Kathleen assists clients in navigating complex business disputes, consumer litigation, and class actions.

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Kathleen is an associate in the Consumer Financial Services Practice Group which includes work in consumer law, business disputes, and commercial litigation in both federal and state court. Specifically, Kathleen focuses on defending against claims arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and Regulation X, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), as well as other federal and state statutes, and common law.

A member of the Honors Program and an editor on Law Review, Kathleen graduated first in her law school class and was named the Outstanding Graduate by faculty choice. Following law school, Kathleen served as a judicial law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, known nationally as the “Rocket Docket” for its reputation as the fastest federal trial docket in the United States.

Kathleen also provides ongoing analysis and commentary on developments in the consumer financial services industry through the Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor blog at cfslawmonitor.com.

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Financial Services Regulation Law (2023-2026), Litigation – Banking and Finance (2024-2026)
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (2026)
  • Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2024)

Kathleen is an associate in the Consumer Financial Services Practice Group which includes work in consumer law, business disputes, and commercial litigation in both federal and state court. Specifically, Kathleen focuses on defending against claims arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and Regulation X, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), as well as other federal and state statutes, and common law.

A member of the Honors Program and an editor on Law Review, Kathleen graduated first in her law school class and was named the Outstanding Graduate by faculty choice. Following law school, Kathleen served as a judicial law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, known nationally as the “Rocket Docket” for its reputation as the fastest federal trial docket in the United States.

Kathleen also provides ongoing analysis and commentary on developments in the consumer financial services industry through the Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor blog at cfslawmonitor.com.

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Financial Services Regulation Law (2023-2026), Litigation – Banking and Finance (2024-2026)
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (2026)
  • Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2024)
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • National Association of Women Lawyers
  • James Kent Inn of Court (Fall 2015-Spring 2022)
  • Judicial Intern, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2014-2015
  • Judicial Intern, Michigan Supreme Court, 2014

Education

  • Regent University School of Law, J.D., 2016
  • Thomas Edison State University, B.S., 2006

Bar Admissions

  • Virginia

Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

Clerkships

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 2016-2017