Practice focuses on employment and employee benefits advice and litigation, labor-management relations, and administrative practice before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and the National Labor Relations Board.
Relevant Experience 
- Significant litigation experience in federal courts defending claims under Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act and ERISA.
- Represented a Fortune 500 company in a major class action involving age discrimination and ERISA claims arising out of a plant shutdown.
- Represented several Fortune 500 companies in class actions involving wage and hour claims.
- Advised corporations on employment issues related to outsourcing operations, reorganizations, relocations, and the sales and acquisitions of domestic and foreign businesses.
- Advised and represented numerous federal contractors in over a hundred OFCCP establishment and headquarters audits.
- Substantial experience in investigating, mediating and defending sexual harassment claims in federal and state courts.
- Advised numerous corporations on executive terminations, including preparing and negotiating severance packages.
- Represented clients with regard to traditional labor matters, including organization campaigns, labor contract negotiations, arbitration proceedings and NLRB cases.
Background
- Judicial Clerk, Hon. John D. Butzner, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1983–84
Membership
- Member, Virginia State Bar
- Member, American and Virginia Bar Associations
- Member, Judicial Conference for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 11th Circuits, as well as numerous district courts.
Awards and Professional Recognition
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America for labor and employment law, 1999 - 2009
- Voted among "The Legal Elite," Virginia's Top Lawyers in Labor/Employment, Virginia Business, 2000 - 2009 editions and "Virginia Super Lawyers," 2006-2010
- Listed in "The Top 25 Female Virginia Super Lawyers" 2006, 2007
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- American Law Institute
- Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation
Education - J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1983
- M.A., University of Virginia, Government, 1979
- B.A., University of Virginia, with high honors, Foreign Affairs and Government, 1974
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