Admitted
1979, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of Pittsburgh, B.S., magna cum laude, 1976
Memberships
Allegheny County (Member: (Former) Member of Council; Family Law Section; Women in the Law Committee; Support Guidelines Committee; Children's Issues Roundtable, (Co-Chair, 1998-2001); Probate and Trust Section; Professionalism Committee; Co-Chair, Mentor Committee, 1995-1997) and Pennsylvania (Member, Multidisciplinary Statewide Task Force on Child Abuse) Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania (Co-President, 1998-2000; Secretary, 1996-1998); American Inn of Court (Member, Pittsburgh Chapter, 1995-1997; President, Matrimonial Chapter, 1995-1997; Master, 1997-1999; Master Emeritus, 1998-2001)
Biographical
Recipient, Award For Leadership in the Professions Tribute to Women, YWCA. One of five nominees for the Vectors Woman of the Year Award for the legal profession. Business, Family and Divorce Mediator. Seminar Panelist/Lecturer: Response to Abuse; Getting the Boys in the Picture, re: Teenage Fathers; Child Welfare Training Seminar re: Custody and Expungement Appeals; Custody Issues in the Schools, presented to Associations of School Guidance Counsellors; Panelist/Lecturer: Fundamentals of Family Law 1999; numerous CLE seminars for Allegheny County Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association and Womens Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania. Served as Court Appointed Child Advocate. Special Master in Divorce Equitable Distribution Hearings. Former Editor, Child Protective Services Quarterly. Author, Representing the Alleged Child Sexual Offender: A Lawyer's Perspective. Mediator, Family and Business Disputes. Charter Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation.