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Florida State University (1991-1995)

Bachelor of Science - Criminology

  • Activities: Theta Chi Fraternity

 

University of Miami School of Law (1998-2001)

Juris Doctor

  • Activities: UM Law School Ambassador and Orientation Advisor.

  • 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

  • January 2015

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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





 

  • 2009 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2010 Presented for U.S. Dept. of Justice/NDAA's Project Safe Neighborhoods: Hitting the Mark Program in Culpeper, VA

  • 2010 Presented for U.S. Dept. of Justice/NDAA Project Safe Neighborhoods: Hitting the Mark Program in Ocean View, DE

  • 2011 Presented for U.S. Dept. of Justice/NDAA's Project Safe Neighborhoods: Hitting the Mark Program in St. Louis, MO

  • 2011 Presented at U.S. Dept. of Justice National Gang Symposium on "Gang Prosecution" Orlando, FL

  • 2011 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2011 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Spring Institute on "Adult Sentencing Options" in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2012 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2013 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2013 Presented for the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Advanced Gang Prosecution Program in Charlottesville, VA

  • 2014 Presented for VA Paralegal Association on "Sentencing Guidelines"

  • 2014 Presented for the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Advanced Gang Prosecution Program in Staunton, VA

  • 2014 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2015 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2016 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2017 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 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

  • 2018 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2019 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2020 Presented Webinar for the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council on Investigating and Cross-Examining Experts

  • 2021 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2021 Participated in Virginia State Police Drug Recognition Expert Moot Court Training in Richmond, VA

  • 2021 Taught and participated at Federal Bureau of Investigation CART Moot Court Training Orlando, FL

  • 2021 Taught and participated at Federal Bureau of Investigation CART Moot Court Training Tampa, FL

  • 2022 Participated in Virginia State Police Drug Recognition Expert Moot Court Training in Richmond, VA

  • 2022 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2023 Participated in Virginia State Police Drug Recognition Expert Moot Court Training in Richmond, VA

  • 2023 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 2023 Taught and participated at Federal Bureau of Investigation CART Moot Court Training Orlando, FL

  • 2024 Co-Presented at NDAA Prosecuting Sexual Assault Conference on "The Criminal Investigation – Corroborating the Victim" in Seattle, WA

  • 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

  • 2024 Taught at Custom Trial Advocacy training for Oahu District Attorney's Office in Honolulu, HI

  • 2024 Taught and participated in Virginia State Police Drug Recognition Expert Moot Court Training.

  • 2024 Co-Presented at NDAA Prosecuting Homicides – Building the Puzzle on "From Their Own Mouth: Cross-Examination of the Defendant" in Louisville, KY

  • 2024 Presented at NDAA Prosecuting Homicides – Building the Puzzle on "Investigation and Cross-Examination of Experts" in Louisville, KY

  • 2025 Presented at Custom Trial Advocacy for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence training for the Chickasaw Nation in Ada, OK

  • 2025 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Advanced Trial Advocacy School in Norfolk, VA

  • 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

  • 2025 Co-presented at NDAA Prosecuting Sexual Assault Conference on "The Criminal Investigation – Corroborating the Victim" in Charleston, SC

  • 2025 Presented at the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council Advanced Trial Advocacy School in Williamsburg, VA

  • 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:

  • Closing Arguments

  • Meeting and Making Objections

  • Investigating and Cross-Examining Experts

  • Using Courtroom Technologies to Present Your Case

Training Attended

Teaching Experience

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