He is admitted to the bars of New York, Connecticut, District of Columbia and England and Wales, as well as numerous federal courts in the U.S., including the U.S. Su-preme Court. He holds a J.D. degree from Fordham University; and both A.B. (summa cum laude) and M.B.A. (Edward Tuck Scholar) degrees from Dartmouth College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Hilary devotes much of his free time to cycling and classical music. He is also a director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and of the Maryland Hu-manities Council. Hilary is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a volunteer firefighter and fire service instructor, a licensed airline transport pilot, and a devoted flyfisherman. He pretends to play golf.