Recipient: Alumni Achievement Award, Catholic University of America Alumni Association, 2010; Marie Lambert Award, American Association for Justice Women Caucus 2007; Presidential Award, National Bar Association, 1996; Charlotte E. Ray Award, Greater Washington Area Chapter, Women's Division, National Bar Association, 1998; Trial Lawyer of the Year, Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., 2000-2001; Star of the Bar, Women's Bar Association 2003; ABA Torts-Insurance Practice Section Pursuit of Justice Award, 2002. Senior Attorney, Federal Election Commission, 1987-1990. Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Georgetown Law School, 1999. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; Super Lawyers, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.