Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: Moot Court Appellate Advocacy Award; William P. Cunningham Exceptional Achievement Award, 1979. Law Clerk to United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, 1979-1980. Seminars Conducted: BAPCPA Redemption and Reaffirmation, December, 2006; Extending Automatic Staty, June, 2006; Exemptions, April, 2006; Domestic Support Obligations, November, 2005; Consumer Practice under BAPCPA, October 2005; Means Testing under BAPCPA, September, 2005; Lien Stripping under BAPCPA, September 2005; Revised Article 9 UCC in Maryland, July 2002; Creditors' Rights in Bankruptcy, December 2001. Member, U.S. Panel of Trustees, 1980-1996.