Background
Determan, Sara-Ann was born on August 17, 1938 in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Albert H. and Evelyn (Tucker) Heimbach.
Determan, Sara-Ann was born on August 17, 1938 in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Albert H. and Evelyn (Tucker) Heimbach.
Connecticut College, Stanford University and University of Delaware (Bachelor of Arts, with Honors and Distinction, 1960). George Washington Law School (Bachelor of Laws, with Honors, 1967).
Worked at Hogan & Hartson Limited liability partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Wills, Trusts and Estates, Estate and Gift Taxation, Non-profit and Charitable Organizations, Estate Planning. Admitted to the bar, 1968, District of Columbia. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Editor-in-Chief, George Washington Law Review, 1966-1967.
Law Clerk to Senior Circuit Judge Henry West. Edgerton, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 1967-1968.
Company-Chair, Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, 1995. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (President, 1990-1991).
Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
American Bar Association (Chair, Committee on Delivery of Legal Services, 1992-1994. Chair, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1986-1987. Assembly Delegate, 1991-1994).
Women"s Bar Association of District of Columbia.
Board of directors Mexico-American Legal Defense and Ednl. Fund, 1983-1988, Women's Legal Defense Fund, since 1980. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association (chairman individual rights section 1985-1986, commissioner legal programs for elderly 1983-1989, commission on delivery of legal services 1989-1993, member consortium on legal services), American Civil Liberties Union (board directors 1975-1992), District of Columbia Bar (president 1990-1991).
Married Dean W. Determan, July 28, 1957 (divorced November 1981). Children: Dann, David, Steven (deceased). Married Gary Sellers, May 21, 1988.