5th Judicial Circuit Associate Judge

Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County Associate Judge appointed October 2018.

Experience

• National Security Agency, Office of General Counsel
• Maryland Office of the Attorney General
• Butler McKeon & Associates
• Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.
• YWCA of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County
• The Women’s Law Center of Maryland, Inc.
• The Honorable Edward R.K. Hargadon, Circuit Court for Baltimore City

Education

• University of Maryland School of Law, Juris Doctor, with honors, May 2002
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Health Care Law and Policy; 2000-2002
  • Constitutional Law Research Assistant, Professor Taunya Banks, 2000-2002
  • Teaching Assistant, Professor Thomas E. Perez; 2002
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, May 1999

Professional and Civic Involvement

• Anne Arundel County Bar Association, Board of Trustees, 2004-2006; 2015-2016, 2018-2019
• Maryland State Bar Association, Member, 2002-2019
  • Committee on Laws, Member, 2013-2019
  • Budget and Finance Committee, Member, 2014-2018
  • MSBA, Board of Governors Member, 2009-2011, 2012-2014, 2018-2019
  • Bar Admissions Task Force, Member, 2014
  • Leadership Academy, Mentor/Committee Member, 2011-2014
  • Special Committee on Civics and Law, Committee Member/Lecturer, 2011-2014
  • Continuing Legal Education Committee, Committee Member, 2010-2014
  • Long Range Planning Committee, Committee Member, 2007-2014
  • Young Lawyers Section Chair, 2012-2013
• Maryland Bar Foundation, Board Member, 2014-2019
• Maryland Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2010-2019
• Bar Association Insurance Trust, Board Member, 2012-2013
• Pro Bono Resource Center, Board Member, 2012-2013
• Bar Association of Baltimore City, Member, 2004-2005
• American Bar Association, Member, 2005-2007
• Women’s Bar Association, Member, 2003-2004
• Court of Appeals Bar Admissions Task Force, Co-Chair Character and Fitness Working Group, 2013-2014
• Mentor, University of Maryland Law Student, 2012-2014

Speaking Engagements

• Office of the State’s Attorney Anne Arundel County’s Law Day, Speaker, 2018
• Mock Trial Program: The Three Bears vs. Goldilocks, Program Chair, 2017
• Committee Member/Lecturer, MSBA Special Committee on Civics and Law, 2011-2014
• Co-Creator with University of Baltimore, University of Maryland, and the Pro Bono Resource Center to create Pro Bono Connection, a program that provided recent graduates practical legal skills, training, and mentoring, 2012-2013
• Community Law in Action- Mentor to Baltimore City high school students and Chair/Speaker of the “We the Jury Program”, 2008-2013
• Take Charge: American Bar Association/Girl Scouts Pilot Bullying and Dating Violence Over-night Program for at risk teens, Pasadena, Maryland, Contributor, Speaker, & Mock Trial Coach, 2007
• Maryland Court of Appeals New Admittee Swearing in Ceremony, 2005, 2007
• Community Law in Action, Shadow Day at Northwestern High School, Baltimore, Maryland, 2005

Honors

• Recipient, Practitioner of the Year, University of Maryland, Francis Carey School of Law, Black Law Students Association, 2019
• Recipient, Voice for Justice Award, Fannie Angelos Program for Excellence, 2018
• Recipient, National Security Agency Executive Director Coin, 2018
• Recipient, National Security Agency Executive Director Coin, 2017
• Recipient, Edward F. Shea, Jr. Professionalism Award from the Maryland Bar Foundation, 2014