Attorney Profile

Pamela B. Stuart
Washington, District of Columbia
Member

phone
(202) 835-2200 (Washington, DC office)
(772) 492-1223 (Vero Beach, FL office)
(212) 332-8915 (Simon & Partners, LLP, New York, NY office)

fax
(202) 835-2202 (Washington, DC)
(772) 492-1224 (Florida)
(212) 332-8918 (New York)

email
Pamstuart@aol.com

Year firm established:

1992

Areas of Practice:

Antitrust, Advertising and Marketing, and Trade Regulation
Appellate Litigation
Business & Commercial Law
Civil Rights
Congressional Investigations
Contracts
Corporate Governance and Government
InvestigationsDiscrimination
Elder Law
Employment Law
Estate Planning
Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits
Family Law, Divorce, Custody and Visitation
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Government Contracts
Health & Health Care Law
Immigration & Naturalization Law
Intellectual Property - Copyrights and Trademarks
Labor Law
Security Clearance Law
Litigation
Medical Malpractice
Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
Nursing Home
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Probate & Estate Administration
Products Liability Law
Real Estate
Sexual Harassment
Social Security -- Disability
Trusts
Whistleblower/Qui Tam/False Claims Act
White Collar Criminal Defense
Wills

Bar Admissions:

District of Columbia, 1975
State of Maryland, 1992
Commonwealth of Virginia, 1993
State of Florida, 1994
State of New York, 2nd Judicial Department, 1974
U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1979
U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1989
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1994
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1997
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1998
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1999U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1999
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1993
U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Education:

The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1973 J.D. Honors: Cum Laude

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1970 A.B. Honors: With Distinction

Publications:

The Federal Trade Commission, New York: Chelsea House, 1991

"Getting Wired", Association of Trial Lawyers of America, October, 1999

"Back-Alley Assault on Abortion Rights: Proposal Impairs Prosecution of Attacks on Pregnant Women", Legal Times, October, Vol. XXII, No. 22, Page 93,, 1999

"Law is Catching Up With IP Pirates: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Imposes Stiff Penalties for Technological Thievery", Legal Times, September 20, Vol. XXII, No.18, Page S36, 1999

"The Basics of Direct and Cross-Examination of a Fact Witness: How to Tell the Story that Wins the Case", Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, January, 1999

"The Criminalization of Trade Secret Theft: The Economic Espionage Act of 1996", ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, Spring, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1998

"The Criminalization of Trade Secret Theft: The U.S. Economic Espionage Act of 1996", International Enforcement Law Reporter, January, Vol. 14, No.1, 1998

"Want a Beach View or a Garden View? How About a Change of Venue?", Commercial Litigation, Fall, Vol. II, No. 1, 1997

Treaty Traps: How to Guide Your Client through the Maze of Extradition, Criminal Justice, Winter, 1992

"Prosecution, Not Warfare", The National Law Journal, December 10, 1990

"Keeping Your Workplace Drug Free," Business & Health, August, 1989

"The UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods", WITA Trade Trends, May/June, 1988

Lectures/Classes/Seminars/Presentations:

Speaker, "How to Help Your Lawyer Help You Stay Out of Trouble," Joint Spring Conference on Emerging Issues for State and Federal Public Lands Managers, Eastern Lands and Resources Council and Western States Land Commissioners Association, Washington, D.C. (April 2008)

Speaker, "Civility, Ethics, and Lessons Learned over 35 years of Law Practice," Federal American Inn of Court, Washington, D.C. (September 2007)

Speaker, "Pretexting and Other Legal Matters Impacting Security Professionals," Trucking Security and Law Enforcement Conference, American Trucking Associations, Orlando, Florida. (May 2007)

Panelist, "The Nuts and Bolts of U.S. Security Clearances," American Bar Association, Section of International Law Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C. (May 2007)

Faculty member, Employment Laws and How They Impact Human Resource Management, Seminar on Human Resource Management, Certificate Program of the George Washington University, Washington, DC. (July 2006)

Panelist, Secrets and Shortcuts to Settling an Estate, the "I Love You Notebook," The Cosmos Club, Washington, DC, 2006

Book Reviewer, Denial and Deception, by Melissa Mahle (former CIA agent), American Association of University Women of Vero Beach, Florida. (December 2005)

Guest panelist, Washington Month in Review, The Cosmos Club, remarks on the Terri Schiavo case: Implications for Estate Planning and Living Wills. (April 2005).

Commentary on Corporate Directors and Compliance, the need for new types of corporate directors given the changing standards being applied to them, America's Most Influential Women, Sky Radio, American Airlines. (January 2005).

Panelist, "Networking 101," Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, (September 2004).

Co-Organizer/Moderator, The USA Patriot Act and other civil liberties issues arising from the War on Terrorism, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2003

Organizer/Panelist, Planning for Disability, Cosmos Club, Washington, DC, 2003

Speaker, Qui Tam/False Claims Act Developments, American Bar Association's Health Care Fraud National Institute, San Francisco, California, 2002

Organizer/Speaker, New Federal Tax Planning Opportunities After the Enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, The Cosmos Club, 2001

Speaker, The National Response to Terrorism: Individual Rights in the Balance, ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities Council Meeting, 2001

Speaker, Planning for Your Retirement: How to Take Distributions from Retirement Plans, Calhoon MEBA Engineering School, St. Michael's, Maryland, 2001

Speaker, The New Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Old Wine in New Bottles?, Symposium on Alcohol Beverage Law, National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, 2001

Panelist, Atlantic Cable Conference, National Cable Television Association's Office of Cable Signal Theft presentation on cable signal theft, Baltimore, MD. (October 1999)

Direct Examination of an Expert Witness in Cable Signal Theft Case in the High-Tech Courtroom, Demonstration During Program on Technology for the Trial Lawyer: Cutting Costs and the Cutting Edge, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Washington, D.C., October 1999

Minority Witness, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 2436, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 1999 (July 1999)

Book Reviewer, A Certain Justice, by P.D. James, Johns Island Club, Vero Beach, Florida (April 1999).

Speaker, Women's Professional Development Workshop, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1999

Member, program committee, International Law Weekend '98, moderator and panelist, Corporate compliance issues for the US Corporation with Foreign Operations: Should we go along to get along?" Association of the Bar of the City of New York (November 1998).

Member, organizing committee and participant in a mock trial of a franchising case at the annual convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Washington, DC (July 1998).

Member, organizing committee and panelist, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: What You Need to Know To Counsel on Criminal and Civil Matters," co-sponsored by the Litigation Committee of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the International Legal Affairs Committee of the American Corporate Counsel Association (February 1998).

Member, organizing committee and panelist, Joint Representation in Estate Planning Matters under District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar, Washington, D.C. (December 1997).

Member, program committee, International Law Weekend '97, organizer and moderator of panel on Trade Secret Theft -- the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (November 1997).

Panelist for program on Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations, Conference on Corporate Crime in America sponsored by The Corporate Crime Reporter, Washington, DC (October 1997).

Member of the organizing committee and moderator, Florida Bar continuing legal education program, Florida Law Update for out-of-state practitioners, Washington, DC (March 1997).

Panelist, Corporate Legal Times Roundtable, The State of Compliance in Corporate America, Corporate Legal Times, vol. 7, no. 63 (February 1997).

Member, program committee, International Law Weekend '96 organizer and moderator of panels on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Recent Developments in Extradition (Nov. 1996).

Key note speaker and panelist, Conference on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, for Belarussian Government officials, sponsored by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the American Bar Association's Central and East European Law Initiative, Minsk, Belarus (September 1996).

Organizer and moderator, program on the UN War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Annual Convention, American Bar Association, Orlando, Florida (August 1996).

Speaker, "The Compliance Officer as Target: Limiting Legal Risks," Annual Conference on Compliance Programs, Council of Ethical Organizations, Alexandria, Virginia (July 1996).

Organizer and speaker, Estate Planning Seminar, Consular Corps of Washington, D.C. May 1996).

Member, organizing committee, and speaker, "International Extradition of Transnational Criminals: Tactics of the Body Snatchers," International Bar Association, Conference on Borderless Crimes and Criminal Organizations, Dublin, Ireland (May 1996).

Speaker, "Crime and Punishment after the O.J. Simpson trial: A Brief Overview of the Criminal Justice System in the United States," the Consular Corps of Washington, D.C. November 1995).

Speaker, "Challenges in Internal Investigations," Annual Conference on Compliance Programs, Council of Ethical Organizations, Washington, DC (June 1995).

Speaker, "Sex, Lies and Videotapes: Sexual Harrassment from Both Sides Now," Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (May 1995).

Member, organizing committee and speaker, "Primer on International Criminal Law," Southeast White Collar Crime Subcommittee of the White Collar Crime Committee, Section of Criminal Justice, American Bar Association (July 1994).

Organizer and moderator, program on Hong Kong and China: Recent Developments in International Law Enforcement Cooperation, ABA International Criminal Law Committee (January 1994).

Organizer and moderator, program on International Criminal Investigations, ABA International Criminal Law Committee (Fall 1993).

Co-organizer, "Primer on International Criminal Law," American Bar Association Section of Criminal Justice meeting, Miami, Florida (Fall 1993).

Member of a working group responsible for organizing a workshop on the Role and Stature of the Judiciary, Bratislava, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, sponsored by the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI) of the American Bar Association (March 1992).

Organizer, moderator and speaker, program on International Aspects of Criminal Fraud Litigation, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court (January 1992).

Speaker, Coordinating Security Efforts with Law Enforcement Agencies, and Investigative, Evidentiary, and Procedural Issues in Developing Compliance Programs, Handling Corporate Internal Investigations and the Application of Foreign Criminal Laws to US Businesses Abroad, American Society of Industrial Security (December 1991).

Honors and Awards:

Special Achievement Award, Department of Justice, 1982

Alumnae Medal of Honor, Mount Holyoke College, 1990

Meritorious Service Award, Federal Trade Commission, 1978

Washington's Best Lawyer, Washingtonian Magazine, 2004

Department of Justice Special Achievement Award, 1983

FBI Director William Webster, 1984

Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Master of the Bench, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court (focuses on white collar criminal prosecution and defense issues) (1992 --)

Board of Directors, Bar Association of the District of Columbia (1994 - 99; 2000 - 2008)

2008); Committee Chair of the Year (1995); Secretary (1996-97, 2003-04); candidate for President (1997, 2001); Director for Media and Public Affairs (1997-99, 2000-01); (Treasurer (2005 - 2006).

Board of Directors, Anacostia Economic Development Corporation (1993 --)

Board of Directors, Anacostia Holding Co., Inc., Anacostia Marketplace, Inc. (Executive Compensation Committee (2005 -).

Member, Executive Council, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar (1999 --)

Chief election law and voting rights liaison lawyer, Indian River County, Florida Democratic Party (2004, 2006). Volunteer voting rights attorney, 2008.

The Cosmos Club, member, Legal Affairs Committee (1998 -- 2004, 2006 ---) House Committee (2004 - 06)

Member, Advisory Board, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (2006 - present)

President, Federal City Club (2005-06); member, Board of Governors (1992 - 06).

Vice Chair, Committee on Grievances, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1998 - 2002) (appointed by the Chief Judge) (member, 1994-2002)

Member, American Bar Association Coordinating Committee on Immigration Law (appointed by the President of the ABA) (2001 - 2002)

Assistant United States Attorneys Association of the District of Columbia (President 1998-1999)

Co-chair, Subcommittee on Federal Criminal Rules, White Collar Crime Committee, American Bar Association Section of Criminal Justice (1996 - 2001)

Chair, International Criminal Law Committee, ABA Criminal Justice Section (1993-96)

Member, ABA Section of International Law Task Force on War Crimes in Former Yugoslavia (1993--)

Member, ABA Working Group on the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights (1994-1995)

Member, Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia (1985-88; 1991-2006)

Member, Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)

Executive Committee (1995-98) and Associate Member, Consular Corps of Washington, D.C. (1986 -)

Board of Directors, Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College (1986-89, 1992-95)

Board of Directors, Greater Washington Boys and Girls Clubs (1992-94)

Justice, Judiciary Task Force of Coalition for Women's Appointments, National Women's Political Caucus, 1988.

Research associate, (late) Honorable Arthur J. Goldberg, Center for Law and Social Policy (1972). Prepared memorandum and comments on the rights and responsibilities of directors of corporations that Justice Goldberg edited and submitted to the New York Times and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Past Employment Positions:

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Assistant US Attorney, 1979 - 1985

Office of International Affairs, US Department of Justice, Senior Trial Attorney, 1985 - 1987

Bureau of Consumer Protection, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Trial Attorney and Deputy Assistant Director, 1973 - 1979

Lobel, Novins, Lamont & Flug, Member, 1989 - 1992

Ross, Dixon & Masback, Associate Attorney, 1987 - 1989

Birth Information:

February 13, 1949, New York, New York