LegiStorm

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Harvard Law School - JD (1983-1986)

• Princeton University - AB, politics, cum laude (1979-1983)

  Activities and notes: Honors

• Gar-Field Senior High School (Woodbridge, Va.) - Diploma (1975-1979)

Office History

Employment History

• Ivey & Levetown LLP (Jan. 2020-2022)

  Partner

• Price Benowitz LLP (June 2017-Jan. 2020)

  Partner

• Leftwich LLC (Nov. 2012-June 2017)

  Partner

• 4th Congressional District of Maryland (2016)

  Congressional Candidate

• Venable LLP (Jan. 2011-Oct. 2012)

  Partner

• 4th Congressional District of Maryland (2012)

  Congressional Candidate

• Prince George's County (Md.) State's Attorney Office (2002-2010)

  State's Attorney

• Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP (2000-2002)

  Partner

• Maryland Public Service Commission (1998-2000)

  Chair

• Senate Democratic Minority Leader (1997-1998)
  Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD)

  Chief Counsel

• Senate Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters (1995-1997)
  Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)

  Counsel

• Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee (1994-1995)

  Counsel

• U.S. Department of Justice (1990-1994)

  Assistant U.S. Attorney

• Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) (1987-1988)

  Senior Legislative Assistant

• Gordon Feinblatt LLC (1986-1987)

  Associate

Associated Organizations

Volunteer service:

• Cheverly (Md.) Boys & Girls Club

  Youth Coach

Board membership:

• Princeton University

  Member, Alumni Schools Committee

• Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

• Bar Association of the District of Columbia

  Member, Board of Governors

• Maryland Legal Services Corp.

  Chair

• Harvard Law School Association

  President, D.C. Chapter

Membership:

• Kiwanis Club of Mitchellville (Md.)

Bar membership:

• J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association

• Prince George's County (Md.) Bar Association

• District of Columbia Bar (1988-)

• Maryland State Bar (1987-)

Place of worship:

• Cheverly (Md.) United Methodist Church

  Member and Former Trustee

Election campaign:

• Glenn Ivey for Congress (Maryland)

Teaching position:

• Harvard Law School (Jan. 2013-Jan. 2015)

  Adjunct Teacher

• University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (1995-2014)

  Adjunct Professor

Awards

• Top Lobbyists & Influencers (Lawyers of Color) (Aug. 2019)

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Listed as lobbyist by registrants:

• K&L Gates LLP (2001-2004)
• Leftwich LLC (2013-2014)
• Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP (2001-2002)

Lobbied on behalf of:

• Ad Hoc Mail Safety Group
• Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc.
• Amec Foster Wheeler plc
• American Nuclear Insurers
• American Society for Radiation Oncology
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Privately Financed Travel

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Ethics Committee
• House Homeland Security Committee
House Homeland Security Committee Oversight, Investigations and Accountability Subcommittee, Ranking Member
• House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight Subcommittee

Caucuses

• 5G Caucus
• Aquaculture Caucus
• Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
• Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force
• Black Maternal Health Caucus
• Congressional America 250 Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus Advocacy and Litigation Task Force, Co-Chair
• Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Working Group, Co-Chair
• Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Homelessness
• Congressional Caucus on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Technology
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Disaster Equity and Building Resilience Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional Fire Services Caucus
• Congressional High Tech Caucus
• Congressional Kidney Caucus
• Congressional Labor Caucus
• Congressional Mentoring Caucus
• Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
• Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
• Congressional Shellfish Caucus
• Congressional Tri-Caucus
• Congressional Wine Caucus
• Democratic Faith Working Group
• Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
• House Democratic Caucus
• House Ethiopian-American Caucus, Co-Chair
• House Hunger Caucus
• House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition
• New Democrat Coalition
• New Democrat Coalition Action Fund
• New Democrat Coalition Health Care, Substance Use and Mental Health Task Force
• Second Chance Task Force

Caught Our Eye

• CBC trip to Israel and Rwanda was some of the all-time highest interest-group spending on private congressional travel

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 2, 2023
  Last month, Congressional Black Caucus members traveled to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before continuing to Rwanda - a trip that represents some of the highest-ever spending by an interest group on private congressional travel. read more