Background
Kanovsky, Helen Renee was born on March 4, 1951 in Warren, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Hershel and Rose (Gernstat) Kanovsky.
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Helen Renee Kanovsky, American Administrative and regulatory
Banking
Civil litigation, federal
lawyer Recipient certified special achievementSec. Housing and Urban Development, 1979. Mason, Perrin & Kanovsky, Washington, 1986; Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar, Bar Association District of Columbia (chairperson ethics committee section young lawyers 1978-1979), Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Divorced 1988; Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Cornell Univercity, 1973. Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard University, 1976. Director volunteers Biden for Senate, Wilmington, Delaware, 1972.
Legislation aide to the United States Senator Joseph R. Biden, Washington, 1973.
Admitted to District of Columbia Court Appeals bar, 1976, United States District Court bar for District of Columbia, 1977, United States Court Appeals bar for District of Columbia, 1977. Associate firm Dickstein, Shapiro and Morin, Washington, 1976-1979.
Special assistant to secretary Housing and Urban Development, Washington, 1979. Special assistant to secretary Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, 1979-1980, special assistant to the secretary, associate executive secretary to Department of Health and Human Services and executive assistant to undersecretary, Department Health and Human Services, 1980-1981.
Associate, then partner Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, 1981-1984.
Partner Leff & Mason, Washington, 1984-1986.
Career
Director vols; assistant to secretary Housing and Urban Development, Washington, 1979. Assistant to secretary Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, 1979-1980, special. Assistant to the secretary, associate
Assistant to undersecretary, Department Health and Human Services, 1980-1981.
General counsel East.V.P., 1989. Editor Harvard Civil Rights— Civil Liberties Law Review,1975-1976.
Achievements
Membership
Mason, Perrin & Kanovsky, Washington, 1986. Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar, Bar Association District of Columbia (chairperson ethics committee section young lawyers 1978-1979), Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Marc Bernard Dorfman, August 8, 1976. Children: Jennifer Lee, Emily Beth.
