Areas of Experience

Personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, employment, contracts, construction, real estate, governmental issues, professional liability, and defamation.

Professional Experience

• Served as a Senior Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
• Former Chief Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals.  Former Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
• Former Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of General Sessions (later, the Superior Court).
• Former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
• Former Corporate Counsel: Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.; Ohio Bell Telephone Co.
• Former Attorney, Department of Justice Attorney General’s Honor Program, Civil Division.
• Adjunct Professor, George Washington University Law School.  Professor, District of Columbia School of Law.

Affiliations

• Past or current Member of the Board of Directors: Christ Lutheran Church, Opportunities Industrialization Center; St. Albans School; Washington Athletic Club; American Cancer Society (D.C.).
• Inductee, Washington Bar Association Hall of Fame, 2010.