Owner, GardenVitals LLC    2008-present

GardenVitals is a garden information and consultation service, with a particular focus on native plant habitats. Extensive native plant garden is used as a demonstration project.

Lectures

Habitat Gardening; Native Shrubs for the Home Landscape; Edible Native Plants for the Home Landscape; Birds and Butterflies in the Garden; Right Plant – Right Place; Waterwise Gardening; Removing Invasive Plants; Proper Pruning; Small Fruit in the Garden; Extending Your Harvest; Growing Hydrangeas; Small Bulbs in the Garden; Container Vegetable Gardening; Gardens of Normandy; and others.

Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia

Asset Forfeiture Chief   1997-2014

Developed unit into the top small district office for forfeiture collections. Supervised three staff persons. Provided training to attorneys, agents, and support staff nationally and internationally.   

Developed an innovative database system for managing cases. Participated in the working group to revise Virginia forfeiture laws. Participated in DOJ forfeiture working groups. Also conducted criminal prosecutions involving environmental crimes, fraud, cigarette and alcohol laws, technology transfer, counterfeiting, drugs, and violent crimes.

Principal Assistant U.S. Attorney  2009-2014

Supervised Community Relations Unit with five staff members, overseeing district-wide public initiatives addressing prescription drug abuse, elder fraud, and immigration issues.

Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Hawaii  1989-1997

Extensive criminal and civil forfeiture casework as well as criminal prosecutions involving drugs, violent crimes, fraud; civil actions involving medical malpractice and employment discrimination.

Attorney, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale), Washington D.C. 1987-1988

Significant responsibility for preparation of defense to an action brought by the Consumer Product Safety Commission against the All-Terrain Vehicle Industry, and for the subsequent negotiation and implementation of a ten-year consent decree.

Attorney, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, Hawaii   1985-1987

Personal injury defense, commercial litigation, and professional malpractice defense.

Chemistry and Math Teacher, The Kamehameha Schools, High School Division, Honolulu, Hawaii  1981-1982                                                                                                                              

Marine Environment Chemist, Naval Oceans Systems Center, Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe, Hawaii   1979-1981