Admitted
1985, District of Columbia; 1992, California
Law School
Georgetown University, J.D., cum laude, 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1974; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.S.W., 1980
Memberships
State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Federal Energy Bar Association.
Biographical
Author: Federal Preemption of State Regulation in the Field of Electricity and Natural Gas: A Supreme Court Chronicle, 10 Energy Law Journal 277, 1989. Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General, 1984-1985. Associate: LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, California, 1989-1993; Andrews & Kurth, Washington, D.C., 1989; Newman & Holtzinger, P.C., Washington, D.C., 1985-1987. Litigation Attorney, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., 1987-1989.