Member: State Bar of Virginia, State Bar of West Virginia, State Bar of Pennsylvania
Practice Areas:
Bankruptcy
Eviction
Foreclosure, Residential
Litigation
State: PA, VA, and WV
Background: Admitted to Bar: 2005, West Virginia; 2007, Virginia; 2025, Pennsylvania. Education: Concord College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002). Legal Education: University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.. 2005). Member: West Virginia State Bar, US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, Virginia State Bar, US District Court for the Western District of Virginia, US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Bar, USFN Legal Issues Committee, USFN Publications Committee. Speaking Engagements: Residential and Commercial Foreclosures, Eleventh Annual WDVA Bankruptcy Conference, May 30, 2025; At the Intersection of Bankruptcy and Foreclosure – Real Estate Issues and Implications, Virginia CLE’s 43rd Annual Real Estate Practice Seminar, May 22, 2025; About-Face: How Failure to Satisfy FHA’s Face-to-Face Requirement Can Halt a Foreclosure’s Forward March, USFN Forum Case Studies, 2023; When a Stranger Calls Back: Legal and Policy Issues with Dormant Second Mortgages, Virginia State Bar Advanced Real Estate Seminar, March 3, 2023; TCPA Rules & Regulations, ALFN Intersect, November 18, 2021; Abiding by the Rules of the Game, Legal Ethics Session,” USFN Legal Issues Seminar (July 14, 2021); Title, USFN Learning Lab (October 20, 2020); Intermediate Foreclosure, USFNstruct – Phoenix, AZ (October 29, 2019); Title Law in Virginia, NBI Seminar (September 18, 2017); Title Workshop: From Examination to Commitment, NBI Seminar (February 2013). Publications: Bases Loaded: Trio of Keynote Speakers and a Grand Slam for the Compliance & Legal Issues Seminar, USFN E-Update, August 2023; Virginia Bureau of Insurance Issues Guidance on “Split Settlements” in Real Estate Closings, USFN E-Update, April 2022; Virginia General Assembly Clarifies Refinances While Complicating Modifications, USFN Summer Report, July 15, 2021; The Evolution of Residential Foreclosure Litigation in Virginia, The Fee Simple, Volume XXX, No. 2 (2010). Practice Areas: Creditors’ Rights, Civil Litigation (Trial and Appellate), Bankruptcy, Real Estate/Title, Foreclosure, Eviction.
