Born in LaJolla, California, July 5, 1958. Attended St. Vincent Pallotti High School, Laurel, Maryland; Mount Vernon College, B.A. (public affairs & government; communications), cum laude, 1980; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1983. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987; District of Columbia Bar, 1993. Attorney. Principal, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg & Cooper, 1996-. Attorney, Quinn, McAuliffe & Dumais, 1989-96. High school teacher (U.S. history & government), Montgomery County Public Schools, 1986-87. Acting administrative assistant, Office of Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools, 1987-88. Assistant to Dean, Graduate School, University of Maryland University College, 1988-89. Member, Montgomery County Bar Association (treasurer, 1997-98; co-chair, family law section, 1997-98; co-chair, new practitioners' section, 1990-92); Women's Bar Association (president, montgomery county chapter, 1999-2000; executive committee, 1995-). Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1999-. Board of Directors, Montgomery County Bar Foundation, 1998- (treasurer, 1998-99). Montgomery County Chapter, American Inn of Court (pupil, 1990-92; barrister, 1993-96, 1999-); Alan J. Goldstein Chapter, American Inn of Court, 1997-. Board of Directors, Summer Ridge Condominiums, 1991-99. Board of Directors, St. Vincent Pallotti High School, 1998- (vice-president). Member, District 15 Democratic Club; Women's Suburban Democratic Club. Outstanding pro bono services award, Catholic Charities Legal Services Network.
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