Judge, Court of Special Appeals, At Large, April 20 to December 13, 2022.
Associate Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, January 19, 2012 to April 19, 2022. Member, Juvenile Law Committee, 2015-20 (chair, foster care court improvement program subcommittee, 2017-20); Court Operations Committee, 2017-20, and Forms Subcommittee of Court Operations Committee, 2021-, Judicial Council. Co-Chair, Circuit Court Forms Work Group of Court Operations Committee, 2021-. Coordinator (Maryland), Health Care Outcomes Research Evidence Team, National Courts and Science Institute, 2020-22. Member, Rules Review Subcommittee, 2020-, and Reports Writing Work Group of Equal Justice Committee; Foster Care Court Improvement Program Subcommittee of Juvenile Law Committee, 2021-, Judicial Council.
Assistant Public Defender, Montgomery County, 1989-91. Member, Character Committee, 7th Appellate Circuit, State Board of Law Examiners, 2004-11; Criminal Justice Act Felony Panel, U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 2005-12; Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, 11th Commission District, 2007-11. Member, Commission on Child Care, Montgomery County, 2009-11, U.S. District Court for District of Maryland (co-chair, public policy committee, 2010-11).
Born in Garden City, New York, 1961. Attended National Cathedral School, Washington, DC; Dartmouth College, A.B. (history/economics), 1983 (varsity ice hockey, 1979-83); Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 1987 (managing editor, american criminal law review, 1986-87). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987; U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1988; U.S. Court of Appeals for 4th District of Maryland, 1988; District of Columbia Bar, 1991; Washington Bar, 1991. Law clerk to Judge Norman P. Ramsey, U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1987-88. Associate, Kramon & Graham, 1988-89. Staff attorney, Office of Public Defender, Snohomish County, Washington, 1991-92; The Defender Association, Seattle, Washington, 1992-95. Managing member, Albright & Rhodes, L.L.C., 1996-2012. Member, American Bar Association, 1987-; Maryland State Bar Association, 1988- (board of governors, 2017-19; criminal law & practice section; family & juvenile law section; committee on public awareness, 1998-2002, co-chair, 2000-01; solo & small firm section council, 2000-04); Washington State Bar Association, 1991-; District of Columbia Bar Association, 1991-; Montgomery County Bar Association, 1996- (mentor, mentor-mentee program, 2000-01; member, fee dispute resolution committee, 2000-05; civility ad hoc committee, 2001-02; executive committee, 2002-04; ethics committee, 2003-05; co-chair, criminal law section, 2004-05); Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 1996- (committee on judicial selections, 1998-99); J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, 2012-. Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, 1991-; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association, 1991-. Member, Simon E. Sobeloff Jewish Law Society, 2013-; Montgomery County, Maryland, American Inn of Court; Cole-Davidson American Inn of Court, 2022-. Member, National Cathedral School Alumni Association, 1999-2003 (chair, alumni annual giving & alumni association executive board). Volunteer, Montgomery County Family Law Pro Se Project, 2000. Board of Trustees, The Harbor School, Bethesda, 2001-09. Board of Visitors, William Jewett Tucker Foundation, Dartmouth College, 2004-05. Board of Trustees, Alicia Patterson Foundation, 2007-22. Co-Chair, Development Committee, Finding Justice Project, 2009-. Board of Trustees, McLean School of Maryland, 2010-15 (audit committee, 2016-22). President, Maryland Bar Foundation, 2015-17 (board of directors, 2006-11). Member, USA Hockey, 2009-.
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