Education:

Georgetown University (B.A.), cum laude, 1983
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D.), 1987

Areas of Emphasis:

Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation
Employment Law

Admitted:

Texas (1987)
Virginia (1989)
District of Columbia Bar (1990)
District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; Supreme Court of the U.S., Supreme Court of Virginia

Reported Cases:

Joann Hall v. Stormont Trice Corporation d/b/a Norfolk Marriott Hotel, 976 F. Supp. 383 (E.D. Va. 1997); Kenneth W. Branch v. Busch Entertainment Corporation, 76 F.3d 371 (4th Cir. 1996); Carol Sibert Bregel v. Busch Entertainment Corporation, 444 S.E.2d 718 (Va. 1994); Michelle Sandow-Pajewski v. Busch Entertainment Corporation, 55 F. Supp. 2d 422 (E.D. Va. 1999); Nancy J. Neal v. Xerox Corporation, 155 F.3d 560 (4th Cir. 1998); Amanda R. Rodgers v. Food Lion, Incorporated, 103 F.3d 119 (4th Cir. 1996).

Associations:

Professional Honors:

• Named a Top 25 Female Lawyer in Virginia for 2007, 2008 and 2009 by SuperLawyers® Magazine
• Named by SuperLawyers Magazine® in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 as one of the Top Lawyers in Virginia
• Named by Lawdragon® as one of the Top 500 Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyers in America 2007

• Guest Faculty, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary
• Journal of Local Government Law, VSB, Vol. X, No. 2 (December 1999), "Sexual Harassment in School: When One Trip to the Principal’s Office is Not Enough"

• Born on March 22, 1961, Vineland, New Jersey.