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Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1996-2012 (chief of community initiatives, 2001-10). Member, Mayor's Anti-Animal Abuse Task Force, 2009-10; Mayor's Anti-Animal Abuse Commission, Baltimore City, 2010-12.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia. Syracuse University, B.S. (theatre), 1984. University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1992. Europa Institute, University of Edinburgh, LL.M. (european union law), 1993. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1993. Law clerk and Associate, Wartzman, Omansky, Blibaum, Simons, Steinberg, Sachs & Sagal, 1994-95. Law clerk to Judge Marvin B. Steinberg, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 1995-96. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Baltimore City Bar Association, 2000-; Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 1999-2005, 2007- (judicial nominating committee, 1999-2003). Member, Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee, 2002-12. Member, Fell's Point Residents' Association, 1994- (president, 1996-98, 2004-06); Fell's Point Task Force, 1997-2006, 2009; Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell's Point, 1998-2008, 2009- (president, 2000-03, 2009; executive board, 2003-08, 2009-). Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2010. Government and Public Interest Lawyer of the Year Award, Baltimore City Bar Association, 2010. Governor's Crime Prevention Award for Outstanding Proactive Crime Prevention Programs in Maryland (for Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office Specialized Prostitution Diversion Program), 2010. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2011.

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