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Ms. Brown, of
Fairfax County, Virginia, earned her undergraduate degree from the
University of Virginia in 1996 and received her law degree from George Mason
University School of Law in 1999. Ms. Brown is currently admitted to
practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and
Maryland. Ms. Brown is also admitted to practice in the federal trial
courts in Virginia and the District of Columbia, as well as the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
In 2009 and 2010, Ms. Brown
was recognized in Super Lawyers magazine as a Virginia Rising Star.
Ms. Brown has
litigated cases in state and federal courts throughout Virginia, as well
as in the District of Columbia. Ms. Brown handles contractual matters,
including the negotiation and review of severance agreements, covenants
not to compete, and employment
agreements. Ms. Brown also counsels employees who are subjected to
workplace harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.
Verdicts Ms. Brown has obtained on behalf of her clients include Grissom v. The Mills
Corporation, Civil Action 06-961 (E.D. Va. 2007) (Sarbanes-Oxley wrongful termination, breach of
contract, and defamation per se - $459,566 judgment, fees and costs
awarded). Reported decisions include: Zeng v. EDS, 2007 U.S. Dist LEXIS
44412 (June 12, 2007) (denying a
motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claims of tortious interference and
intentional infliction of emotional distress); Duckett v.
District of Columbia, et al., 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 32523 (D.C. Cir. May
23, 2006) (dismissing claims against physician who was falsely accused
of violating the civil rights of an inmate).
Recent
presentations by Ms. Brown include: "Strategic Thinking in Settlement
Negotiations" (the Virginia Bar Association
Thirty-Sixth Annual
Conference on Labor Relations and Employment Law, October 6, 2006);
"Careers in Labor & Employment" (D.C. Bar Labor & Employment Section,
July 26, 2007); "Hot Topics in Employment" (The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives, July 28, 2009); "Hot Topics in Employment Law and Ethical
and Professional Mediation Guidelines
to Resolve Cases Early" (Fairfax Bar Association, Las Vegas, October 6,
2009); "Plaintiff's
Perspective: What's the Plan? Issues That Arise in State, Federal, or
ADR Forum" (Virginia Nineteenth Annual Employment Law Update, May
13, 2010).
Ms. Brown is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, the Metropolitan
Washington Employment Law Association, the Fairfax Bar Association, the Northern Virginia Black Attorneys
Association, and the Federal Bar Association. She is also a
Barrister of the George Mason American Inn of Court.
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