Associate Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, January 19, 2012 to April 19, 2022. Member, Court Access and Community Relations Committee, 2015-16; Juvenile Law Committee, 2015-20 (chair, foster care court improvement program subcommittee, 2017-20); Court Operations Committee, 2017-20 (forms subcommittee, 2020-22), Judicial Council. Co-Chair, Circuit Court Forms Work Group of Court Operations Committee, 2021-. Coordinator (Maryland), Health Care Outcomes Research Evidence Team, National Courts and Science Institute, 2020-22. Member, Rules Review Subcommittee, 2020-, and Reports Writing Work Group of Equal Justice Committee; Foster Care Court Improvement Program Subcommittee of Juvenile Law Committee, 2017- (chair, 2017-20), Judicial Council.
Born in Garden City, New York, 1961. Attended National Cathedral School, Washington, DC; Dartmouth College, A.B. (history/economics), 1983 (varsity ice hockey, 1979-83); Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 1987 (managing editor, american criminal law review, 1986-87). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987; U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1988; U.S. Court of Appeals for 4th District of Maryland, 1988; District of Columbia Bar, 1991; Washington Bar, 1991. Law clerk to Judge Norman P. Ramsey, U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1987-88. Associate, Kramon & Graham, 1988-89. Staff attorney, Office of Public Defender, Snohomish County, Washington, 1991-92; The Defender Association, Seattle, Washington, 1992-95. Managing member, Albright & Rhodes, L.L.C., 1996-2012. Member, American Bar Association, 1987-; Maryland State Bar Association, 1988- (board of governors, 2017-19; criminal law & practice section; family & juvenile law section; committee on public awareness, 1998-2002, co-chair, 2000-01; solo & small firm section council, 2000-04); Washington State Bar Association, 1991-; District of Columbia Bar Association, 1991-; Montgomery County Bar Association, 1996- (mentor, mentor-mentee program, 2000-01; member, fee dispute resolution committee, 2000-05; civility ad hoc committee, 2001-02; executive committee, 2002-04; ethics committee, 2003-05; co-chair, criminal law section, 2004-05); Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 1996- (committee on judicial selections, 1998-99); J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, 2012-. Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, 1991-; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association, 1991-. Member, Simon E. Sobeloff Jewish Law Society, 2013-; Montgomery County, Maryland, American Inn of Court; Cole-Davidson American Inn of Court, 2022-. Member, National Cathedral School Alumni Association, 1999-2003 (chair, alumni annual giving & alumni association executive board). Volunteer, Montgomery County Family Law Pro Se Project, 2000. Board of Trustees, The Harbor School, Bethesda, 2001-09. Board of Visitors, William Jewett Tucker Foundation, Dartmouth College, 2004-05. Board of Trustees, Alicia Patterson Foundation, 2007-22. Co-Chair, Development Committee, Finding Justice Project, 2009-. Board of Trustees, McLean School of Maryland, 2010-15 (audit committee, 2016-22). President, Maryland Bar Foundation, 2015-17 (board of directors, 2006-11). Member, USA Hockey, 2009-14.
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