Renée Battle-Brooks attended Middle East University in Beirut, Lebanon, and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Columbia Union College, now Washington Adventist University, in Takoma Park, Maryland. Ms. Battle-Brooks earned her Juris Doctor at the University Of Baltimore School Of Law. She worked for a number of years with the Public Defender’s Office for the State of Maryland and subsequently spent nearly nineteen years as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County, Maryland. Her duties have included Chief of the Child Abuse and Sexual Assault