qavah (verb) to wait, look for, hope, expect, to wait actively with anticipation

Like many of you, I have walked down a winding career road, all of which has made me a better attorney. Over the course of this journey, I’ve learned that my clients don’t have legal problems–they have business problems or personal hurdles, which might have legal solutions. That’s what I’m here for.

My goal is to understand and bring understanding, to communicate and bring options, to move forward toward solutions. I anticipate and strategize and seek to empower my clients.

I help clients with contracts, business relationships, litigation, and certain family law matters. I have particular experience in the health care field as well as with situations involving interpersonal and/or institutional abuse, inside and outside of faith communities.

I believe we all have a story. Let me help you write a better one.

You can read more about me here.

Previous Experience:

  • Consultant, Doulots pharmaceutical consulting
  • Founder and President, Project Alive
  • Attorney, solo practice, Nashville, TN
  • Consultant, Kerma Partners, international
  • Adjunct Faculty, Legal Research and Writing, Nashville School of Law
  • Adjunct Faculty, Healthcare Regulatory Law, Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law
  • Attorney, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, TN
  • Law Clerk, Judge Alice M. Batchelder, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Education:

  • University Of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1998, J.D., Health Law Certificate, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • Georgetown College, 1995, B.A., Communications, Political Science, summa cum laude

Relevant Activities:

  • Executive Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review
  • President, Health Law Society, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
  • Health Law Moot Court, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Voluntary Service:

  • Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Family Advisory Council
  • Tennessee Newborn Screening Follow-Up Workgroup
  • Medical Trauma Multidisciplinary Workgroup
  • FDA Patient Representative
  • FDA/CTTI Patient Engagement Collaborative
  • MPS International Consensus Conferences – twice serving on panels evaluating and recommending clinical research endpoints and measures for the mucopolysaccharide disorders

Awards and Honors:

  • Global Genes Rare Champion of Hope Award
  • Georgetown College Distinguished Alumni Award
  • National MPS Society Directors’ Award

Books and Articles:

Television appearances:

  • The Doctors
  • Inside the NBA