Experience

Honors

2007

Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers For Business

2004

Lawyer of the Year,

2003

Star of the Bar Award, Women's Bar Association

2003

Corporate Leadership Award,

2002

Aiming High Award, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund

1998

Wickersham Award for Dedication to the Legal Profession, Friends of the Law Library of Congress

1997

Director of Central Intelligence Award, Central Intelligence Agency

1997

Alumnae Recognition Award, Radcliffe College

1997

Margaret Brent Award,

1997

Outstanding Advocate of the Year, Equal Justice Works

1997

Edmund J. Randolph Award,

1994

Prominent Woman in International Law, Women in International Law Interest Group

1994

Distinguished Service Award, Secretary of Defense

1993

Women Lawyer of the Year, Women's Bar Association

1980

Outstanding Service Award, Secretary of Energy

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AV Rating,

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Judge Learned Hand Award, American Jewish Committee

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Listed,

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Listed, "50 Smartest Women in the Money Business", Money Magazine

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Listed, "500 Leading Lawyers in America",

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Listed, "America's Top Businesswomen", forbes.com

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Listed, "Top 30 Lawyers in Washington",

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Listed, "100 Most Powerful Women",

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Listed, "50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America",

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Listed, "50 Most Powerful Women in Business", Fortune

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Work Experience

2003 - Present

Partner, WilmerHale

1997 - 2003

Vice Chairman, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)

1994 - 1997

Deputy Attorney General of the United States, U.S. Department of Justice

1993 - 1994

General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense

1980 - 1993

, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin

1979 - 1980

Assistant to the Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

1975 - 1979

, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin

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Associations

1992 - 1993

District of Columbia Bar

President

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Education

1975

Harvard University Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1972

Harvard University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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Speaking Engagements

2005

Is Bipartisan Foreign Policy Dead?

Panel Discussion

2005

Four More Years: Inside the Bush Administration

Panel Discussion

2004

Keepers of the Corporate Conscience: The Role of the Board in Ethical Oversight

Raytheon Lectureship in Business Ethics

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Publications

2006

Executive Counsel Many Transnational Deals Now Face a Security Review

2006

WilmerHale Defense, National Security and Government Contracts Update

2005

Federal Communications Law Journal Navigating Communications Regulation in the Wake of 9/11

2004

Executive Counsel Public Policy – Private Peril: Public Policy is a Risk to be Managed

2004

Bentley College, Raytheon Lectureship in Business Ethics Keepers of the Corporate Conscience: The Role of the Board in Ethical Oversight

1995

Harvard Women's Law Journal Women of Justice: Reflections

1995

Hastings Law Journal Prosecutorial Discretion and the Federalization Debate

1994

Judicature Justice Department Contacts with Represented Persons: A Sensible Solution

1992

Internal Investigations The Interview Process

1991

Public Contract Law Journal Restrictions on Release of Government Information

1989

Destruction of Evidence Co-author

1989

The Corporate Litigator Effective Representation of the Corporation, Its Directors, Officers and Employees in Grand Jury and Agency Investigations

1989

Corporate Counsel's Guide to Handling Government Investigations Structuring the Internal Investigation When a Corporation is Faced with Parallel Civil, Criminal and Administrative Proceedings

1988

Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society Parallel Importation After K-Mart v. Cartier (COPIAT)

1983

Destruction of Evidence Co-author

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