Admitted
1977, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1978, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1999, Maryla
Law School
George Mason University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Miami, B.A., Politics/Public Affairs, 1973
Memberships
Fairfax County Bar Association (President, 1995-1996; Member: Board of Directors, 1991—; Family Law Section, 1988—; Budget Committee, 1994—; Chair, Fairfax Cultural Diversity Task Force, 1996—; Moderator, Fairfax Bar Association Conference: Sanctions -- Love'em or Leave'em; September, 1994. Member: Child Advocacy Task Force, 1994—; Legislative Committee, 1994—; Member, Town Hall Committee, 1992-1993, recipient of President's Award for Outstanding Service; Board Liaison to Circuit Court Committee, 1992—; Member, Judicial Screening and Nominating Committee, 1992—; Member, President's Task Force, Shelter Outreach Program, 1990; Chair, President's Nominating Committee for Bar Officers and Directors, 1989; Member, Circuit Court Committee, 1988-1990; Co-Chair, Domestic Relations Task Force, Circuit Court Committee, 1988-1991; Chair, Subcommittee on Motions Day Practice, Circuit Court Committee, 1988-1989; Chair, Public Relations Committee, 1988-1990); Virginia State Bar (Board of Governors, Family Law Section, 1989-1993; Chair, Special Committee on Access to Legal Services; Member, Virginia State Bar Council; Chair, Family Law Section, 1992-1993; Chair, Board of Governors Committee on Attorney's Fees in Family Matters, 1994-1996; Appointed VSB Long Range Planning Committee, 1994; Moderator, VSB YLC Panel: The Demise of the Nuclear Family, June, 1994; Faculty, VSB Professionalism Course, 1996—; Member, Domestic Relations Counsel; Panelist, Gender Bias in Domestic Relations Cases, Williamsburg, January 1996; Faculty, VSB MCLE - Family Law Issues, 1986-1997); The District of Columbia Bar (Member: Domestic Relations Section; Member, Family Law Committee; Civil Litigation Committee; Nominated and Appointed, Voting Delegate by District of Columbia Court of Appeals to District of Columbia Judicial Conference, 1993, 1994, 1995; Member, Chief Judge's Task Force on Maintaining the Official Court Record, 1994—); Co-Chair, Virginia Bar Association Coalition Committee on Family Law Legislation; Lecturer, Virginia CLE 19th Annu