Areas of Experience

Medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, business dissolution, construction, contracts, defamation, financial, insurance coverage, professional liability, real property, trusts and estates, and family law including child/spousal support, custody/visitation, and equitable distribution.

Professional Experience

• Judge, 12th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia, Chesterfield County and City of Colonial Heights, 2012-2025; Chief Judge, 2014-2016.
• Substitute Judge, 12th, 13th, and 14th General District Courts of Virginia, 2008-2012.
• Former Partner, McGuireWoods LLP.
  • First chair trial counsel in over 100 cases tried to judgment in state and federal courts in Virginia.
  •  Practice encompassed arbitration, mediation, counseling, and risk management.
  • Specific practice areas included commercial, real property, construction, tort and products liability litigation.

Affiliations

• Member, Chief Justice’s Business Court Docket Advisory Group, 2018-2025.
• Former Adjunct Professor, University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law.
• Formerly listed in Best Lawyers in America for construction; Virginia Super Lawyers for general civil litigation; and Virginia Business Legal Elite for general litigation.

Education

• University of Texas School of Law, J.D.
  Grinnell College, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa.