Education: 

  • Vassar College – B.A. cum laude

  • University of Virginia School of Law – J.D.

  • Georgetown University Certificate Program in Organization Development – Certificate

Professional Credentials:

  • Certified District Court Mediator – Supreme Court of Virginia

  • Retired attorney in good standing in Virginia (Associate status), District of Columbia and New Mexico (Inactive)

  • Awarded AV Rating by Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory

  • Past President – the Virginia Bar Association

  • Awarded the William B. Spong Jr. Professionalism Award

Of Note:

  • Virginia Business, “Legal Elite” (in ADR Category) since 2005

  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation

  • Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation

  • 2004 LSNV’s Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico Pro Bono Award

  • 2005-6 Alexandria Bar Association’s Don Mela Community Service and Pro Bono Award

  • 2006 Declaration of Appreciation for Volunteer Services – Lawyers Helping Lawyers

  • 2009 Resolution of Appreciation for Volunteer Services – Virginia Law Foundation

  • 2014 William B. Spong Jr. Professionalism Award for leadership in the profession and the community - Virginia Bar Association

  • 2025 Virginia Law Foundation -Civility in The Law Award

Professional Memberships and Activities:

  • AHLA Dispute Resolution Service Task Force/Council member 2008-2014

  • Virginia Joint Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution – Past Chairperson

  • VBAatKarsh - Interdisciplinary Roundtable Study of Polarization

  • American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section

  • American Bar Association Health Law Section Conflict Management Task Force (past)

  • Virginia Bar Association (VBA)

  • Virginia State Bar (VSB) - Associate

  • D.C. Bar Association (Inactive)

  • Alexandria Bar Association

  • Alexandria Bar Foundation - Beat The Odds Committee

  • Virginia Dispute Solutions LLC - Panelist

  • Health Law Section and Council of the VBA

  • Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance (VBA)

  • Section on The Education of Lawyers (VSB) (past)

Past Professional Activities:

  • Past Board member:

    • Virginia Bar Association

    • Virginia Law Foundation

    • Lawyers Helping Lawyers

    • Alexandria Public Law Library

    • Northern Virginia Health Foundation, and

    • Past Member:

    • Task Force on the Public and The Courts (Virginia Supreme Court Commission on Virginia Courts in the 21st Century)

    • Virginia State Bar Professionalism Faculty

    • Past Chair:

      • Virginia Legislative Study: HJR101 - Adverse Medical Outcomes, Disclosure and ADR Responses - Co-Chair

      • Outreach Committee of VBA Community Service Program

      • VBA Committee on the Needs of The Mentally Disabled

      • Legislative Study on Juvenile Insanity Defense in Virginia

 

Interests:

Family, Gardening, Movies, and Reading Non Fiction