Admitted
1976, Maryland; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Baltimore, J.D., summa cum laude, 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Auburn University, B.S., 1967; Towson State University, M.S., 1973
Memberships
The Bar Association of Baltimore City; Maryland State, Federal and American (Immediate Past Chair, Section Council of the Labor and Employment Law Section; Past Management Co-Chair of the Section's Institutes and Meetings Committee and the EEOC Liaison Committee of the Section's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Vice-Chair, Labor and Employment Law Committee, Section on Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law; Member, Health Law Forum; Member, Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education; Member, Advisory Committee on Women's Leadership Summit in 2004) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Charter Member, 1996—)
Biographical
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1987-. Named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women, recognized for outstanding achievement, by The Daily Record in 1997, 2000, and 2002, and named to Circle of Excellence as a three-time winner in 2002. Named University of Baltimore Law School Alumnus of the Year, 2000. Member, Heuisler Honor Society. Articles Editor, University of Baltimore Law Review, 1975-1976. Co-Author: Legal Aspects of the Employment Relationship—An Introduction for the General Practitioner, (Md. Inst. Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc., 1978). Author: Articles, Lessons Learned from Litigating Disability Determination Under the ADA and FMLA (The Practical Lawyer, Vol. 48, No. 4, June 2002); Employer's Growing Problems: Sorting Out ADA, FMLA and Workers' Compensation Issues, Labor Law Developments, 1997, Southwestern Legal Foundation, October 1996; Checklist for Counseling the Corporate Defendant in an Employment Lawsuit, (The Labor Lawyer, Vol. 6, No. 1, Winter 1990); Employment Contracts in Maryland—New Lessons From Old Law, Maryland Bar Association Journal, (January 1989); The Developing Law On AIDS in the Workplace, 46 Md. L.R. 901 (March 1987); Employee Handbooks: Practical Pointers For Avoiding a 'Handbook Horror' Case, 11 Employment Relations Today 171 (1984); Accommodations For The Handicapped—What Is The Employer's Duty? 5 Employee Relations Law Journal 350 (1979). Fellow, American Bar Association.