B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; J.D., Temple University School of Law; Deputy Staff Counsel to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; member of the Pennsylvania, Maryland and D.C. bars, also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for D.C., Maryland, and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as well as in the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the D.C. Circuit, the Federal Circuit, and the Armed Forces; regular lecturer on local practice at the D.C. Bar 's Mandatory Course for New Admittees; and, creator and moderator of annual D.C. Bar continuing legal education course on practicing before the D.C. Court of Appeals.