Law
Experience
- Supervised higher education legal services staff.
- General counsel for corporation. Provided legal advice, drafted and reviewed legal documents, directed and retained counsel and ensured federal and state legal compliance for multi-state business.
- Specialized in business and employment law as associate in law firm. Handled many of firm’s major legal research and writing projects.
- Former judicial law clerk for two federal judges.
- Taught upper-division undergraduate course in legal communication.
- Graduated Order of the Coif from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Accomplishments
- Assisted legislators to draft numerous major pieces of legislation, including SB 603 (2005) (higher education flexibility), HB 4049 (2006) (financial aid), SB 273 (2008) (research trust fund), SB 638 (2008) (Vision 2020), HB 3215 (2008) (community and technical college independence), SB 373 (2009) (PROMISE scholarship) and HB 3340 (2009) (data-sharing compact).
- Facilitated creation of for-profit and non-profit entities and two state agencies.
- Drafted appellate briefs in Vandevender v. Sheetz, 490 S.E.2d 678 (W. Va. 1997), which produced a $466,000 reduction in a jury’s punitive damage award.
