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Experience

• Obtained defense verdict in Federal Court for manufacturer in $1.2 million products liability and UCC case involving alleged defects in natural gas pipeline
• Obtained preliminary injunction in Federal Court for telecommunications tower company to prevent landowners from blocking access to leased tower site
• Granted demurrer in State Court, without leave for plaintiff to amend, in malicious prosecution and defamation case
• Obtained defense verdict in State Court for manufacturer of plastics products in case involving claims of negligence and nuisance arising from fire at manufacturer's storage facility
• Successfully tried case on behalf of sports event promoter in State Court case involving claims of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty
• Obtained $700,000 judgment for window film manufacturer in trademark infringement case in Federal Court
• Successfully tried commercial lease case involving restitution of overpayment of tenant improvement loan
• Obtained $1.9 million judgment for property owner in construction case against general contractor
• Obtained summary judgment in the amount of $900,000 for plaintiff equipment supplier in pipeline construction case against general contractor in Federal Court
• Obtained summary judgment for leading national bank in breach of employment agreement case brought by terminated mortgage broker executive
• Obtained numerous judgments against debtors in collection cases for large national bank
• Successfully tried real estate partition suit
• Obtained judgment and award of enhanced penalty and attorney's fees in Virginia Consumer Protection Act case
• Defend leading national disability insurance carriers in ERISA cases in multiple states
• Defend debt collectors and creditors in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases
• Former General Counsel of publicly traded technology development company
• Law Clerk to Judge James H. Michael, United States District Court, Western District of Virginia

Education

• University of Virginia: B.A. 1993
• University of Virginia School of Law: J.D. 1997