Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky
- Virginia
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
Education
- Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Highland Heights, Kentucky
- Juris Doctor - 1995
- Honors: Chair, Chase National Environmental Law Competition
- Honors: Honors, Moot Court
- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
- B.A. - 1992
- Major: Political Science
Professional Associations
- Member Virginia State Bar Association
- Member Kentucky State Bar Association
- Member Prince William County Bar Association
- Member Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Leadership
- Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Section Board of Governors, Chair
- Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Section Board of Governors, Vice-Chair
- Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Section Board of Governors, Secretary
- Member Virginia Criminal Justice Committee
- 4th District Representative to the Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries
- Chair, Wildlife and Boat Committee of VDGIF
- Member of the Director of Public Safety’s Task Force on Alternatives for Non-Violent Offenders
- Virginia Association of Commonwealth Attorneys – Member Legislative Committee
- Vice-Chair of the Dinwiddie Domestic Violence Task Force
- Vice-Chair of the Dinwiddie Gang Prevention Task Force
- Member Dinwiddie Republican Committee
- Vice-Chair of the Tri-City Women’s Republican Committee
- Board of Directors Member – Sutherland Ruritan Club
- Member Finance Council – St. John's Catholic Church
Past Employment Positions
- Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for the County of Dinwiddie, Virginia, Commonwealth's Attorney (elected), January 2007 – September 2014
- Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Colonial Heights, Virginia, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney, January 2004 – December 2007
- Public Defender's Office: City of Richmond, Virginia, Assistant Public Defender, April 2003 – January 2004
- Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for the County of Brunswick, Virginia, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, September 2002 – April 2003
- Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for Emporia/Greensville County, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, July 2002 – September 2002
- Barnes & Batzli, PC: Chesterfield, Virginia, Associate, November 2001 - July 2002
- Lisa Caruso, Attorney at Law: Louisville, Kentucky, Sole Practitioner, May 1998 – October 2001
- Jefferson County Family Law Court - Louisville, Kentucky, Guardian ad litem, January 1999 – October 2001
- Louisville Jefferson District Public Defenders Office - Louisville, Kentucky, Assistant Public Defender, December 1996 – April 1998
