Admitted
1988, Massachusetts; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boston College, J.D., cum laude, 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
Wilson College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980
Memberships
Boston and American Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association (President, 2002—)
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, Boston College Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: Expanding the Boundaries of Equality: Taking Pregnancy Into Account in California Savings and Loan Ass'n v. Guerra, 28 B.C.L. Rev. 783, 1987; Parades and Prejudice: The Incredible True Story of Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade and the United States Supreme Court, 30 New Eng.L.R. 625, 1966. Co-Author: A Road Not Taken: Reconsidering Mandatory Arbitration of Securities Disputes, 36 Boston Bar Journal 24, 1992. Co-Author: West Massachusetts Employment Litigation Practice Forms, 1994. Law Clerk to: Honorable Andrew A. Caffrey, U.S. District Court, District Of Massachusetts, 1988-1989; Honorable Bailey Aldrich, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1989-1990; Honorable A. David Mazzone, U.S. Sentencing Commission and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1990-1991. Instructor, Harvard University Extension School, 1993-1995; Suffolk University Law School, 1995-1996. Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal, 1993-1995. Syracuse University School of Law Sherman F. Lawyer Lecturer for 2001. Fellow: American Association of University Women; Womens Bar Foundation (Member Board of Directors, 1997—); Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.