Elzbieta Maria Chlopecka

Lawyer, engineer

Born Dec. 26, 1951, Bydgoszcz, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; daughter of Mieczyslaw and Halina (Jaranowska).

Education: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (B.E.E.), State Higher School of Engineering, Bydgoszcz, 1973; Master of Laws (M.L.), N. Copernicus University, Torun (Poland), 1979, M.L.L.C. (Master of Civic Law), G. Washington University, Washington (DC), 1984.

Career: head, Foreign Division, Almatur, Bydgoszcz, 1973-74; engineer, local utility, Bydgoszcz, 1974-76; tourist group organizer, Orbis, Warsaw, 1976-80; project engineer, Bethesda (MD), 1982; LBC & W, Falls Church (VA), 1982-83; Girard Engineering Consulting, McLean (VA), 1983-85; patent lawyer, Pollock, Vande Sande & Priddy, Washington, 1985 -.

Member of: American Bar Association (ABA); District of Columbia (DC) Bar Association; president, Friends of Solidarity, 1982, secretary, Polish Veterans Cultural Foundation, Washington.

Affiliation: Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, Russian, French.

Hobbies: theater, travel, opera.

Office: Pollock, Vande Sande & Priddy, 1990 M St. NW, Washington, DC 20036.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996