Mary Cheh

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Mary M. Cheh is a Democratic politician from Washington, D.C.

In November 2006, she won a seat on the Washington, D.C. City Council representing Ward 3, beating her Republican opponent with more than 70% of the vote. Cheh replaces Kathleen Patterson who unsuccessfully sought to run for the City Council Chairman position.

Contents 1 Background and family 2 Professional experience 3 Neighborhoods in Ward 3 4 External links 5 References 6 Bibliography

[edit] Background and family

Mary Cheh is a tenured professor of constitutional law at George Washington University Law School and is an avid bicyclist. She is a long-time resident of Ward 3, with deep roots in the community. She and her husband, Neil Lewis, a journalist, moved to Washington in the late 1970s. In 1986 they moved from Cleveland Park to their current home in Forest Hills. Mary and Neil’s daughters were born and raised in Washington and both attended Murch Elementary School and Georgetown Day School.

[edit] Professional experience

Professor Cheh joined the George Washington University Law School faculty in 1979 after being in private practice in Washington, D.C. and serving as a law clerk to the chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. While on sabbatical leave in 1986, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. In an earlier leave in 1983, she did pro bono work for the Centre for Applied Legal Studies in South Africa. She has also served as a consultant to the National Institute of Justice and the President’s Commission on Organized Crime. She has been a frequent speaker and media commentator on legal affairs.

She has a B.A. and a law degree from Rutgers University and an LL.M. from Harvard University.

Councilmember Cheh's campaign was being investigated by the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance for unlawful contributions based on a complaint filed by Jonathan R. Rees, a candidate that she defeated in the primary election.^[1] The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance dismissed the allegations against her.^[2]

[edit] Neighborhoods in Ward 3

• American University Park
• Berkley
• Cathedral Heights
• Chevy Chase
• Cleveland Park
• Forest Hills
• Foxhall
• Friendship Heights
• Glover Park
• Kent
• Massachusetts Heights
• McLean Gardens
• Observatory Circle
• The Palisades
• Spring Valley
• Tenleytown
• Wakefield
• Wesley Heights
• Woodley Park

[edit] External links

• Mary Cheh Council Website
• Cheh Campaign Website
• Washington Post Endorsement of Cheh
• Washington Post Primary Election Endorsement of Cheh

[edit] References

1. ^ Woodlee, Yolanda. "Cheh Campaign Reporting Investigated", The Washington Post, 2007-02-21, p. B02. 
2. ^ Woodlee, Yolanda. "Cheh Cleared by Review of Former Opponent's Allegations", The Washington Post, 2007-07-18, p. B02. 

• Faculty Experts Quoted at website for George Washington University Law School
• Profile of Mary Cheh at website for George Washington University Law School

[edit] Bibliography

• Cheh, Mary M. Criminal Procedure 2nd ed. St. Paul, MN : Thomson West, c2005. ix, 285 p. 28 cm. ISBN 0-314-16736-6 (alk. paper)

Preceded by Kathleen Patterson

Council of the District of Columbia Ward 3 Representative 2007–

Succeeded by Incumbent