Law School
Duke University, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Tufts University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1975
Memberships
Talbot County (Vice President, 1994, President, 1995), Maryland State (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1987) and American Bar Associations
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to The Hon. Marvin H. Smith, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1978-1979. Instructor, Maryland State Bar Association Course on Professionalism, 1992—. Assistant Counsel, Town of Easton, 1979-1983. Counsel, Town of Easton, 1983—. Contributing Author and Lecturer: Fundamentals of Zoning Practice, March, 1988; Critical Areas and the Eastern Shore, March, 1988; Annexation, June, 1989, Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers; Land Use Regulation: Takings After Dolan, October, 1994; It Isn't Easy Being Green: Local Governments and the Environmental Issues of the Nineties, Maryland Institute for The Continuing Education of Lawyers. Attorney, Easton Board of Zoning Appeals, 1980-1989. Attorney, Town of Trappe, 1983-1995. Member, Second Circuit Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, 1983-1988. Member, State Board of Law Examiners, 1988—. Member, Maryland Insurance Code Revision Review Committee, 1991. Vice Chair, Maryland Task Force on Regulatory Reform, 1999-2001. Board of Trustees, Maryland Historical Trust. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation.