Areas of Experience

Personal injury, medical malpractice, local government, real property, condemnation, contracts, trusts and estates, construction, business dissolution, family law including custody/visitation, child/spousal support, and equitable distribution.

Professional Experience

• Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia.
• Judge, 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia (Fairfax County), 2008-2018.

• Former Deputy County Attorney, Fairfax County, Virginia.

Affiliations

• Member, House Ethics Advisory Panel, Virginia House of Delegates.
• Member, George Mason American Inns of Court.

• Past President, Fairfax Bar Association.

• Former Member, Fairfax Law Foundation Board.

• Former Member, Fairfax County Circuit Court Model Judiciary Program.

• Former Member, Bar Council, Virginia State Bar.

• Former Member, Executive Committee, Virginia State Bar.

• Member, Virginia Women’s Attorneys Association.

• Former Faculty Member and Lecturer, Harry S. Carrico Professionalism Course.

• Faculty Member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

• Former Member, Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board.

• Former Member, Supreme Court of Virginia Circuit Court Forms Advisory Committee.

Education

• George Mason University, J. D.

• San Jose State University, M.A.

• College of William and Mary, B.A.