Judge, Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia
(Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax)

Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1100, McLean, Virginia, and
Columbia Square, 555 13th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Counsel, 1991-1993; Associate, 1985-1990. Practice concentrated on commercial litigation in state and federal courts in Virginia, as well as general commercial law, focusing on lending and real estate transactions.

Boothe, Prichard & Dudley
Fairfax, Virginia
(Now part of McGuireWoods LLP)

Associate in firm's business group. Practice emphasized bankruptcy litigation and general business law.

University of Virginia School of Law
Charlottesville, Virginia
J.D., 1981

Wellesley College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
A.B., Political Science, 1978

University of Virginia School of Law
Charlottesville, Virginia
Lecturer in Trial Advocacy
1997-2002

Virginia State Bar Course on Professionalism
Faculty Member
1997-2000

Virginia State Bar Course on Professionalism for Law Students
Faculty Member
2001 - Present

Virginia State Bar
Member 1981-present;
Judicial Liaison to the Board of Governors of the Real Property Section, 1993-present;
5th District Disciplinary Committee (member 1990-1993; Vice Chair: 1992-1993; Chair, Panel II, 1992-1993)

Virginia Bar Association
Member 1981-present; Patron 1993-present

Virginia Women Attorneys Association
Member 1995-present

Fairfax Bar Association
Member 1981-present
Member of Circuit Court Committee.

Judicial Council of Virginia
Member, Benchbook Committee, 1999-present
Lecturer, Mandatory Judicial Conference on the topic of "Review of Civil Cases Decided by the Virginia Supreme Court," 1997-present

Judicial Performance Evaluation Task Force
Member, Executive Committee of Interim Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, 2003 - present
Task Force Member September 2000-present
Chair: Survey, Scope and Design Committee

Gender Bias Task Force
Member 1998-2000
Chair: Substantive Law Committee