Areas of Experience

Medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability, professional liability, insurance coverage, and trusts & estates.

Professional Experience

• Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia.
• Judge, 11^th Judicial Circuit, Petersburg, 2001-2014; Chief Judge, 2014.
• Former Principal, Shell, Johnson, Andrews, Baskervill & Baskervill, P.C.

Affiliations

• Former Member, Boyd-Graves Commission.
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
• Past President, Petersburg Bar Association.
• Past President, Prince George Bar Association.
• Member, Virginia State Bar Special Committee on Bench Bar Relations, 2012-2014; Benchbook Committee, 2010-2015.
• Former Faculty, Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course.
• Former Head of Judicial Section, Virginia Bar Association.
• Current or former memberships: Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.

Education

• University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law, J.D., McNeill Law Society.
• Mary Baldwin College, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.