The first in her family to graduate from high school, Cheh is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Douglass College and has law degrees from Rutgers School of Law-Newark and Harvard Law School.
17 Facts About Mary Cheh
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Mary Cheh has two daughters, Jane and Nora, who were born and raised in the District, attended Murch Elementary School and Georgetown Day School, and now work as lawyers.
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In 1979, Mary Cheh joined the George Washington University Law School, becoming the Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law.
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Mary Cheh is a guest lecturer in Constitutional Law at the Concord School of Law.
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In 1983, Mary Cheh took a sabbatical to do pro bono work in South Africa for the Centre for Applied Legal Studies.
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Mary Cheh has served as a consultant to the National Institute of Justice and the President's Commission on Organized Crime, and she chaired the subcommittee on criminal justice for the DC Circuit Court's Task Force on Gender.
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Mary Cheh currently serves as a member of the Rules Committee of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, on the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Military Justice, and as a member of the ACLU Litigation Screening Committee.
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Mary Cheh has been and continues to be a frequent speaker and media commentator on legal affairs.
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Mary Cheh was first elected to the Council of the District of Columbia in 2006, defeating her Republican opponent Theresa Conroy.
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Mary Cheh replaced Kathy Patterson, who unsuccessfully ran for the seat of Chair of the Council.
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Mary Cheh was reelected in 2010 by a substantial margin over Republican candidate David Hedgepeth.
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Mary Cheh served as Chair Pro Tempore from 2010 until 2012, when she became the temporary chair due to the resignation of Chairman Kwame Brown on June 6,2012.
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Mary Cheh stepped down from that role when Phil Mendelson was elected chair on June 13,2012.
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Mary Cheh has led five major Council investigations: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's failure to comply with its nonprofit mission, 2008 election electronic voting failures Mayoral personnel practices, the improper donation of District fire trucks to the Dominican Republic, and procurement practices at the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
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Mary Cheh introduced the Taxicab Service Improvement Amendment Act of 2012, which requires taxis in the District to use GPS, credit card readers and modern meters, and uniform dome lights and color schemes.
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In February 2022, Mary Cheh announced that she would not seek a fifth term as Councilmember.
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Mary Cheh married New York Times reporter Neil Lewis with whom she has two children.