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       PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

                  American Bar Association, 1979 – present.

Commission on Women in the Profession, Member, 2006-2009.

                Chair, Publications Comm.; Chair, CWP Inaugural Video & Essay Contest;

                Member, Perspectives Editorial Board; CWP Liaison SOGI Commission; Breast Cancer

                Taskforce Comm.; Goal IX Report Comm.; Oral History Comm.; Strategic Planning -

                Programming Comm.

He              Heath Law Section, ABA Breast Cancer Task Force, Executive Comm. CWP Representative, 2007-09.

      ABA House of Delegates, Bar Assoc. of Baltimore City representative, August 2006.

      Commission on Women in the Profession, Liaison Representative, 2002-2005. 

                Women of Color Research Initiative Committee.

Judicial Division, Lawyers Conference, 2004 – present.

Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section, 1999 – present.

Family Law Section, 1981 – present.

            World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Inc., (formerly the Harry Benjamin

                International Gender Dysphoria Association, Inc.),1999 – 2009.

                Chair, Legal Issues Committee, 2005 – 2009. Legal Issues Committee, 1999 – 2009.

           National Lesbian & Gay Law Association, 1999 – 2005.

                Board Director, At Large, 1999 – 2005.  Liaison Representative, ABA Commission on Women

                in the Profession, 2002 - 2005. Finance Committee, 2001–2005. Membership Committee, 1999–2001.

           National Association of Women Lawyers, 2000 – present.

           Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 1993 – 2002.

           American Arbitration Association, 1993 - 99.  Panel of Arbitrators: Family Law

           State Bar of Georgia, 1980 – present. (Inactive.)

           Maryland State Bar Association, 1984 – present. Family Law Section, 1984 – present.

     Women’s Bar Association of Maryland, 1999 – present.  Montgomery County Chapter

       AWARDS:

            2008  Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce - Transgender Business Person

2007 Trinity Award for Community Service from the International Foundation for Gender Education.         

       PUBLICATIONS:

       Breast Cancer Advocacy Guide, Revised 2009, ABA Publishing (2009). Contributing author.

       Cause of Action for Change of Legal Gender, 24 COA2d 135 (2004), Thomson/West Publishing. Lead author.

       Slavery, Sex & Gender, and The Ancient Doctrine of Stare Decisis: A Re-Examination of the Doctrine In

       Light of Time Influenced Legal Reasoning and The Current State of Transgender Legal Issues,

               2 Geo. J. Gender & L. 735 (No.3, Summer 2001). Primary author.

       Y2K – Looking Forward And Back On Marriage, 33 Md. B. J. 48 (May/June 2000).

       TEACHING AND LECTURES:

           ABA Continuing Legal Education Programs (Representative)    

              “Diversity Initiatives Workshop,” Comm. On Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession. 2008.

  “New Family Relationships: A Reality In Search Of The Law” (Presidential CLE), 2003.

  “Estate Planning for Same Sex Couples,” (CLE), 2001.

  “The Impact Of Transsexuals, Intersexed, And Transgenders On Marriage And Divorce” (CLE), 2000.

           Other Continuing Legal/Medical Education Programs (Representative)

              Bar Association Programs

              “Closer Than You Think: Getting Ready to Retire from the Practice of Law – Knowing When

                  To Go,” Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc., (CLE), 2004.

              “’What’s Love Got To Do With It’… The Transsexual and Marriage, Familiar and Familial

                  Relationships And A Reversal of Fortune (Catching Up to the Past),” Stonewall Law Association

                  of Greater Houston, Alternative Family Law Seminar, (CLE), 2003.

              Law School, University, College and Professional Programs

              “North American Update & International Bill of Gender Rights, Transgender Legal Theory to

                  Application,” ILGA 2006 Pre-Conference Panelist. Geneva, Switzerland, 2006.           

               “Legal Aspects of Transgenderism: ‘Reversal Of Fortune (Or, Catching Up to the Past - The

                   Transsexual Journey),’” Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Inc.,

                   XVIII Harry Benjamin International Symposium On Gender Dysphoria – Symposium, (CLE/CME),

                   Ghent, Belgium, 2003.

               “Transgender Legal Issues and Their Relevance to Bar-Required Courses,” American Association

                   of Law Schools, Annual Meeting, 2003.

               “NOT FOR TRANSSEXUALS ONLY: The Civil Rights of Transgendered Persons And Why They

                   Matter For All Of Us: How Courts Determine A Person’s Sex,” American University –

                   Washington College of Law, 2002.

“Gender,              Sex and the Law,” Sociology - Sexuality and Society, Oberlin College, 2002.

“Gender,              Sexuality & the Law,” Sociology 397G, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, 2001.