Areas of Practice
Commercial litigation, with an emphasis upon bankruptcy and creditors' rights

Representative Experience
Extensive experience over the past decade on behalf of major lenders and other constituencies in creditors’ rights, collection and other matters in state and federal courts; extensive experience in all phases of bankruptcy litigation and the Chapter 11 process, including representation of diverse interests in several of the national telecommunications, airlines and energy bankruptcies filed during the past few years.

As General Counsel of a Northern Virginia-based technology firm, participated in senior management planning; supervised several corporate finance transactions involving angel and final-stage venture investments; supervised acquisitions; handled litigation matters in-house and supervised outside counsel’s administration of larger litigation and corporate matters; and handled a variety of labor and other routine matters.

Represented several technology companies from founding through funding in all phases of operations, including matters pertaining to corporate governance, employee relations, contracting issues, and all manner of commercial disputes.

Successfully defended major international airline in multijurisdictional antitrust litigation in which over $300 million in damages sought.

Represented major national telecommunications carrier in arbitrations arising under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 involving over $20 million in damages.

Prior Experience
Partner, Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C. and McLean, Virginia

Associate, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C. and McLean, Virginia

Law clerk, The Hon. Charles R. Richey, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1988-89

Publications and Presentations
“A New Twist to Bankruptcy’s Gerrymandering Debate,” New York Law Journal (p.2, col. 3), Sept. 20, 1993

“Judicial Review of Fiduciary Benefit Denials Under ERISA: An Alternative to the Arbitrary and Capricious Test,” 71 Cornell Law Review (winner of faculty-awarded Rieff Prize for outstanding student note published in Volume 71), 1986

Memberships and Activities
Washington State Bar

Virginia State Bar

American Bar Association

American Bankruptcy Institute

Identified by Virginia Business and Washingtonian magazines as a “Top Lawyer” in Washington, D.C. and Virginia

Education
J.D., Cornell Law School, 1987

• Articles Editor, Cornell Law Review