Associate City Solicitor and Chief of Litigation, Baltimore City Department of Law, 2000-02. Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to General Assembly, Office of Attorney General, 2008-14.
Born in Panorama City, California. University of
Maryland College Park, B.A. (government & politics) magna cum laude, 1988. University of Maryland School of Law, J.D. (with honors), 1994. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1994; District of Columbia Bar, 1997; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1996, District of Columbia, 1998; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2005, Fourth Circuit, 2012. Law clerk to Judge John Carroll Byrnes, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 1994-95; Judge Robert L. Karwacki, Court of Appeals, 1995-96. Litigation Associate, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., 1996-2000. Special Counsel, Saul Ewing LLP, 2006-08 (associate, 2002-05). Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Baltimore City Bar Association; Baltimore County Bar Association. Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, 1998-. Trustee, Baltimore Bar Foundation, 2006-08. Board of Directors, Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, 2005-08; Baltimore Courthouse and Law Museum, Inc., 2006-08. Editorial Advisory Board, Daily Record, 2008-09. Executive Board, Lawyers' Campaign Against Hunger, 2000-04. Volunteer Attorney, Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Service, 2005-08. Member, Wranglers Law Club, 2006-08. Board of Directors, University of Maryland School of Law Alumni Association, 2008- (chair, nominations committee, 2010-11). Board of Directors, Greater Pikesville Recreation Council Lacrosse, 2009-11 (assistant coach, 2004-07; head coach, 2007-11). Author, The Maryland State Constitution: A Reference Guide (republished by Oxford University Press, 2011; originally published by Greenwood Press, 2005). Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2009.
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