She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA, where she was National College Debate Champion, finishing first place in the largest and most prestigious college debate league.
She graduated from Yale Law School in 1986 where she won first place in the highly competitive Moot Court competition, judged by soon-to-be-special prosecutor Ken Starr. She is admitted to the Bars of both New York and California.
Mother of son, Sam, and daughter, Sarah.
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Considers the Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania her adopted home town.