District Public Defender, Anne Arundel County, 1990-99 (assistant public defender, 1979-90). Special Counsel, Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, 2003-04. Director, Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2004-05. Member, Maryland Tourism Development Board, 2015-.
Director, Office of Government Relations, Anne Arundel County, 2006-13.
Co-Chair, County Executive-Elect Transition Team, Anne Arundel County, 2014-15.
Attended Northswestern High School, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A.; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1975. Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (criminal law & practice section; criminal law section council; pattern criminal jury instructions committee); Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Participant, Central and Eastern European Law Initiative, American Bar Association, 1999. Partner, Bluewater Strategies, 2013-. Adjunct faculty, Clinical Trial Advocacy Program, University of Baltimore School of Law. Continuing Legal Education Programs in Advocacy Skills, Office of Public Defender. Adjunct faculty (paralegal studies; criminal & business law), Anne Arundel Community College. Board of Directors, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 2015-. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2001. Married.
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