Professional Associations & Memberships:
State Bar of Georgia, Board of Governors, 2011 - 2019 Atlanta Circuit, Post 3, Elected 2013 - 2019 Member-At-Large, Post 1, Appointed 2011 - 2013 Finance Committee Member, 2014 - 2017 Programs Committee Member, 2012 - 2015, VICE-CHAIR 2014 - 2019 Local & Voluntary Bar Committee Member, 2011 - 2018 Law Practice Management Committee Member, 2013 - 2018; CHAIR 2015 - 2019 Audit Committee Member, 2015 - 2019
Atlanta Bar Association Elected to Board of Directors, 2008 - 2010 Judicial Selection & Tenure Committee, 2013 - 2016 Co-Chair, Minority & Diversity Clerkship Program, 2009 - 2010 Member, Estate Planning & Probate Section
Stonewall Bar Association Board of Directors, 2001 - 2010 President, 2002 - 2003 Vice President/President Elect, 2001 - 2002 http://www.stonewallbar.org Legal Professionals serving the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Communities Recipient, Outstanding Service to the Stonewall Community Award, 2012
Multi-Bar Leadership Council Coalition of 14 Georgia Minority Bar Associations Founding Member & Council Member, 2001 - 2010 Chair, 2004 - 2005
Atlanta Bar Association, Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section Board of Directors: 1995-2001, 2002-2004; Chairperson, 1999-2000 Vice Chair/Chair Elect, 1998-1999; Secretary/Treasurer, 1997-1998
The National LGBT Bar Association National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Bar Association, an Affiliate of the American Bar Association. http://www.lgbtbar.org/
Georgia Equality, Inc. Chair of the Board of Directors, 2006 - 2007 Co-Chair, Political Committee, 2004 - 2005 Member, Board of Directors, 2004 - 2007 http://www.georgiaequality.org A Statewide educational and political advocacy group representing the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community
Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Nominated Member of the Year 2013 Nominated Business Woman of the Year 2009 http://www.atlantagaychamber.org/
Profiled in the January/February, 2007 issue of CURVE Magazine, Ten Powerful Lesbians in the South.
City of Atlanta Living Wage Ordinance Independent Review Commission Commission Member, appointed by Mayor Shirley Franklin, 2003 - 2004
Education:
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, May, 1986, Juris Doctor Degree Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, June, 1976, B.S. Major: Biology, Minor: Chemistry. Co-Founder, WKU SCUBA Club.
Bar Admissions: State of Georgia, 1986 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1986 Georgia Court of Appeals, 1987 Supreme Court of Georgia, 1987
Past Employment Positions: National Park Service, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, Park Ranger; Discovered "Kathleen's Crawl" in 1978, a passageway now used on the Wild Cave Tour.
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