Associate Judge, Montgomery County, District 6, District Court of Maryland, September 2, 2010 to April 10, 2014.
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of Attorney General, 1988-90. Assistant Public Defender, Montgomery County, 1990-2010.
Member, Joint Gang Prevention Task Force, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, 2004. Character Committee, 7th Judicial Circuit, Court of Appeals, 2008-10.
Born in Summit, New Jersey, October 15, 1960. University of Maryland College Park, B.S. (english), 1982. University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1986 (editor, law forum, 1985-86). Law clerk to Chief Judge Richard P. Gilbert, Court of Special Appeals, 1986-88. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987; U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1988. Associate, Rabineau & Peregoff, 1987-88. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Montgomery County Bar Association (long-range planning committee, 2003-04; executive committee, 2005-07; judicial selections committee, 2005-10; secretary, 2007-08; treasurer-elect, 2009-10; treasurer, 2010; chair, budget committee). Member, National Hispanic Bar Association; Hispanic Bar Association of District of Columbia; Maryland Hispanic Bar Association (president, 2003-04); Montgomery County Chapter, Maryland Women's Bar Association; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney's Association. Bar Leader, Montgomery County Bar Foundation, 2006-. Judge, Maryland Statewide High School Mock Trial Competition, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013. Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, The American University, 2007-. Appreciation Award, Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, 2004-05. Outstanding Committee Chair of the Year, Montgomery County Bar Association, 2008. Leadership Award, Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, 2010.
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