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Florida State University (1991-1995)
Bachelor of Science - Criminology
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Activities: Theta Chi Fraternity
University of Miami School of Law (1998-2001)
Juris Doctor
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Activities: UM Law School Ambassador and Orientation Advisor.
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Awards: University of Miami Law Alumni Association Student Leader Award.
Sorenson Institute of Political Leadership at The University of Virginia (2015)
Candidate Training Program Certificate
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January 2015



EDUCATION
● 2002 DJJ Probation Officer Training – Glen Allen, VA
● 2003 VACLE Successful Strategies in General District Court - Richmond, VA
● 2004 IDC Public Defender Annual Conference - Williamsburg, VA
● 2005 VACLE Criminal Law Seminar – Williamsburg, VA
● 2005 VCASC Spring Institute - Williamsburg, VA
● 2005 STARS Understanding the Language of Children - Leesburg, VA
● 2005 VCASC Trial Advocacy - Williamsburg, VA
● 2005 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2006 VACLE Criminal Law Seminar – Williamsburg, VA
● 2006 VCASC Spring Institute - Williamsburg, VA
● 2006 APRI Gun Violence Prosecutions - Jackson Hole, WY
● 2006 VDCJS Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse - Roanoke, VA
● 2006 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2007 VACLE Criminal Law Seminar – Williamsburg, VA
● 2007 VCASC Spring Institute - Williamsburg, VA
● 2007 VCASC Top Gun Narcotics Prosecution School - Williamsburg, VA
● 2007 APRI-Terror & the Role of Prosecutors in Homeland Security - Palm Springs, CA
● 2007 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2007 VGIA Annual Gang Conference - VA Beach
● 2008 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2008 VCASC Intro to Internet Investigations - Abingdon, VA
● 2008 VCASC Murder One Homicide School - Williamsburg, VA
● 2008 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2008 VCASC Asset Forfeiture Investigation and Prosecution - Richmond, VA
● 2009 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2009 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2010 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2010 VCASC Basic Nuts and Bolts of Gang Prosecution - Richmond, VA
● 2010 NDAA Hitting the Mark Targeting Gang and Gun Violence - Ocean View, DE
● 2010 NDAA Hitting the Mark Targeting Gang and Gun Violence - St. Louis, MO
● 2010 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2010 NDAA Hitting the Mark Targeting Gang and Gun Violence - Culpeper, VA
● 2010 VCASC Executive Program - Staunton, VA
● 2011 VCASC Spring Institute - Richmond, VA
● 2011 VSP Red Flag Insurance Fraud Prosecution - Staunton, VA
● 2011 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2011 VCASC Executive Program - Williamsburg, VA
● 2012 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2012 VCASC Gang Busters - State Farm, VA
● 2012 VSC Drug/DUI Court Conference - Williamsburg, VA
● 2012 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2012 VCASC Executive Program - Staunton, VA
● 2013 VCASC Advanced Gang Prosecution - Charlottesville, VA
● 2013 VCASC Spring Institute - Richmond, VA
● 2013 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2014 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2014 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2015 VCASC Spring Institute - Richmond, VA
● 2015 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2015 VCB New Constitutional Officer Training - Richmond, VA
● 2015 VCASC Executive Program - Roanoke, VA
● 2016 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2016 VCASC Prosecuting Economic Crimes - Richmond, VA
● 2016 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2016 VCASC Executive Program - Staunton, VA
● 2017 VCASC Spring Institute - Richmond, VA
● 2017 VCASC Prosecuting Capital Cases - Blacksburg, VA
● 2017 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2017 VCASC Executive Program - Charlottesville, VA
● 2018 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2018 NDAA National Prosecution Best Practices – Salt Lake City, UT
● 2018 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2018 VCASC Executive Program - Williamsburg, VA
● 2019 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2019 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2019 VGIA Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, VA
● 2019 VCASC Executive Program - Staunton, VA
● 2020 VACA Spring Institute - Virtual
● 2021 VCASC Spring Institute - Richmond, VA
● 2021 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2021 VCASC Executive Program - Charlottesville, VA
● 2022 VCASC Spring Institute - Richmond, VA
● 2022 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2022 VSC Specialty Dockets Conference – Roanoke, VA
● 2022 VCASC Executive Program - Staunton, VA
● 2023 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2023 NDAA Summer Summit – Nashville, TN
● 2023 VGIA Annual Conference – Virginia Beach, VA
● 2023 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2023 VCASC Executive Program - Roanoke, VA
● 2024 NDAA National Advocacy Conference – Washington, DC
● 2024 VCASC Spring Institute - Norfolk, VA
● 2024 NDAA Prosecuting Sexual Assault – Seattle, WA
● 2024 NDAA Prosecuting Homicides - Louisville, KY
● 2024 NDAA Summer Summit – Boise, ID
● 2024 VACA Summer Conference - Virginia Beach, VA
● 2024 NDAA Forensic Evidence - Savannah, GA
● 2025 NDAA Prosecuting Sexual Assault – Charleston, SC
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2009 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2010 Presented for U.S. Dept. of Justice/NDAA's Project Safe Neighborhoods: Hitting the Mark Program in Culpeper, VA
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2010 Presented for U.S. Dept. of Justice/NDAA Project Safe Neighborhoods: Hitting the Mark Program in Ocean View, DE
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2011 Presented for U.S. Dept. of Justice/NDAA's Project Safe Neighborhoods: Hitting the Mark Program in St. Louis, MO
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2011 Presented at U.S. Dept. of Justice National Gang Symposium on "Gang Prosecution" Orlando, FL
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2011 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2011 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Spring Institute on "Adult Sentencing Options" in Williamsburg, VA
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2012 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2013 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2013 Presented for the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Advanced Gang Prosecution Program in Charlottesville, VA
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2014 Presented for VA Paralegal Association on "Sentencing Guidelines"
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2014 Presented for the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Advanced Gang Prosecution Program in Staunton, VA
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2014 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2015 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2016 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2017 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2017 Presented at and participated in Moot Court-Trial Testimony training for the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security's Project H.E.R.O. Corps Training in Fairfax, VA
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2018 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2019 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2020 Presented Webinar for the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council on Investigating and Cross-Examining Experts
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2021 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2021 Participated in Virginia State Police Drug Recognition Expert Moot Court Training in Richmond, VA
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2021 Taught and participated at Federal Bureau of Investigation CART Moot Court Training Orlando, FL
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2021 Taught and participated at Federal Bureau of Investigation CART Moot Court Training Tampa, FL
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2022 Participated in Virginia State Police Drug Recognition Expert Moot Court Training in Richmond, VA
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2022 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2023 Participated in Virginia State Police Drug Recognition Expert Moot Court Training in Richmond, VA
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2023 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2023 Taught and participated at Federal Bureau of Investigation CART Moot Court Training Orlando, FL
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2024 Co-Presented at NDAA Prosecuting Sexual Assault Conference on "The Criminal Investigation – Corroborating the Victim" in Seattle, WA
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2024 Co-Presented at Virginia Spring Judicial Conference for Circuit Court and Appellate Court Judges, and Supreme Court Justices on "Pre-Trial Motions with Emphasis on Speedy Trial, Jury Sentencing, and Experts" in Norfolk, VA
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2024 Taught at Custom Trial Advocacy training for Oahu District Attorney's Office in Honolulu, HI
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2024 Taught and participated in Virginia State Police Drug Recognition Expert Moot Court Training.
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2024 Co-Presented at NDAA Prosecuting Homicides – Building the Puzzle on "From Their Own Mouth: Cross-Examination of the Defendant" in Louisville, KY
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2024 Presented at NDAA Prosecuting Homicides – Building the Puzzle on "Investigation and Cross-Examination of Experts" in Louisville, KY
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2025 Presented at Custom Trial Advocacy for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence training for the Chickasaw Nation in Ada, OK
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2025 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Advanced Trial Advocacy School in Norfolk, VA
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2025 Co-presented at NDAA Prosecuting Sexual Assault Conference on "Ethical and Professional Responsibility Concerns with the Investigation, Charging, and Trial of the Sexual Assault Case" in Charleston, SC
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2025 Co-presented at NDAA Prosecuting Sexual Assault Conference on "The Criminal Investigation – Corroborating the Victim" in Charleston, SC
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2025 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Advanced Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA
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2025 Scheduled to Present at Virginia Association of Commonwealth's Attorney Summer Conference on "Evidence in Motion - Vehicle Digital Forensics in Virginia Beach, VA
**** Have taught legal updates to the Fredericksburg City Police, Fredericksburg Sheriff, and the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Department on numerous occasions.
**** Presented at and participated in Moot Court-Trial Testimony training for the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy
representing approximately forty law enforcement agencies on numerous occasions.
**** At the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Advanced Trial Advocacy School, I have presented on many topics such as:
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Closing Arguments
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Meeting and Making Objections
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Investigating and Cross-Examining Experts
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Using Courtroom Technologies to Present Your Case