• James Madison University, B.A., 1996
• George Mason University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2000

• Richmond Bar Association
• Virginia Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association, Richmond Chapter
  • Richmond National Delegate (2009)
  • Treasurer (2010-2011)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
• Defense Research Institute
  • Young Lawyers Committee, Publications Subcommittee (2007)
  • E-Discovery Committee (2007)
• Virginia State Bar
  • Young Lawyers Conference
    - Circuit Court Representative for Henrico County (2005 - 2008)
    - Outstanding Service Award, Diversity Tolerance Program (2005)
• National Association of Women Lawyers  
• Virginia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, Civil Litigation Defense (2009)
• Virginia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, Personal Injury Defense: Products (2010, 2011)
• Virginia Business Legal Elite, Under 40 (2010)
• Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP's Pro Bono Service Award, 2002, 2003

Prior Experience

• Associate, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP, Washington, DC
• Assistant Debate Coach at Harvard University and George Mason University

• Virginia State Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
• Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States Supreme Court 
  

• " Hesse v. Ebbets:  Clarifying the 'Power to Control' Under the Doctrine of Respondeat Superior," The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XX, No. 2 (Summer 2008)
• " Drawing the Line:  The Supreme Court Revisits Limitations on Punitive Damages," The Whisper, Defense Research Institute Young Lawyers Committee Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 3 (March 2007), reprinted in Strictly Speaking, Defense Research Institute Product Liability Committee Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 2007)
• "My Dictionary or Yours?  The Supreme Court's Interpretation of 'Carrying' Under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924(C)(1) in Muscarello v. United States," 8 Geo. Mason Law Rev. 355 (2000)

• Cameron v. Kmart Corporation, 2010 WL 2991014 (W.D. Va.)
• Hesse v. Ebbets, 2007 WL 4562818 (E.D. Va. 2007), aff'd, 362 Fed. Appx. 357 (4th Cir. 2010), cert. denied, 131 S. Ct. 124 (2010).
• Sullivan v. Robertson Drug Co., Inc., 639 S.E.2d 250 (Va., Jan. 12, 2007)
• Conlon v. K-Mart Corp., 127 Fed.Appx. 681 (Not selected for publication in the Federal Reporter), 2005 WL 1100921 (4th Cir. (Va.)) (4th Cir. (Va.), May 10, 2005)