Admitted
1964, California; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1979, District of Columbia; 1984, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1987, U.
Law School
Yale University, LL.B., 1962
Law School Graduation Year
1962
College
Bryn Mawr College, A.B., cum laude with honors in Political Science, 1959
Memberships
The District of Columbia Bar; Montgomery County, Maryland State, Federal and American (Council, 2000-2002; Chair, Department of Homeland Security; Chair, Defense and National Security, 1996-2000; Co-Chair, 2002—; Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section; A.B.A. Advisory Committee to Standing Committee on Law and National Security, 1986-1996, 2002—; Board of Governor, Maryland Chapter, Federal Bar Association, 1992—) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; State Bar of California.
Biographical
Research Assistant, Assistant to the Dean, Stanford Law School, 1962-1967. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice: Criminal Division, Appellate Section, 1974-1976, Civil Division; Freedom of Information and Privacy Section, 1976-1977; Chief, 1977-1979, Special Litigation Counsel, 1979. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, 1979-1981. Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1981-1983. Vice President and General Counsel, Allegheny Beverage Corporation, 1983-1984. Treasurer, Yale Law School Washington Club, 1989-1990. Member, Board of Directors, American Jewish Congress (National Capital Region), 1992-1994. General Counsel, Council for the Community of Democracies, Washington, D.C., 2001—.