LEGISLATIVE/ REGULATORY/ ADMINISTRATIVE

Title: Chair, Government Contracts Practice

Other legal specialties: Corporate law, litigation

Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Education: Bachelor’s degree (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Smith College; law degree, University of Virginia School of Law

Hobbies or pastimes: Mosaics artist, stylist, interior decorator

First job as a lawyer: Law clerk, United District Court for Puerto Rico, Judge José A. Fuste

Fan of: Polo

Recently read book: “The Art of Seduction” by Robert Greene

Career mentors: Carleton Jones, Timothy Hanlon

You are well known as a bid protest attorney. How did that part of your practice evolve? I was on U.Va.’s National Moot Court team and wanted to do litigation. After my federal clerkship, the firm I agreed to join told me the firm’s Government Contracts Group needed litigation support. As it turns out, a good part of a government contracts practice involves litigation — primarily bid protests.

What are your responsibilities as general counsel of the Small Emerging Contractor Advisory Forum? I am on the board of directors and, in that capacity, I ensure the organization follows standard rules of governance, review any contracts/partnership agreements the organization may execute and respond to general inquiries regarding the organization’s operations. I also chair the Legislative & Regulatory Committee and monitor and advise our membership on new laws or regulations impacting small business government contractors.

Legislative/ Regulatory/Administrative Law list

Heidi Abbott
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Richmond

David B. Albo
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Lars E. Anderson
Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC
Reston

Christopher S. Boynton
Virginia Beach City Attorney’s Office
Virginia Beach

John Byrum
Woods Rogers PLC
Richmond

John Cafferky
Blankingship & Keith PC
Fairfax

Nicole Cheuk
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Whittington W. Clement
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Richmond

James E. Cornwell Jr.
James E. Cornwell Jr., Attorney
White Stone

David Clarke
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC
Fairfax

Brian Craddock
Flora Pettit PC
Charlottesville

Thomas David
David, Brody & Dondershine LLP
Reston

John G. “Chip” Dicks
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Michelle Foy
Office of the City Attorney
Norfolk

Vivian Seay Giles
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Eric Gregory
Hefty, Wiley & Gore PC
Richmond

James P. Guy
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Gregory Habeeb
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Gregory Haley
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Jason Ham
Litten & Sipe LLP
Harrisonburg

Devon E. Hewitt
Protorae Law PLLC
Tysons

Brian Jackson
Hirschler
Richmond

W. Scott Johnson
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

John-Garrett Kemper
Kemper Consulting Inc.
Norfolk

Anne Kerr
Kerr Government Strategies
Richmond

Bradford A. King
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Robert E. Korroch
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Sotia Kyriacou
McCandlish Lillard PC
Fairfax

Kamala Lannetti
Virginia Beach City Attorney’s Office
Virginia Beach

Thomas A. Lisk
Cozen O’Connor
Richmond

Courtney Malveaux
Jackson Lewis PC
Richmond

Anthony J. Mazzeo
Vandeventer Black LLP
Norfolk

Andrew McRoberts
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Edward Mullen
Reed Smith LLP
Richmond

Eric Page
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC
Richmond

Jeffrey Palmore
Reed Smith LLP
Richmond

Lucas Pangle
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
Harrisonburg

Bernard A. Pishko
City of Norfolk
Norfolk

Robert L. Samuel Jr.
Pender & Coward PC
Virginia Beach

Michele Satterlund
McGuireWoods Consulting LLC
Richmond

Adam Shall
Klein, Rowell & Shall PLLC
Virginia Beach

Daniel Siegel
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Elizabeth Skilling
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Meade Spotts
Spotts Fain PC
Richmond

Joanna L. Suyes
Marks & Harrison PC
Richmond

John Tolle
Baker, Cronogue, Tolle & Werfel LLP
McLean

Michael R. Ward
McCandlish Holton PC
Richmond