Practice Areas - White Collar Criminal Defense
- Civil Litigation
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| University | University of Pittsburgh, B.A., magna cum laude, 1972 |
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| Law School | University of Virginia, J.D., 1983 |
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| Admitted | 1985, Maryland and District of Columbia; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit |
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| Memberships | District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: International, Antitrust); Women's Bar Association; National Association of Women Lawyers. |
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| Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Biography | Finalist, University of Virginia Moot Court Competition, 1983. Clerk, U.S. District Court, Jacksonville, Florida, 1983-1984. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America, 2010; Profiles in Diversity Journal's Women Worth Watching, 2009. Member, Resource Board, National Association of Women Judges. Member, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court. Co-author: "Designing a Women's Initiative That Works," New York Law Journal; "Recent Developments Regarding Discoverability of Information Provided to Foreign Competition Authorities by Antitrust Defendants," American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, International Cartel Workshop; "How Women Can Develop Business," National Law Journal; "The Webb-Pomerene Act: A Relic That Has Outlived Its Usefulness," The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2006; "Litigating Global Cartel Cases," International Cartel Workshop; "Recent Developments in the Scope of US Jurisdiction in Discovery and Treble Damage Actions," ABA Section of Antitrust Law Fall Forum 2003; "Procedural Issues Unique to International Cartel Litigation," ABA International Forum 2002: International Cartel Workshop. Author: "In Re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation: Discovery Issues Relating To Counsel's Investigation and Cooperation With Foreign Governmental Authorities," ABA Antitrust Law Teleseminar on Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges; "In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation: Discovering the Defendants' Submissions to Foreign Governmental Authorities," ABA Antitrust Section 2003 Spring Meeting. Speaker: DuPont Women Lawyers Conference, "Toto, I Don't Think We're In Kansas Anymore — Thinking Globally," Acting Ethically, April 2008; 2008 International Cartel Workshop, "Demonstration: Plaintiffs Seek Discovery and the Defendants React," San Francisco, CA; NALP and ALI-ABA Professional Development Institute 2007, "What Makes Them Stay? Improving Midlevel Association Satisfaction and Retention," Arlington, VA; ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting, "What's New in International Litigation and Arbitration & Is There a Marriage in Sight for 28 U.S.C. §1782 and International Arbitration," May 2007; American University, "Turning Lemons into Lemonade: How One Big Law Firm Improved Diversity," Washington, DC, November 2006; ABA Section of Antitrust Law International Cartel Workshop, "Demonstration: U.S. Plaintiffs Seek Discovery and the Defendants React," February 2006; ABA Antitrust Law Teleseminar on Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges, "In Re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation: Discovery Issues Relating to Counsel's Investigation and Cooperation With Foreign Governmental Authorities," July 2003; Speaker, ABA Antitrust Section 2003 Spring Meeting, "In Re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation: Discovering the Defendants' Submissions to Foreign Governmental Authorities". Panelist: ABA International Section Spring Meeting, "International Discovery: How to Obtain Evidence from Abroad—A Mock Case," New York, NY, April 2008; American Bar Association International Section Teleconference, "Obtaining Discovery Abroad for Use in United States Litigation," December 2006. Board of Trustees, Member, 2007-2009 and Chair, 2010, The Sheridan School.
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| Reported Cases | U.S. v. Morris, 429 F.3d 65 (4th Cir. 2005); In re Vitamins Antitrust Class Actions, 215 F.3d 26 (D.C. Cir., 2000); U.S. v. Wilson, 26 F.3d 142 (D.C. Cir., 1994); In re Briscoe, 976 F.2d 1425 (D.C. Cir., 1992); Hayes v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 819 F.2d 92 (9th Cir., 1987); In re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation, 321 F.Supp.2d 619 (E.D. Pa., 2004); In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, 320 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C., 2004); In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, 305 F.Supp.2d 100 (D.D.C., 2004); In re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation, 296 F.Supp.2d 568 (E.D. Pa., 2003); In re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation, 292 F.Supp.2d 644 (E.D. Pa., 2003); In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, 217 F.R.D. 229 (D.D.C., 2002); In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, 120 F.Supp.2d 58 (D.D.C., 2000); U.S. v. Briscoe, 839 F. Supp. 31 (D.D.C., 1993); U.S. v. Briscoe, 839 F. Supp. 36 (D.D.C., 1992); U.S. v. Briscoe, 798 F.Supp. 28 (D.D.C., 1992); U.S. v. Briscoe, 792 F.Supp. 1 (D.D.C., 1992); Bausch v. Philatelic Leasing, Ltd., 728 F.Supp. 1201 (D. Md., 1989); Planned Parenthood Ass'n of Cincinnati, Inc. v. Project Jericho, 556 N.E.2d 157 (Ohio, 1990); Tydings v. Berk Enterprises, 565 A.2d 390 (Md. Ct. App., 1989). |
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| ISLN | 904837382 |
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