Experience

NOVA Business Law Group, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead--Commercial Litigation

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Fairfax, Virginia, United States I represent and advise businesses and individuals in commercial litigation and pre-litigation matters at all levels of the state and federal courts of Virginia and D.C.



Wilson Elser

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2019 - Mar 2022

  McLean, Virginia

• Associate

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2018

  McLean Commercial Litigation / Professional Liability Defense / Civil Rights (42 U.S.C. § 1983) Defense / Construction Defect Defense Representative Matters (Not a guarantee of future results) • Global Computer Enter. V. Steese, Evans & Frankel P.C. (In re Global Computer Enters.), 2016 Bankr. LEXIS 3468 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2016); adversary defendant in legal malpractice case successfully defeated motion for voluntary dismissal from bankruptcy court to allow re-filing in district court and… Show more Commercial Litigation / Professional Liability Defense / Civil Rights (42 U.S.C. § 1983) Defense / Construction Defect Defense Representative Matters (Not a guarantee of future results) • Global Computer Enter. V. Steese, Evans & Frankel P.C. (In re Global Computer Enters.), 2016 Bankr. LEXIS 3468 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2016); adversary defendant in legal malpractice case successfully defeated motion for voluntary dismissal from bankruptcy court to allow re-filing in district court and trial by jury • Phoenix Packaging, Operations, LLC v. M&O Agencies, Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72945 (W.D. Va. 2016); successful motion to dismiss claims for fraud and constructive fraud based upon the principle that the only duty owed by defendant to plaintiff arose out of their contract and there was no basis for a separate tort cause of action • Phillips v. Uber Techs., Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4590 (E.D. Va. 2016); successful motion to transfer venue from E.D. Va. to S.D.N.Y. where personal injury suit was filed where one of two plaintiffs resided on a cause of action that arose in Manahattan. • Woodson v. City of Richmond, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16096 (E.D. Va. 2015); successful motion for summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case on behalf of a nurse practitioner alleged to have failed to properly “take off” a doctor’s note prescribing heat management where the plaintiff subsequently suffered a heat stroke • Negron-Bennett v. McCandless, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 145593 (E.D. Va. 2013); aff’d Negron-Bennett v. McCandless, 572 Fed. Appx. 246 (4th Cir. 2014); cert. denied Negron-Bennett v. McCandless, Sup. Ct. Case No.: 14-6614; successful motion to dismiss 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against four prosecutors based on malicious prosecution claim under Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 and 12(b)(6)



Hartel, Kane, DeSantis & Howie, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Mar 2011 - Nov 2011

  General insurance defense litigation, primarily of motor vehicle accident cases, including investigation, initial client meetings, pleadings, written discovery, fact and expert witness depositions, dispositive motions, discovery motions and evidentiary motions Plaintiff’s side business litigation case against major corporate defendant taken to trial First and second chair jury trial experience, multiple bench trials and more than 40 district court trials



Cunningham & Associates

• United States
• Consumer Goods

• Associate Attorney

  • Mar 2009 - Mar 2011

  Professional liability defense litigation, general insurance defense of personal injury claims against home and business owners Plaintiff’s side personal injury and property damage claims Handled all pre-trial aspects of litigation, including investigation, witness meetings, client intake, pleadings and written discovery



CACI International, Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Law Clerk

  • Oct 2007 - Mar 2009

  Taught document and privilege review seminars on the Federal Rules of Evidence and applicability to ongoing litigation arising out of the failure of U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers levies during Hurricane Katrina Performed document and privilege reviews on fundamental discovery documents in active litigation on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice’s defense of the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers in litigation arising out of Hurricane Katrina Studied for and passed the Virginia Bar… Show more Taught document and privilege review seminars on the Federal Rules of Evidence and applicability to ongoing litigation arising out of the failure of U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers levies during Hurricane Katrina Performed document and privilege reviews on fundamental discovery documents in active litigation on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice’s defense of the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers in litigation arising out of Hurricane Katrina Studied for and passed the Virginia Bar Exam Show less



Flood, Lanctot, Connor P.L.L.C.

• Law Clerk

  • Sep 2006 - May 2007

  Royal Oak, MI Criminal defense, plaintiff-side civil litigation, state administrative proceedings



Galbraith & Booms

• Law Clerk

  • May 2005 - Sep 2006

  Southfield, MI Insurance defense