CONTACT
Tel: (757) 955-8545
EDUCATION
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D.
College of William & Mary, B.A.
Ms. Sullivan is married to a former prosecutor and defense attorney, and she has two daughters and a son—in—law. She enjoys being a Master Gardener, with a focus on community gardening, her affiliation with Rotary, The Muse Writing Center, and her extended family.
Her prior civic commitments include teaching English as a Second Language, chairing the Board of Trustees of the Norfolk Public Library, and the Norfolk Law Library, serving as president of the Norfolk Sunrise Rotary Club, co—chairing Paint Your Heart Out, chairing the Virginia Bar Association Civil Litigation section, and Lawyers Helping Lawyers. She considers herself a life time learner.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Serves as a member of the City of Norfolk’s Grievance Board.
- Serves as an Administrative Hearing Officer for the Supreme Court of Virginia.
- Participates in numerous dispute arbitrations and has served as an arbitrator and mediator
- Frequent speaker on employment issues before local and regional audiences.
- Adjunct Faculty University of Virginia, Continuing Education Programs
- Serves on Civil Service Commission for Norfolk
- Serves as Board Member for the Muse Writers Center
- Serves as Board Member for Fest Events
PRESENTATIONS
- “Severing the Employment Relationship,” 16th Annual Employment Law Update, sponsored by Virginia CLE
- “Conducting Depositions” for Virginia CLE; panel member for the 12th Annual Employment Law Update, sponsored by Virginia CLE
- “Drafting Employment Contracts,” for the 13th Annual Employment Law Update, sponsored by Virginia CLE
- “Chronicles of the Workplace: The Outburst, The Firing, and The Litigation,” sponsored by Virginia CLE
HONORS AND AWARDS
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
- Included in Best Lawyers in America® in Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management, 2008-2013
- Listed in Virginia’s “Legal Elite” (Alternative Dispute Resolution), Virginia Business Magazine, 2007
- Selected to Virginia’s “Super Lawyers”, 2006-2012, “Top 50 Women Virginia Super Lawyers”, 2012
- Listed in Virginia’s “Legal Elite” (Employment Law), Virginia Business Magazine, 2001-2006, 2012
- Recognized as Best Lawyer in America for 2017
- Recognized as a Virginia Super Lawyer for 2017
- U.S. News and World Report ranked the four-year-old Law Firm “Best Law Firm” for 2018 (grown to 4 lawyers in 4 years!)
- Recognized for “2020 Best Lawyers Award” (since 2008)
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Virginia State Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District court, Northern District of Texas
- 16th Judicial District Court, Denton County, Texas
- Boyle Circuit Court, State of Kentucky
- Fayette Circuit Court, State of Kentucky
MEMBERSHIPS
- Virginia Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section, Former Chair, Labor & Employment Section Executive Council Member, Judicial Selection Committee)
- Virginia State Bar (Judicial Selection Committee, Judicial Nominations Committee)
- Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Maritime Law Association of the U.S. (Proctor)