Admissions
1980, Maryland
1980, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
1982, District of Columbia
1984, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. Supreme Court
1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
1988, New York
1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
2002, California
2002, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
2008, Illinois
Memberships
Bar Association of Anne Arundel County
The District of Columbia Bar
Maryland State (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1986-1987
Member, Committee on Judicial Appointments, 1991-1992) and American (House of Delegates: Chair, Teller's Committee, 1994-1995
Delegate-at-Large, 1988—
Select Committee of the House
Young Lawyers' Division Delegate, 1987-1988
Member, Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 2002-2005
Chair and Member, Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, 1993-1999) Bar Associations
State Bar of California
Women's Bar Association of Maryland (President, 1987-1988)
American Counsel Association (President, 2002-2003)
Member, Committee on Admissions and Discipline, D.C. Circuit, 2004—)
American Law Institute.
Bar Fellowship
American Bar Foundation (Life Fellow); Maryland Bar Foundation.