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JANICE L.KEPHART-T*ORrRTS

Public Sector Experience

SENATE JUDICIARY SUBCOMOVOTTEE ON TECHNOLOGY, Tl RRORISM, AND
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, Washington, D.C.
Counsel to Subcommittee Chairman, Senator Jon Kyi.
February 1997 to November 1998.
Major responsibilities:
• Legislation. Drafted "Identity Theft" bill. Part of drafting team o "Year 2IXX) Disclosure"
bill. Negotiated both bills' terms with the Clinton administration, t •>« ijenate ?,nd House, and
industry. Both passed Senate and House unanimously and became '.aw in Oc t '98.
• Bearings. Prepared 5 hearings on U.S. foreign terrorist activities, mtismet c -inies, identity
theft legislation, raethamphetamtne abuse in Arizona, and the Atlar! a Olymp u. bombing.
Provided support for eight others. Topics included encryption, cyt .irtimirisir..' critical
infrastructure protection, chemical / biological terrorism, and coun ertiTroris n policy.
• Reports. Produced oo.e legislative Senate report (identity theft) an 1 aieheai i 1.5 record report
(Immigration and Naturalization Services' responsibility in countei terrorism efforts).
• Oversight Conducted oversigtit of 1996 sati-terronsm law and r< '.atod programs.
• Press. Wrote Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report e< itoaals; Vuiatorial letters
and statements. Produced hearings that received good pi ess. Deal w.rtx repo-.teis directly both
in person and on the telephone. '

Volunteer Attorney to Subcommittee Chairman, Senator Arkn Specie; .

April 1996 to January 1997.
Major responsibilities: Prepared two hearings, advised on legishidou, wro' z lijjal m< i nos.

Private Sector Experience.

ATTORNEY. Wilson & Silvcrstein, Philadelphia Pa. Oct.'9:-'. to June ' 4. (Adra;it«i'92)
Major responsibilities: ciwl litigator representing i\iore than 90 clients in s ate arid fulirrul court;
PARALEGAL.
• Civil Litigation- Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, P; S;pt. '8 i to Sept. '89.
Major responsibilities: reviewed Mayoi Wilson Goode's actions in "MO\i lite rec j i>truction" case
and completod discovery in multi-defendant case based on 450 workmen's :ov ipcnsaaon cases.

• Criminal Litigation. Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 'eb '37 t(. Sqjt. 'S3.
Major responsibilitirs: all faa-gathering and organization for dtfense in I: rgts.t pub ic corruption case
in Philadelphia history (Roofers Union scandal), analyzed 720 hours of wi irtaps, tes:i Fe<l as witness,
handled the press, and negotiated with prosecutors.

Education
VTLLAMOVA SCHOOL OF LAW, Villanova, Pa. Juris Doctor, May 9',.
• Founder and chair of Pro Bono Society
• Assistant Director and law clerk. Homeless Advocacy Project.
• Research as:>istant to immigration law professor.

DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, N C.

Cum Lmuie, Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History, Ma; 'S!i.
• Honored at Model League of Arab States for representnuon of Joi !ar.
• Produced largest campus gathering, L:p-Svnc, for two years
• Volunteer tor student newspaper, Trie Chronicle, for two years

Or/»«?r
• Chair fundraiser ard rational ar.3 wriest .it Washington Mill Elw \ertary S ivx^l.
• Eiioy weight Uftmj. •ockbovn^. and