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I am experienced in a wide variety of civil litigation, employment law, and criminal matters, including: - race, sex, age, national origin, religion, and disability discrimination claims and investigations under Title VII, Section 1981, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act; - workplace claims such as under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, workers' compensation statutes, wage payment statutes, and for wrongful discharge; - non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements and claims; - employee handbooks and employment policies; - employee hiring, discipline, and termination; - union organizing petitions, unfair labor practice charges, and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board; - employee lay-offs and terminations and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; - wage garnishments and collection; - antitrust and intellectual property; - land use and zoning; - criminal defense of employers and employees on charges arising from workplace conduct; - criminal defense of business owners on immigration law charges. EDUCATION The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, Juris Doctor with Honors Staff Member, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation Certificate of Merit, Employment Law L’Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III), Lyon, France Exchange student in the Maîtrise en Droit curriculum The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bachelor of Arts in French Alliance Française, Comité Universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France French language diploma Brillantmont International School, Lausanne, Switzerland Secondary School Certificate EXPERIENCE Trial experience in civil and criminal matters in Virginia, North Carolina, and Federal courts Appellate experience in Virginia, North Carolina, and Federal courts Labor and Employment attorney with Hunton & WIlliams, LLP, an AmLaw 100 law firm Civil litigator and trial attorney with Robinson & Lawing, LLP, an AV-rated litigation boutique Former Captain, United States Marine Corps Marine Detachment and Stinger missile battery commanding officer MEMBERSHIPS Virginia State Bar North Carolina State Bar Bars of the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina, the Federal Court of Claims, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association PUBLICATIONS Recent Developments in the ADA and FMLA, Sterling Educational Services, March 2009 When Is Too Late? New Rule 3:21 And Jury Demands In Virginia, Virginia State Bar Litigation News, Fall 2007 Litigating Workplace Emotional Distress Claims, Tulane University CLE, September 2006 Adhering to the FMLA, National Business Institute, June 2006 Virginia Business Torts in the Employment Context, VBA L&E Section, October 2005 Valuation of Marital Property, Equitable Distribution, Wake Forest University CLE, November 2003 Family Law Practice - Equitable Distribution, General Practice Symposium, Wake Forest University CLE, November 2001 Prejudgment Restraint of Assets for Claims of Damages: Should the United States Follow England’s Lead? 20 N.C. J. Int’l L. 419 (2000) |
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