EDUCATION:

• Lynchburg College (B.A. cum laude, 1993)

• Oklahoma City University School of Law (J.D. summa cum laude, 1998, Phi Delta Phi)

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS:

• Law Review Articles Editor, 1997-1998

• National Association of Women Lawyers’ Outstanding Graduate, 1998

• The Ted Dalton American Inn of Court (September 2005 – present)

• Member, Virginia State Bar (23rd Circuit Representative for the Young Lawyers Conference, 2003 – 2006; Member, Family Law Section)

• Member, Roanoke Bar Association (Board Member and Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, 2005 – present; Past Chair, Bench Bar Conference, 2005)

• Member, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Board of Editors, Journal of Civil Litigation; Co-chair, Medical Malpractice Section, 2005-2006; Chair, Medical Malpractice Section 2006-2007; Board Member, 2007-present)

• Member, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

• Member, Virginia Collaborative Professionals

• Member, Collaborative Professionals of Roanoke

• Member, Defense Research Institute

• Recipient, Award for Boss of the Year by the RVLSA…(the association for legal professionals, 2003)

• Recipient, Certificate of Recognition by Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc., for exceptional pro bono service, 2001 and 2003

• Recipient, Award for Recognition for Significant Service to the Young Lawyers Conference of the Virginia State Bar, 2005

• Recipient, President’s Volunteer Service Award by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation for Over 100 Hours of Volunteer Service, 2006

PUBLISHED WORK and PUBLIC SPEAKING:

• Overview: Custody and Visitation Matters, Associates' Notes, VADA newsletter, 2000

• The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: An Overview of Administrative Simplification, co-author with Thomas W. Farrell, VABA: The Journal of Civil Litigation, Fall 2002

• Speaker, Carillon Corporate University, Nursing In-Service Program (2004-Present)

REPORTED CASES:

• Cook vs. Radford Community Hosp., 260 Va. 443, 536 S.E.2d 906 (2000)

• Drinkard-Nuckols vs. Andrews, 269 Va. 93, 606 S.E.2d 813 (2005)