I help legal service providers, law firms, and professional B2B organizations turn their ideas into compelling stories that drive client engagement and build brands.

Coach of state and national-level champions!

I sit on two drafting teams for The Sedona Conference: one on the admissibility of electronically stored information, and the other on principles surrounding the new ISO code of practice for electronic discovery.

The Podium Foundation gives Richmond area middle and high school students the opportunity to improve their writing and communication skills through afterschool workshops, open mic nights, summer leadership summits, and other events that encourage creative expression.

Taught Lawyering Skills class weekly to first year law students. Instructed and graded students on legal writing, reasoning, and research skills, as well as oral advocacy, negotiation, client counseling, professionalism, and ethics.

Practice devoted primarily to company’s harassment, discrimination, OSHA, and wage and hour work. Managed cases while providing dispute avoidance counseling. Trained and counseled Human Resources managers and other internal clients regarding harassment, discrimination, OSHA, and wage and hour issues in corporate and field offices. Conducted arbitrations, agency hearings, and depositions. Researched and implemented changes to company’s dispute resolution program. Researched nationwide statutory law and drafted and edited company policies for compliance. Supervised work of outside counsel and attended hearings, arbitrations, and depositions. Held sole responsibility for company’s immigration and I-9 processes.

Represented clients in various stages of civil litigation in Title VII, OSHA, MSHA, breach of contract, and labor matters. Defended clients at trial, arbitration, and motion hearings. Drafted pleadings, briefs, pretrial and dispositive motions, memoranda of law, and discovery requests and responses. Taken and defended depositions of parties and fact witnesses. Drafted employment policies, company handbooks, and employee covenants. Participated in large-scale discovery and coordinated online and hard copy document production in connection with class action and Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission litigation.