About
Elizabeth has been litigating considering regulation school, in which she won her first trial as a pupil with the Georgetown University Juvenile Justice Clinic, protecting juveniles in delinquency matters earlier than the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Elizabeth has been a defender from the first day of regulation college, having labored on the Fairfax County and Alexandria City Public Defender places of work, as well as interning with the Office of the Pardon Lawyer for america Department of Justice. After graduation and passing the bar, she became an Assistant Public Defender for the City of Fredericksburg and the Counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, and King George. After gaining tremendous trial experience there, she entered personal exercise in 2004, coping with instances in Arlington County, Fairfax County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County. During private practice Elizabeth has continued to strive instances in all ranges of the Virginia Courts, consisting of many jury trials. She has also worked on appeals to the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Virginia, most importantly participating in the successful appeal of Paiz v. Commonwealth of Virginia, posted at 54 Va. App. 688 (2009), within the Court of Appeals of Virginia, and Henderson v. Commonwealth, 285 Va. 318 (2013), in the Supreme Court of Virginia.
From 2020-2024, Elizabeth served the citizens of Arlington County inside the Prosecutor’s workplace, serving as a Deputy Commonwealth’s Lawyer. In that function, she coordinated subjects regarding intellectual health and substance use ailment, prosecuted homicide instances through of completion, as well as expenses such as malicious wounding, carjacking, robbery, burglary, drug distribution instances and gun ownership fees.
Elizabeth is now handling special education topics, because of her personal enjoy with a toddler with a incapacity. Elizabeth has represented hundreds of clients throughout Virginia, and believes that private representation is the best effective illustration
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