• Argued before the Supreme Court of Virginia in a case arising under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
• Member of legal team obtaining arbitration award of $3.98 million and $520,000 in attorneys' fees against former professional quarterback Michael Vick
• Member of legal team that successfully challenged portions of Loudoun County, Virginia's 2003 downzoning amendments
• Obtained planning and zoning approvals for the construction of a transmission pipeline in Fairfax County, Virginia, to provide a dedicated aviation fuel delivery system to Dulles International Airport
• Obtained planning and zoning approvals for the construction of an electrical utility substation in Loudoun County, Virginia
• Obtained amendments to zoning approvals for solid waste transfer station in Prince William County, Virginia
• Represented landowners before local governing bodies to secure discretionary land use approvals
• Represented landowners in eminent domain and inverse condemnation proceedings involving multi-million dollar property value
• Represented reinsured parties in commutation, arbitration and mediation of reinsurance contract disputes involving multi-million dollar claims
• Favorably resolved, through mediation, a dispute arising out of large national employer's arbitration claim against third-party administrator of its group health insurance coverage
• Favorably settled lawsuit and successfully defended related appeal in federal courts arising out of lease of professional sports franchise
• Represented national private security contractor in successful challenge to award of multi-million dollar public contract for the provision of security services at interstate highway rest areas in Florida
• Represented individuals and corporations in appeals in state and federal courts

Reported Cases

• Sasson v. Shenhar, 276 Va. 611, 667 S.E.2d 555 (2008)

• Judicial Clerk, The Honorable E. Earle Zehmer, Florida First District Court of Appeal (1994-1996)

• Admitted to Practice: Florida (1994), Colorado (2000), Washington State (2001; Inactive) and Virginia State Bar (2003)
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. District Courts; Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
• Member, American Bar Association, Fairfax Bar Association

• Member: McLean Office Pro Bono Committee
• Recipient: E. Randolph Williams Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008)
• Recipient: Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico Pro Bono Award (2008)

• J.D., University of Florida, with Honors, 1994
  
• M.A., University of Florida, History of Science, Technology and Medicine, 1993
  
• B.A., University of Florida, with High Honors, Latin, 1989