Education
Bachelor, Upsala College Juris Doctor, Rutgers Law School.
Bachelor, Upsala College Juris Doctor, Rutgers Law School.
Law clerk, McTeer, Walls & Bailey, Greenville, Mississippi, 1973;
legislation aide, Sen. Wynona Lipman, New Jersey, 1973-1974;
trial attorney, New Jersey Public Defenders Office, Essex & Passaic Counties, New Jersey, 1976-1982;
lawyer delegate, 3d Judicial Conference, since 1987;
state legislator, New Jersey House of Representatives. Assembly New Jersey State District 27, since 1994, judicial law & public safety committee New Jersey.State Assembly, senior citizen & social service committees, task force on juvenile crime, criminal justice subcommittee, Democratic task force on crime & corrections.
Partner Gill & Cohen, Professional Corporation, Montclair.
Trustee Montclair Public Library., 1978-1983, Cmty. Nursing Svc., Montclair,1986-1987. Board adjustment Montclair Township, since 1985.
Board directors PlaywrightsTheater New Jersey, 1993-1994, Luna Theater, Montclair. Member American Bar Association, Association Criminal Defense Lawyers New Jersey (trustee 1986-1989), New Jersey State Bar Association, Garden State Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association, National Conference Black Lawyers, Black Women Lawyers New Jersey, Association Trial Lawyers American, Isis Literary Guild (president).