DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE

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Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1997-99; Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 1997-99; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1997-99; Judges, Masters and Juvenile Justice Committee, 1997-99; Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, 1997-99; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1997-99; Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism (formerly Governor's Commission on Service), 1997-99; State's Attorneys Liaison Committee, 1997-99; State Board of Victim Services, 1997-99; Governor's Work Force Investment Board, 1997-99. Chair, Commission on Juvenile Justice Jurisdiction, 1998-99. Member, Institutional Educator Pay Plan Committee, 1998; State Advisory Board for Juvenile Justice, 1998-99; Maryland Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families, 1998-99; Advisory Board on After-School Opportunity Programs, 1999; Governor's Task Force on Childproof Guns, 1999; Statewide 800-Megahertz Communications System Oversight Committee, 1999.

Born in New York, New York. Columbia University, B.A., 1976; National Law Center, George Washington University, J.D., 1981. Admitted to New York and District of Columbia Bars. Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 1982-87. Executive Director, Council on Legal Education Opportunity, 1987-89. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1989-97. Trial attorney, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997. Advisory Board, Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Program, 1984-85. President, District of Columbia Hispanic Bar Association, 1984-85 (ex officio, 1986; board member, 1983-84). Board of Directors, District of Columbia Chapter, Federal Bar Association,1986-87. Voting member, District of Columbia Judicial Conference, 1986, 1988-89. Board of Directors, Labor Agency of Metropolitan Washington (AFL-CIO), 1987-89. Board of Editors, The Washington Lawyer (official journal of District of Columbia Bar), 1992-96. Board of Governors, District of Columbia Bar, 1995-98 (treasurer, 1994-95; vice-chair, membership benefits committee, 1986-89). Contributing member, Drop-Out Prevention Committee Report, Arlington, Virginia, Public Schools, 1988. Council member, United Way of Arlington, Virginia, 1989-92. Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award, District of Columbia Bar, 1986. Outstanding Leadership Award, District of Columbia Hispanic Bar Association, 1986. Pro Bono Service Award, National Hispanic Bar Association, 1989.

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