Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 6, Montgomery County, August 30, 2012 to January 23, 2015. Member, Public Awareness Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2013-15.
Chair, Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Montgomery County, 2014-17 (member, 2013-; vice-chair, 2013).
Assistant State's Attorney, Montgomery County, 1996-97. Assistant State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1997-2000. Assistant State's Attorney, Montgomery County, 2000-07 (chief, family violence division, 2007-12). Member, Governor's Family Violence Council, 2009-13; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2010-12. Member, Children's Justice Act Committee, State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2009.
Staff Assistant, U.S. Representative Major R. Owens of New York, 11th Congressional District, 1991-92.
Born in Los Angeles, California, 1969. University of Maryland College Park, B.S. (government & politics), 1991. University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1995. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1995; District of Columbia Bar, 1997. Coordinator, Supreme Court Assistance Project, Public Citizen Litigation Group, 1995-96. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Montgomery County Bar Association, 2000-05, 2010- (executive committee, 2014-15); Montgomery County Chapter, Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 2010-; J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, 2012-. Member, Montgomery County Chapter, American Inn of Court, 2010- (executive committee, 2013-). Former chair, Child Abuse and Sex Offense Committee, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association. Adjunct Professor, The American University, 2003-04; University of Maryland at Shady Grove, 2005-07. Marilyn J. Praisner Founder's Award, Montgomery County Family Justice Center Foundation, 2015. Mary Hatwood Futrell Award, National Education Association, 2015. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2019.
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