
Catholic Charities Leadership Breakfast, Committee (1999 – present)
Friends of My Sister’s Place (day shelter for homeless women) (2002 – present)
Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, Speakers’ Bureau (2003-2004)
Volunteer attorney – Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
Volunteer attorney - Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.

Awards and Honors:
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Maryland Superlawyers 2007
Daily Record Leadership in Law – 2006
The Best Lawyers in America 2006 - Woodward/White
Maryland’s Top 100 Women 2005, 2007 – The Daily Record
Who’s Who of American Women, 1986
Outstanding Young Women of America, 1984