| Admission Details | 1966, Maryland; 1981, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court |
| Education | Princeton University, B.A.; Harvard Law School, J.D. |
| Additional Bio Details | Law Clerk to Chief, U.S. District Court for Maryland, 1966-1967. Assistant U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1967-1970. Special Impeachment Counsel, United States House of Representatives, 1987-1990. Special Counsel, Select Commission to Investigate Failure of Privately Insured Financial Institutions in Rhode Island, 1991-1992. Special Counsel, Anne Arundel County Board of Education Investigation into Sexual Abuse of Students by Faculty, 1994. Minority Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Special Investigation into Campaign Finance Abuses, 1997. Legal Analyst for NBC News. Member, Judicial Conference Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Author: "The Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure: An Overview," Maryland Appellate Practice Handbook, 1977; "Federal Sentencing Law and Practice," West Publishing, Advisory Panel, 1989; "Watergate Procedures for All?" 36 Md. Law Review 35, 1976; "The Curious Case of Alcee Hastings," 19 Nova L. Rev. 873 (1995). Co-Author: "Construction Bid Rigging," Federal Publications, Inc., 1984; "Surreptitious Recording of Conversations in Maryland: A Trap for the Uninformed," Maryland Bar Journal, 1986; with Congressman Jack Brooks, D.Tex. and John Bryant, D.Tex.: "Justice for Judges and the National Inquest," Legal Times, May 6, 1991. |