Education
Bachelor in English Literature cum laude, Smith College Master of Arts in Teaching English, Columbia University Juris Doctor, New York University.
Bachelor in English Literature cum laude, Smith College Master of Arts in Teaching English, Columbia University Juris Doctor, New York University.
Teacher English and American Literature, Westtown School, Pennsylvania, 1970-1972;
staff attorney, Seattle King County Defender Association, 1975-1977;
staff attorney, Federal Public Defender' General’ s Office, Seattle, 1977-1980;
private practice, 1980-1993;
United State Attorneys, Department Justice (western district) Washington, since 1993. Pro tem judge King County Superior Court. Adjunct Professor U. Puget Sound School Law.
Guest lecturer U. Washington, Hastings, Cardozo, National Institute Trial Advocacy programs. Lawyer representative 9th Circuit Judicial Conference. Named to Attorney General Advisory Committee, 1994-1995.
Member Fire Brigade Emergency Response Team. Member FBA (president western district Washington 1991, chair implementation of gender task force report committee), National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers (member nominating committee), United States Sentencing Commission (practitioners advisory group), American Civil Liberties Union (member legal committee), Seattle-King County Bar Association (member judicial conference committee), Washington Association Criminal Defense Lawyers (president 1988-1989), State Bench Bar (member press committee), Phi Beta Kappa.