Assistant Attorney General, Department of the Environment, 1989-94. Chief Counsel, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 1995-99. Democratic Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1997-99. Member, Howard County Councilmanic Redistricting Commission, 2001. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, 1962. Attended Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools; Colgate University, B.A. (international relations/political science), summa cum laude, 1985; Harvard University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1988. Law clerk to Judge Herbert F. Murray, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1988-89. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1988; District of Columbia Bar, 1989. Attorney. Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery, 2000-. Member, District of Columbia Bar Association. Director of Research, Citizens for Sarbanes, 1994. Columnist, Global eCommerce Law and Business Report. Legislative Liaison, Community Rights Coalition; Coalition Against Childhood Lead Poisoning, 1995. Member, Howard County Democratic Central Committee, 1999-2002. President, Columbia Democratic Club, 2001-02. Award of merit, Department of the Environment, 1993. Governor's Salute to Excellence, 1995. Legislator of the Year, Maryland State's Attorneys Association, 2003. Married; three children.
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