LEGAL EDUCATION
Juris Doctorate conferred Quinnipiac University School of Law 1988
Executive Managing Editor, The Connecticut Probate Law Journal, 1987-88
Published Author, Student Note, Vol. 3 No.1 (1987)
"The Process of Freeing a Child for Adoption and the Implications of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980."
Member, Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honors Fraternity, Burns Inn, September 14, 1986
Who's Who Among American Law Students 1987 and 1988
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Vanderbilt University, 1984
Gamma Phi Beta International Sorority, Alpha Theta chapter, April 26, 1981
Recording Secretary 1983-84
Parliamentarian 1982-83
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born New York City, April 7, 1962
One horse and one terrier
Hobbies: kayaking, riding, swimming, rowing, biking, gardening,
cooking, writing novels and painting watercolor landscapes
Author, Stay Balanced! (Legal Fiction) Lakeland Terrier Press, LLC (2011)
Author, Eyes Up, Heels Down (Legal Fiction) Lakeland Terrier Press, LLC (2011)
Manager, Lakeland Terrier Press, LLC www.lakelandterrierpress.com
Signature Member, Connecticut Watercolor Society
Exhibiting Member, Rowayton Arts Center
Award, 3rd prize, Walter Brooks Memorial Watercolor Show 2008
Member, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
Participant, Alumni Admissions Interviewing Program, Vanderbilt University
CERTIFICATION
Admitted to the Connecticut Bar December 5, 1988
Admitted to the United States District Court, District of Connecticut July 7, 1989
Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit May 5, 2006
Admitted to the United States Supreme Court August 21, 2006
Founder and Chair, Professional Women's Alliance of Connecticut
Member, Litchfield County Bar Association
Certified in Mediation and Collaborative Practice
Reported cases include:
Roth v. Weston, Conn. 202 (2002);
Cambodian Buddhist Society of CT, Inc. v. Newton P&Z, 285 Conn. 381 (2008)
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copyright Nell Mednick
