Assistant State's Attorney, Montgomery County, 1972-75. Special Assistant to Attorney General, 1975. Assistant State's Attorney, Anne Arundel County, 1975-83. Member, State's Attorneys' Coordination Council, 1990-92; State Board of Victim Services, 1990-92; Judicial Liaison Committee, 1992-96. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Talbot County, 2004-; Maryland Access to Justice Commission, 2008-; Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2008-; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2008-; Maryland State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2008-.
University of North Carolina, A.B. (political science), 1968; Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 1971. Law clerk to Judge Irving A. Levine, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 1971-72. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1972. Attorney. Associate Attorney, Campen & Walsworth, P.A., 1986-92. Associate Attorney, Cowdry, Thompson & Karsten, P.A., 1992-99. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors, 1997-99, 2001-03, 2005-; judicial selections committee; criminal subcommittee of pattern jury instruction committee, 2002-). President, Talbot County Bar Association, 2010-. Member, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association (board of directors; president, 1993-95, 2007-; past chair, training committee; past chair, legislative committee). State Director, National District Attorneys Association, 2007-08 (board of governors, 1993-95). President, Maryland Municipal Attorneys' Association, 2007-08.
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