Steptoe & Johnson

• Creditor defense 
• Employer defense 
• Business tort and statutory claim defense 
• Commercial collections 
• White collar defense 
• Appellate advocacy 
• Government regulation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005          Steptoe & Johnson
1999-2005  Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia 
• Judge John A. Field, Jr., American Inn of Court

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
• Elder, Kanawha United Presbyterian Church
• Director, Friends of Pocahontas County Free Libraries

AWARDS / HONORS

• Super Lawyers® Rising Star, 2009
• Accredited Fraud Investigator, University of Charleston, 2009
• J.D. summa cum laude, 1999
• Order of the Coif, 1999
• Lead Articles Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review, 1998-1999
• West Publishing Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement, 1997, 1998
• Thomas Smith Purdie Honor Scholarship, 1996-1999
• B.A. summa cum laude, 1988
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1988 
• John W. Eure Award for Excellence in Journalism, 1988 
• Kappa Tau Alpha, National Journalism Scholarship Society, 1988

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• "The Taxman Cometh: An Examination of Recent West Virginia Tax Appeal Decisions," Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting Notebook (June 2009) 
• Recent "Antitrust Decisions Affecting West Virginia," Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting Notebook (May 2008)
• "Bank Customer Privacy Rights – What Can You Do When Something Seems Wrong?" West Virginia Banker Magazine (Summer 2007)
• "Protecting the Employment Rights of Those Who Serve: A Case Law Update on USERRA," Lead Article, The Job Description, Defense Research Institute (Spring 2006)
• Note, "Pleading to Stay in State Court: Forum Control, Federal Removal Jurisdiction, and the Amount in Controversy Requirement," 56 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 651 (1999)