State's Attorney, Prince George's County, January 2003 to January 3, 2011.
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1990-94. Counsel to Banking Committee and Whitewater Committee, U.S. Senate, 1994-96. Former chief counsel to U.S. Senator Tom Daschle, 1996-98. Former senior legislative assisant, U.S. Representative John Conyers.
Chair, Board of Directors, Maryland Legal Services Corporation, 2012-.
Princeton University, A.B. (politics), with honors, 1983; Harvard University Law School, J.D., 1986. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987; District of Columbia Bar, 1988. Attorney. Litigation Department, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, 1986-87. Associate, Preston, Gates, Ellis, & Rouvelas, 1989-90. Partner, Preston, Gates, Ellis, & Rouvelas, Meeds, 2000-03. Partner, Venable LLP, 2011-12. Partner, Leftwich & Ludaway, 2012-. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (criminal law & practice section); Prince George's County Bar Association; J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association. Board of Governors, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 2001-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2004. Member, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association; National Association of Black Prosecutors; Harvard Law School Association of Maryland; Princeton Alumni Schools Committee; Kiwanis Club of Mitchellville. Advisory Board, CeaseFire Maryland. Adjunct faculty, University of Maryland School of Law, 1996-. Member, Cheverly United Methodist Church. Married; six children.
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