Admitted
1975, New York and District of Columbia; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Wesleyan University, B.A., cum laude, 1971
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa Award. Law Clerk, Honorable F.B. Ugast, Washington, D.C., 1974-1975. Author: Transatlantic Airline Mergers—Still Waiting in the Wings, The Aviation Quarterly, 2000; Building A Competitive Airline Industry—Deregulation, Antitrust Protection, and the E-Commerce Opportunity, The Aviation Quarterly, 2000; Simplified Passenger Travel: Moving From Vision to Reality, American Bar Association Air & Space Lawyer, 2000, The Aviation Quarterly, 2000 and Asian Airlines & Aerospace, 2000; Globalism vs. Extraterritoriality-Consensus vs. Unilateralism: Is there A Common ground? A U.S. Perspective, Air & Space Law, 1999 and The Aviation Quarterly, 1999; Asian Airlines & Aerospace, 1999; Airline Alliances--Is Competition at the Crossroads? Air & Space Law, 1999; IATA Legal Symposium and Airline Management Programs, 1998; What Will be the Effects of EC Market Unification on Intercontinental Air Services after 1992? ICAO Journal, 1990; Aircraft Noise: Will it Muffle Airline and Airport Development? Airport Forum, 1989; Community-Oriented Essential Air Service: What's Best for Commuters? Commuter Air, 1981; The Aircraft Loan Guarantee Program: A Boon to Commuters and Crucial to the Success of Small Community Air Services, CAAA Times, 1979. Trial Attorney, Civil Aeronautics Board, 1975-1977. Chair, Associate Member Group, Regional Airline Association of America, 1983-1984. Trustee, Wesleyan University, 1983-1986. Board of Governors, 1995—, Vice President, 2000, and President, 2002—, Washington Foreign Law Society. Board of Directors, 1999—, and Treasurer, 2002—, International Aviation Club. Board of Directors, 1998—, Vice President, 2000, and President, October, 2003—, International Aviation Womens Association. Board of Directors, 1987—, Icelandic-American Chamber of Commerce. Board of Governors, City Club of Washington, 1991—. Co-Chair, Executive Endorsements Committee, 1997—, Board Member, 2001—, and President-Elect, 2003, Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Nati