Education
Bachelor in English Literature cum laude, Smith College Master of Arts in Tchg. English, Columbia University Juris Doctor, New York University.
Bachelor in English Literature cum laude, Smith College Master of Arts in Tchg. English, Columbia University Juris Doctor, New York University.
Teacher English, American literature, Westtown (Pennsylvania) School, 1970-1972;
staff attorney, Seattle King County Defender Association, 1975-1977;
staff attorney, Federal Public Defense' General’ s Office, Seattle, 1977-1980;
private practice, Seattle, 1980-1993;
United State Attorneys, Western District Washington, since 1993. Adjunct Professor U. Puget Sound School Law. Guest lecturer, teacher U. Washington, Hastings, National Institute Trial Advocacy.
Lawyer representative 9th Circuit Judicial Conference. Member Criminal Justice Act Implementation Committee. National practitioners advisory group United States Sentencing Commission.
Appointed Attorney General's Advisory Committee, 1994-1995,98-.
Member Federal Bar Association Western District Washington (president, chair committee Implementation Gender Task Force Report), Washington Association Criminal Defense Lawyers (president 1988-1989), Seattle-King County Bar Association (judicial referencing committee, state bench -bar-press committee, fire brigade emergency response team), American Civil Liberties Union (legal committee), Phi Beta Kappa.