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Experience

• Represented plaintiffs in cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury, car accidents, trucking accidents, products liability, nursing home malpractice, dog attacks and wrongful death
• Represented plaintiffs in obtaining recoveries of $200,000 and more in personal injury cases
• Represented plaintiffs in obtaining recoveries of $350,000 and more in medical malpractice cases
• Represented plaintiffs in cases that received media publicity, including medical malpractice matters against the major healthcare corporation in the region
• Participated in jury trials in state courts in Southwest Virginia in Roanoke city and surrounding areas including Roanoke, Russell, and Washington counties
• Argued numerous motions in state and federal courts on the topics of charitable immunity, the collateral source rule, spoliation of evidence, and other matters
• Participated in continuing legal education courses as a presenter and in preparing written materials
• Assisted with a motion to reconsider sentence for a criminal defendant serving life without parole
• Assisted the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse at Washington & Lee with several high-profile capital cases
• Served the United States District Court for Western Virginia during internship

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law: J.D. cum laude, 2008
• College of Charleston: B.A. magna cum laude, 2003