- Practice
concentrates on Domestic Relations including divorce, equitable
distribution of property, support issues and custody. Expertise
extends to Corporate, Banking and Business and General Litigation.
- Born
Crookston, Minnesota; 1947
- Admitted
Virginia Bar, 1974
- Admitted
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1975
- Admitted
U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
- Admitted
U.S. Claims Court, 1991
PRACTICE
AREAS
EDUCATION
- Jamestown
College (B.A., 1969)
- Marshall-Wythe
School of Law, College of William and Mary (J.D. 1974)
EXPERIENCE
- First
Woman Prosecutor in City of Norfolk, Virginia
- First
Woman Partner in a Major Tidewater Law Firm
- Outstanding
Virginia Women Attorneys Award
- Head
of the family law section specializing in complex equitable distribution
in divorce cases, involving corporate & tax ramifications; child
custody and support issues. Assists other attorneys in the firm
with complex corporate or tax litigation
- Currently
handles corporate matters for a number of small businesses
- Previous
private practice experience involved all aspects of commercial law
including:
-Commercial real estate, condominiums, timeshares, §1031 like-kind
exchanges, commercial leases
-Corporate mergers and acquisitions, syndications, limited partnerships
Securities law, private and Reg. D offerings
-Corporate finance, including industrial revenue bond financing,
letters of credit, franchising and low income housing projects
-Professional corporations, buy-out agreements, non-competition
and secrecy agreements
-Environmental law, audits, regulatory takings
- Previous
private practice involved criminal, domestic relations and personal
injury litigation and all phases of real estate practice from residential
real estate closings to subdivision acquisition and development
loans; commercial litigation and general corporate practice including:
-three years as trial counsel for the Tidewater Regional Transit
System
-representation of criminal defendants on charges such as murder,
arson, RICO, federal income tax fraud, burglary and welfare fraud
- domestic relations, divorce, child custody, support and adoption
- Past
Adjunct Professor - Marshall-Wythe School of Law; College of William
& Mary; team taught Discovery Methods
LEGAL
AFFILIATIONS
- Virginia
Beach Bar Association
- Norfolk-Portsmouth
Bar Association
- Virginia
State Bar (Member, Sections on Family Law)
- Virginia
Trial Lawyers Association
- Virginia
Women Attorneys Association
- Virginia
Real Estate Board
Past Member Condominium Advisory Committee
Past Member Virginia State Condominium Advisory Committee
- Family
Law Organization of Hampton Roads
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