Bar Fellowship
- Class of 2011
Virginia Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section, Former Chair, Labor & Employment Section Executive Council Member, Judicial Selection Committee)
Virginia State Bar (Judicial Selection Committee, Judicial Nominations Committee)
James Kent American Inn of Court (Master)
Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Maritime Law Association of the U.S. (Proctor)
Boyd Graves (Member of Steering Committee)
Norfolk Sunrise Rotary (Past President)
Norfolk Public Library Board of Trustees (Past Chair)
Awards and Honors
- Recent teaching credits include: Seminar on the topic of Employment Law Ethics, sponsored by Virginia CLE; "Severing the Employment Relationship," 16th Annual Employment Law Update, sponsored by Virginia CLE; "Conducting Depositions" for Virginia CLE; panel member for the 12th Annual Employment Law Update, sponsored by Virginia CLE; "Drafting Employment Contracts," for the 13th Annual Employment Law Update, sponsored by Virginia CLE; "Chronicles of the Workplace: The Outburst, The Firing, and The Litigation," sponsored by Virginia CLE; "What local elected officials need to know about employment liability," Virginia Municipal League Annual Conference.
Included in Best Lawyers in America® in Employment Law - Individuals, Employment Law - Management and Labor Law - Management, 2008-2013.
Listed in Virginia's "Legal Elite" (Alternative Dispute Resolution), Virginia Business Magazine, 2007
Selected to Virginia's "Super Lawyers," 2006-2012. "Top 50 Women Virginia Super Lawyers," 2012
Listed in Virginia's "Legal Elite" (Employment Law), Virginia Business Magazine, 2001-2006, 2012
Community Involvement:
Board of Directors, William & Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science Foundation
Boyds Graves (Member of Steering Committee)
Norfolk Sunrise Rotary (Past President)
Norfolk Public Library Board of Trustees (Past Chair)
Norfolk Public Library Foundation Board. Member: Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia (Chair, Civil Litigation Section Council, 1997-1998; Judicial Selection Committee, 2002-2004) and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member: Judicial Selection Committee, 2007-2009; Labor and Employment Steering Committee); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; James Kent American Inn of Court (Master).