Areas of Experience

Medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, construction, contracts, defamation, employment, environmental, general commercial, insurance coverage, local government, professional liability, real property, trusts & estates, and family law including child/spousal support, custody/visitation, and equitable distribution.

Professional Experience

• Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia.

• Judge, 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia, Richmond, 2002-2021. Chief Judge, 2008-2010.

• Judge, 13th General District Court of Virginia, Richmond, 1998-2002.

• Former Director, McCandlish Holton (formerly Mezzullo & McCandlish).

Affiliations

• Past President, Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association.

• Former Chair, Judicial Education Committee, Richmond General District and Circuit Courts.

• Former Chair, Judicial Section, Virginia Bar Association.

• Former Chair, Central Virginia Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

• Former Chair, Editorial Board, Circuit Court Benchbook.

• Recipient, Women of Achievement Award, Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association.

• Faculty, New Judge Training, Supreme Court of Virginia.

• Adjunct Professor, University of Richmond School of Law.

• Member, Lewis Powell Inn of Court.

Education

• University of Richmond School of Law, J.D.

• Hollins University, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa.