Practice areas

• Trusts and Estates
• Estate Planning
• Wills
• General Civil Practice

Bar Admissions

• Maryland, 1992
• U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2004

Education

• J.D., with honors, University of Maryland, 1992, Order of the Coif

• Ph.D., Yale University, 1981
• B.A., Princeton University, summa cum laude, 1975

Associations

• Maryland State Bar Association
• Baltimore County Bar Association

Other professional experience

•  Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert C. Murphy, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1993

Languages

• Spanish, French, Italian, German and Dutch