B.A., Upsala College, magna cum laude; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law; Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law specializing in Torts, Products Liability and Health Law; formerly an Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney's Office in Portland, Oregon; responsible for affirmative civil rights litigation and the Community Relations Unit; founding Trustee of the Northwest Health Foundation, serving as Chair of the Grants Committee for over three years; former Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law for over 10 years, specializing in Antitrust, Torts and Women and the law; litigated with the Antitrust and Civil Divisions of the United States Department of Justice. Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; Associate Member of the Virginia Bar.