Admitted
1991, Pennsylvania; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Temple University, J.D., 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
Pennsylvania State University, B.S.W., 1979; Temple University, M.S.W., 1980; University of Pennsylv
Memberships
Philadelphia (Chair, Legal Rights for Children, 1999-2001) and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Recipient, Marvin Wolfgang Award for Child Advocacy and Teaching, Philadelphia, 1998. CASA Instructor, 1998-2002; CLE Course Preparation Advanced Evidentiary Issues for Child Dependency/Custody, 1997; CLE -Death Penalty Mitigation, 1999; CLE- Child Sexual Abuse and Expert Witnesses, 2002. Member: Board of Directors, Court Appointed Special Advocates; American Professional Association on the Abuse of Children; National Association of Counsel for Children; National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Advisory: Restructure of Philadelphia Dependency Court; Department of Human Services, CASA. Expert Witness: State and Federal Court- Juvenile Amenability to Treatment; State- child sexual abuse, child welfare, child abuse/neglect.