Attorney Profiles

Areas of Practice

• Business Organizations
• Business & Commercial Law
• Construction Liens
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Personal Injury - Plaintiffs
• Criminal Law
• Family Law
• Traffic & DUI

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1991
• Georgia, 1991
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1991

Education

• University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1991
  J.D.
  
  
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988
  B.S.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Major: Finance
  
  

Representative Cases

• Stanley v. Webber, 260 Va. 90 (Va. Supreme 2000)
• Peggy A. Musselman v. The Glass Works, LLC, 260 Va. 342 (Va. Supreme 2000)

Representative Clients

• Valley Bank
• Branch Banking & Trust Company of Virginia
• SynaptiCad, Inc. (Software Development)
• Morco Construction, Inc.
• Cundiff Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
• Wachovia Bank, N/A
• Commonwealth Catholic Charities

References

• Ellis Gutshall, Valley Bank
• Joanne Nattrass, Commonwealth Catholic Charities

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Adjunct Faculty, Business Law, Corporations, Business Organizations, Mary Baldwin College and Virginia Western Community College

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Roanoke Bar Association
  Past Member, Board of Directors
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Virginia State Bar
  Member
  
  
• State Bar of Georgia
  Member
  
  
• Commonwealth Catholic Charities
  Past Chairman, Board
  
  
• Legal Aid Society, 2003 - Present
  Director
  
  
• Total Action Against Poverty, 2002 - 2008
  Director
  
  
• U.S. Naval Institute
  
  

Pro Bono Activities

• Legal Aide Society of Roanoke Valley

Fraternities/Sororities

• Beta Gamma Sigma
• Phi Delta Phi

Birth Information

• January 11, 1966, Dover, New Jersey