Probate practitioner since 1986; Steering Committee Member, Estates, Trusts & Probate Law Section, D.C. Bar, 1999-2006; D.C. Superior Court Probate Education Committee, 2002-2013; D.C. Superior Court Fiduciary Panel, 1986-2002; Board on Professional Responsibility, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1997-2003; Estates & Trusts Section, Maryland State Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Yale University (B.A. 1974); Stanford Law School (J.D. 1977); Law Clerk to the Hon. Ben C. Duniway, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1977-1978; Staff Attorney, D.C. Public Defender Service, 1979-1984; Clinical Instructor and Lecturer, Antioch School of Law, 1984-1985