I am a partner in Swift Currie's civil litigation section. My practice is diverse, including product liability, automobile/trucking litigation, premises liability, environmental liability and mass tort defense. I have experience in litigating catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases in both state and federal courts and have handled several matters at the appellate level. I have defended some of the world’s largest heavy equipment manufacturers, automobile manufacturers and automotive parts suppliers. I also defend one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies in a wide variety of matters.I received my undergraduate degree in public relations, with a minor in speech communications, from the Henry Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia. I received my J.D., cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law. While in law school, I was a member of the Moot Court Board, where I competed in the Evans Constitutional Law Competition and coached GSU ABA National Moot Court Team. I also studied abroad in Linz, Austria.I am admitted to practice in all Georgia State and Superior courts, the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia. I am a member of the American Bar Association, where I am actively involved in the Women in Products Liability (WIPL) subcommittee. I am also a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association and the Defense Research Institute (DRI). I have been named a Georgia Super Lawyer Rising Star by Atlanta Magazine each year since 2012, an honor reserved for only 2.5 percent of Georgia lawyers. I am also rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell.