Areas of Experience

Personal injury, premises liability, products liability, commercial disputes, civil rights, condemnation, construction, contracts, defamation, employment, financial, insurance coverage, professional liability, and real property.

Professional Experience

• Former Partner, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlottesville.
  • First-Chair Trial Lawyer and Co-Chair Food & Beverage Industry Team.
• Captain and First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, 1993-1995; Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 3d Battalion, 17th Infantry, 7th Inf. Div. (Light).
  • Awarded Ranger Tab, Senior Parachutist’s Badge, Air Assault Badge, and Expert Infantryman’s Badge.
• Fellow, American Bar Association.
• Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation.
• Former Faculty Member, National Trial Advocacy College, University of Virginia.
• Judicial Clerkship, Honorable Richard L. Williams, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Affiliations

• Partners with University of Virginia Law School’s Innocence Project; won habeas cases vacating two murder convictions.
• Recipient, McGuireWoods LLP Pro Bono Partner Award, 2023.
• Listed in Virginia Access to Justice Commission’s Pro Bono Service Honor Roll, 2022.
• Recognized in “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,” Chambers USA, 2015-2024.
• Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers 2010–2026; practice areas recognized include Civil Litigation and Personal Injury – General for both Plaintiff and Defense.
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2010 for Insurance Litigation and Products Liability – Defendants.
• Author, Food Safety Law, Law Journal Press (now in its twelfth edition).

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
  University of Virginia, B.A.