Joanne Cronrath Bamberger is a writer and political commentator based in Washington, D.C., who has written for a variety of regional and national publications and outlets including The Washington Post, Marketplace Radio, MSN and The Huffington Post. She is the founder and editor of her blog about motherhood and politics, PunditMom. In addition, she is a contributing editor for BlogHer, MomsRising and MOMocrats blogs. Before her freelancing career, Bamberger was a litigation attorney in both private and government practice for 15 years, and was deputy director of public affairs at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to attending law school, she was a broadcast journalist.