Illinois State Bar Association (Chair, Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 2011; Member, 2005-2011; Vice-Chair, Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education, June 2009-2011; Secretary, Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 2007-2009; Chair, Standing Committee on Mental Health Law, 2002-2003; Vice-Chair, Standing Committee on Mental Health Law, 2001-2002; Secretary, Standing Committee on Mental Health Law, 2000-2001; Standing Committee on Mental Health Law, 1998-2004; Standing Committee on Women and the Law Member, 2007 Criminal Justice Section Council Member, 2005 Elder Law Section Council Member, 2001-2003); American Bar Association (Vice-Chair of Criminal Justice Section Council for Professional Development/CLE, 1997-98; Assistant Secretary of Criminal Justice Section Council, 1988-89; Criminal Justice Section Council member 1988-93; Co-Chair, Legal Problems of the Elderly Committee, Criminal Justice Section, 2006-2010; Chair/Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Committee, Women in Criminal Justice Community, 1998-2006; Liaison from Criminal Justice Section to ABA Commission on Women, 1998-2001; Co-Chair, ABA/American Psychological Association; Symposium on Psychology and Criminal Law, Washington, D.C., October 14-17, 1999); Women's Bar Association of Illinois (President, 2004-2005; First Vice-President, April-May 2004; Second Vice-President, 2003-2004; Treasurer, 2002-2003; Corresponding Secretary, 2001-2002; Board of Directors, 2000-2006; Co-Chair, Annual Dinner, 2003, 2006 and 2009; Co-Chair, Joint Professional Dinner 2000 and 2001; Programming Co-Chair, 1999-2000; Joint WBAI-CBA Elder Women's Task Force, 1999; Chicago Bar Association (Strategic Planning Committee, 2005-2006; Criminal Law Committee, 2009; Mental Health Law Committee, 1998-2005):Decalogue Society of Lawyers (Board of Managers, 2011-present, Judicial Reception Committee, 2008 Events Committee, 2009); Justinian Society of Lawyers; Women's Criminal Defense Bar Association; West Suburban Bar Association; Northwest Suburban Bar Association; North Suburban Bar Association; Illinois Bar Foundation (Grant Review Committee, 2006); Anshe Emet Synagogue (Volunteer, Night Ministry Feeding the Homeless Project, 2006); American Jewish Congress-Midwest Region (Governing Council, 1999-2004). Professional Activities: Speaker on issues pertaining to criminal justice, women, elder law, and mental health as well as trial competition evaluator and demonstrator. Highlights include: Women in Criminal Justice: Justice Delivered or Denied? Moderator and Speaker, Illinois State Bar Association, February 25, 2010; Governor's Elder Rights Conference, Moderator and Panelist, July 16, 2009; Women in Criminal Justice, CLE Speaker, Decalogue Society of Lawyers, May 14, 2008; Connecting the Pathways: 1st Annual Collaborative Juvenile Justice Conference, Welcome Address, Springfield, October 31, 2007; Justice for Girls: Delivered or Denied? Moderator, Illinois State Bar Association, October 4, 2007; Supervised Child Visitation & Exchange Services, City of Chicago Mayor's Office on Domestic Violence, Welcome Address, August 30, 2007; Illinois Integrated Justice Information Systems Summit, Welcome Address and Panelist, Naperville, June 2005 and Springfield, June 2007; Women's Bar Association of Illinois Tribute to Justice Mary Ann McMorrow, Master of Ceremonies, July 12, 2006; Female Offenders, Speaker, Illinois State Bar Association's Women and the Law Committee, May 4, 2006; Kids in a Jam, Planning Committee, Illinois State Bar Association, December 8, 2005; Public Safety Public Hearings Moderator, Governor's Community Safety and Re-Entry Group, East St. Louis and Peoria, April and May 2005; Welcome Address, Making Your Own Rain, Women's Bar Association of Illinois, May 18, 2005; Illinois Bar Swearing-In Ceremonies, Speaker as WBAI President, November 2004 and May 2005; Women in Government, Panelist, Women's Bar Association of Illinois, April 20, 2005; Illinois Juvenile Justice, Welcome Address, March 2, 2005; Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Public Innovator Award Luncheon, Acceptance Address on Behalf of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, November 19, 2004; Legal Rights of Breast Cancer Patients, Welcome Address, American Bar Association-Women's Bar Association of Illinois, October 2004; Bureau of Justice Assistance, Welcome Address, Rave/Club Drugs Seminar, September 20, 2004; Combating Elder Abuse, Organizer and Speaker, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Champaign, Illinois, November 5, 2004 and Rosemont, June 10, 2004; Criminal Prosecution in Elder Abuse Cases, Illinois Guardianship Association, Springfield, April 27, 2004; Elder Justice, Luncheon Speaker, Office of the Attorney General, Tinley Park, October 16, 2003; Balance and Restorative Juvenile Justice Summit, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Welcome Address, September 25, 2003; Spotting, Prosecuting and Preventing Elder Abuse, Organizer and Moderator, Women's Bar Association of Illinois, February 3, 2003; Mental Health Issues, Illinois State Bar Association and Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Skokie, December 23, 2002; WBAI-CBA Joint Task Force on Elder Women's Issues, Cable TV Program Co-Coordinator, 1999-2001; Governor's Conference on Aging and Human Services, Presenter, Chicago, December 2000; ABA/American Psychological Association Symposium on Psychology and Criminal Law Symposium Co-Chair, Washington, D.C., October 14-17,1999; Cook County Sheriff's Law Enforcement Award, Recipient, April 1996; National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, Juror, Final Competition, 1992, 1996,1997, 2000 and 2002; Courtroom TV, California v. Erik and Lyle Menendez, Guest Commentator, August 12,1993.