Maryland State Bar Association (Chair, Family and Juvenile Law Section, 1998-1999); and American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section). Women's Bar Association; Women's Law Center (Board Member, 1991-current, President, 1997-1999). Founder: Bruce A. Kaufman Center for Family Law. Member, American Bar Association Foundation, Maryland Bar Foundation.

Author: “Alimony Guidelines – Is It Time?” Maryland Bar Journal (May 2005); "Alimony? It All Depends," Maryland Bar Journal, (May/June, 2002); "Representing Children in Custody Disputes," Maryland Bar Journal, (March/April, 2000); "Legal Rights in Marriage and Divorce in Maryland," Women's Law Center (2001); “Representing Children in Custody Cases,” Maryland Bar Journal (March 2000).

Lecturer – AAML Seminars: 2008 Symposium, “Marital Torts,” Chair, 2005 Symposium, “Parenting Plans,” Chair, 2004 Symposium, “Settling the Domestic Case.” Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL): 2005 – Hot Tips – “Update on Alimony,” 2003 – Hot Tips – “Status of Indefinite Alimony,” 2001 – Hot Tips – “Interim Attorney’s Fees,” Family Law University – “Post-Divorce Issues.” Maryland State Bar Association: 2005 – “Attorney’s Fees.”

Honors: Maryland Daily Record - Leadership in Law Award – 2001; Warfield's Business Record - Maryland's Top 100 Women – 1996, 2003, 2005; Circle of Excellence – 2005; Machen Award – 2005 – awarded by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation for extraordinary service by a member of the private bar to the delivery of legal services to the poor and reform of the legal system.