Diana Luka-Hopson

Lawyer

Born Sept. 25, 1959, Hackensack (NJ), U.S.; daughter of Edward and Irene (Tomcho); married Mark Hopson.

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Stetson University, Deland (FL), 1981; Juris Doctor (J.D.), Catholic University of America, Washington (DC), 1989.

Career: in Washington (DC) - deputy congressional liaison, U.S. Department of Labor, 1981-86, law clerk, U.S. Attorney's Office, 1987 (summer only), associate, Andersen Hibey Nauheim & Blair, 1988 (summer only), attorney - advisor, S.E.C., 1989 -.

Author: comment, The Existing Conflict Between the Defendant's Right of Confrontation and the Witness' Right to Avoid Self - Incrimination: A Constitutional Dilemma, 1988; lead article and editor, Catholic University Law Review, 1988-89.

Member of: District of Columbia Bar Association; U.S. District Court for District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit; International Fund for Animal Welfare; Humane Society of the U.S.; World Wildlife Fund.

Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.

Hobbies: travel, literature, art.

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