Professional Experience
West Virginia University
College of Law, West Virginia
Visiting Associate Professor and Director, Entrepreneurship
Law Clinic - 2010 - Present
Committees: West Virginia University
Faculty Senate Parliamentarian
JD/MBA Committee
Facilitator, MCPS Study
Circles - 2006 - Present
Montgomery County Public Schools
Study Circles (Part-Time Certified Facilitator), MD
Board Chair, General
Counsel and Founder - 2003 - Present
National Institute for Urban Entrepreneurship
(NIUE), Greater Washington, DC
Executive Director,
Mediator, Trainer, Facilitator and Fundraiser - 2007
- 2008
Conflict Resolution Center of
Montgomery County (CRCMC), MD
Managing Vice President
and National Director of Clinical Programs - 2002 -
2003
Institute for Justice ("IJ"),
Washington, DC
Founding Director, Senior Lecturer
at Law and Staff Attorney - 1998 - 2002
The University of Chicago Law
School, IJ Clinic on Entrepreneurship, Chicago, IL
General Practitioner
1994 - 1998
Patricia H. Lee & Associates,
Ltd., Oak Park, IL
Adjunct Lecturer at DePaul University
School of Law, Chicago, IL
1996 - 1997
Visiting professor at
Northern Illinois University School of Law, DeKalb,
IL
1994 - 1996
McDonald's Corporation,
Oak Brook, IL
Senior Corporate Attorney and
Staff Director
1984 - 1994
Publications
The Role and Impact
of Clinical Programs on Entrepreneurship and Economic
Growth, pending Chapter in upcoming book due summer
2011
America, yes we did!, Pathways Magazine, December 2008
Eminent domain: In the
aftermath of Kelo v. New London, A resurrection in Norwood:
One
public interest attorney's view, Western New England
College of Law, 29 W. NEW ENG. L. REV. 121 (2006).
None of the topics are
laughing matters, Howard University Hilltop, Washington,
DC (2005).
Board Service
- Community Mediation
Maryland Board Member (2007 - 2008);
- Ashton Preserve
HOA Board & VP (2003 - 2004)
- Mid-County Citizens'
Advisory Board (2004 - 2008), Legislative Committee
Chair and Associate Liaison
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Areas of Practice
Entrepreneurship Law
Urban Entrepreneurship
Real Estate Finance
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Education
University
of Maryland, Univ. College, Adelphi, MD
Doctor of Management, Coursework for one year
Sept. 2009 - April 2010
Syracuse Whitman School
of Management
The Syracuse University Program in Entrepreneurship
and
Emerging Enterprises Experiential Classroom V
Sept. 16 - 19, 2004
Northwestern University
School of Law, Chicago, IL
Juris Doctorate, May 1982
Northwestern University
College of Arts & Sciences, Evanston, IL
Bachelors of Arts & Sciences, May 1978
Degree: Economics and a focus in Mathematics
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