Honors and Awards:

• Selected as one of Virginia's Legal Elite for 2003; and also selected as the Top Elder Law Attorney in the Roanoke Valley for 2003,2007,2009,2011 and top Juvenile Law Attorney for 2011., The Roanoker Magazine
• Top 25 Women Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers of Virginia, 2008

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court; Admitted to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; Admitted to the Western and Eastern Federal District Courts of Virginia; Commissioner in Chancery 23rd Judicial Circuit.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Faculty Professionalism Course Virginia State Bar 1999-2002; Member Sixth District Disciplinary Committee, Southern Section, 1985-1988; Member State Advisory Council to the National Legal Sevices Corporation 1988-1992; Virginia Women Attorney's Association Board of Directors 1981-1983 and currently a member; Board of Directors Roanoke Bar Assocation 2003-2005 and currently a member; Member of Member National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and Virginia Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; CLE lecturer.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Board of Directors and Secretary of Mental Health American Roanoke Valley; Board of Directors and Vice Chair of Good Samaritan Hospice of the Roanoke Valley; Member Carilion Medical Center Bioethics Committee; Member AAUW; past member of numerous other community non profit Boards of Directors, including the YWCA and the Bradley Free Clinic

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Lecturer for Virginia CLE and Roanoke Bar Association, as well as other civic organizations on elder law, ethics, and family law.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Schilling v. Bedford County Memorial Hospital, 255 VA 539 (1983); Randall v. Lukhard, 709 F.2d 257 (4th Cir. 1983)

Educational Background:

• B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1970 ( Phi Beta Kappa); J.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1975 (Law Reveiw and Book Award in Family Law)