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Biography

Ms. Shanahan graduated from Columbia Law School in 2003, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar and articles editor for the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.  Ms. Shanahan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael M. Baylson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and as a law clerk to the Honorable Jane R. Roth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  Before joining Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Ms. Shanahan was an associate with Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, DC.  Before law school, Ms. Shanahan taught English in Japan, worked for a non-profit studying education reform, and worked as a pollster and strategist for political and non-profit clients at a public opinion research firm.  Ms. Shanahan graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1998.

Education

Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York, 2003
J.D.

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1998
A.B., Politics
cum laude

Clerkship

Honorable Jane R. Roth, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2004-2005
Honorable Michael M. Baylson, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2003-2004

Honors and Awards

Columbia Law School: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Jane Marks Murphy Prize for Excellence in Clinical Studies, Lance Liebman Public Interest Award, Columbia University Human Rights Internship
Princeton University:  Princeton in Asia Teaching Fellowship, Improving Princeton for Women Award, Woodrow Wilson School Research Fellowship, Walter Hope '01 Memorial Prize

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
University of Pennsylvania Inn of Court, associate member, 2004-2005

Community

Princeton University Annual Giving National Committee

Teaching / Lecturing

Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School, New York, New York

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
District of Columbia
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit