Education

• The American University (B.A., 1973)

• Washington College of Law of The American University (J.D., 1976).

Bar Admissions

• Virginia

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Activities

• Member, Council of the Virginia State Bar (1997-2003; 2009-2012;2020-2023)​

• Member, Executive Committee of the Council of the Virginia State Bar (1998-2003; 2009-2012)

• Member, Northern Virginia Association of Realtors Attorney Roundtable (2011-Present)

• Founding Chair, Virginia Association of Realtors® Attorney Roundtable (2014-2018)

• Chair, (1996-1997) Board of Governors of the Virginia State Bar, Real Property Section

• Chair, Ethics Subcommittee Real Estate Section, Virginia State Bar (1991-2014)

• Member, Council of the Real Estate Section of the Virginia Bar Association (1995-2002; 2008-2015) and Area Representative (1996- present)

Founding Chair, Virginia Association of Realtors® Attorney Roundtable

• Chair, (1999-2002) Lawyers Malpractice Insurance Committee, Virginia State Bar

• Member, Title, Conveyancing and Bar Related Title Insurance Funds Committee and Research Task Force, American Bar Association (2007-present)​

• Fellow, American Bar Foundation

• Fellow, Virginia Bar Foundation


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Awards & Recognitions

• Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame – Class of 2021

• Washington DC Top Lawyers

• Virginia Top Lawyers, Washingtonian Magazine 2023

• Leaders in the Law – Virginia Lawyers Weekly – Class of 2020

• Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register for Preeminent Women Lawyers

• Best Lawyers for 2022 – 2025, US News and World Report Real Estate and Trusts and Estates

• Who's Who in America

• Virginia Super Lawyers (Real Estate) 2006-2024

• Washington D.C. Super Lawyers (Real Estate) 2007-2024

• Virginia Top Lawyer, Northern Virginia Magazine​

• Virginia’s Legal Elite, Virginia Business 2012 – 2024

• Northern Virginia Magazine Top Lawyers 2019 – 2024

• Recipient, Traver Scholar Award (2008), Virginia Bar Association and Virginia Continuing Legal Education, recognizing outstanding contribution for education of lawyers

• VA CLE lecturer

• Featured in Law Practice Today - Women Rainmakers, American Bar Association, November 13, 2020

• Women Leaders – Top Rated Lawyers 2023 – The American Lawyer and The National Law Journal

• Included in the 2024 and 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law

Articles, Publications & Seminars

• Author/Lecturer: "Settlements During Crisis and Continuing Updates on Deeds", Annual Real Estate Seminar VA CLE May 2020

• Author/Lecturer: "Essentials of Drafting Deeds", VA CLE 2019

• Lecturer: Fidelity National Title Group - 2019 & 2024

• Author/Lecturer: "Deed Issues: Every Deed Tells a Story", Annual Real Estate Seminar VA CLE

• Author/Lecturer: "Deed Issues II: Those Other Deeds - Every Deed Tells a Story (continued)", Annual Real Estate Seminar VA CLE; American Bar Association

• How Soon We Forget or Going Down the Slippery Slope-Split Settlement and Lay Settlement Agencies’ Attempt To Act On Behalf of Sellers, The Fee Simple, Newsletter of the Real Estate Section of the Virginia State Bar and the VLTA Examiner

• Best Practices in Closing Real Estate Transactions, Virginia Continuing Legal Education

• Feeling Handcuffed-RESPA and AfBA, Virginia Land Title Association

• Playing In Dirt, Advanced Business Law Section, Virginia Continuing Legal Education

• Attorneys as Settlement Agent Under CRESPA and the Role of the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Law Foundation, 15th Annual Real Estate Practice Seminar, May 1997, republished as Attorneys as Settlement Agents - Practice Tips for Working Under CRESPA, Virginia Lawyer, Vol. 46, No. 1, June/July 1997

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