Education: Western Carolina University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1992); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1995). Member, Holderness Moot Court .

Member: North Carolina (Chairperson of Medico-Legal Liaison Committee) and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; 28th Judicial District Bar; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (Board of Directors); North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; EPPS-Daily-Harrell Law Society.

Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Employment Law; Personal Injury.

Experience Includes:

• Representing plaintiffs and defendants in employment discrimination cases
• Representing defendants in professional liability cases
• General civil litigation
• Appellate practice in federal and state courts
• Representing plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury cases
• Representing hospitals and physicians

• Medical Mutual Insurance
• Medical Protective Company
• Mission Hospitals
• Mission-St. Josephs Health Care System
• Adventist Health Systems
• Community Care Partners
• Lexington Insurance

Community Service:

• YWCA - Board of Directors (1997-1999)
• Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Western North Carolina - Board of Directors (1997-2001)
• Mountain Area Hospice Foundation Board (2000-2004)
• Mountain Area Child & Family Center - Board of Directors (2002-Present)
• Pisgah Legal Services - Board of Directors (1996-1998)
• City of Asheville Sustainable Economic Development Task Force (2003-2005

Presentations:

• "Issues of Medical Negligence as it Applies to Nurses", VA Medical Center of Asheville, August 31, 2006.
• Faculty Presenter at the the Palmetto Health Department of Emergency Medicine Class of 2007 Senior Retreat,"Transition to Practice", Grove Park Inn & Spa, February 9 - 11, 2007.