Anna represents a range of clients in commercial litigation, product liability cases, and personal injury matters in courts across North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Her attention to detail allows her to execute complex briefing in trial and appellate courts and manage intricate e-discovery in litigation for her clients. Anna’s thoroughness in analyzing forensic discovery in a recent trade secret misappropriation case uncovered that the defendants were violating the court’s injunction and led the North Carolina Business Court to enter default against the defendants on her client’s claims.
Anna earned her undergraduate degree from West Virginia University in 2013 and her law degree from the Georgetown Law Center, cum laude, in 2016. Anna was the Senior Editor of the Annual Survey on White Collar Crime for the American Criminal Law Review at Georgetown. After law school, Anna clerked for the Honorable John T. Copenhaver, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Anna is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia, along with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
- Trial counsel for widow in wrongful death case resulting in settlement for $3,000,000 on the first day of trial.
- Trial counsel in winning defense verdict for major online auctioneer in claims based on misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract where the plaintiff alleged that the company gained more than $40,000,000 in profits.
- Counsel for manufacturing company in claims to prevent former head of operations and head of sales from using trade secrets to compete against client. Utilized forensic discovery to uncover the defendants’ ongoing violations of the court’s preliminary injunction and prevailed on two motions for sanctions that resulted default judgment in North Carolina Business Court. The Supreme Court of North Carolina affirmed on appeal.
- Lead counsel in winning summary judgment for tractor manufacturer in federal court on all remaining claims after winning a motion to dismiss on the majority of the claims originally asserted.
- Obtained successful result for the West Virginia Secretary of State in a high profile election law matter in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
In 2022, Anna was selected as one of only 2.5% of North Carolina attorneys chosen by her peers as a Super Lawyers Rising Star.
Anna represents a range of clients in commercial litigation, product liability cases, and personal injury matters in courts across North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Her attention to detail allows her to execute complex briefing in trial and appellate courts and manage intricate e-discovery in litigation for her clients. Anna’s thoroughness in analyzing forensic discovery in a recent trade secret misappropriation case uncovered that the defendants were violating the court’s injunction and led the North Carolina Business Court to enter default against the defendants on her client’s claims.
Anna earned her undergraduate degree from West Virginia University in 2013 and her law degree from the Georgetown Law Center, cum laude, in 2016. Anna was the Senior Editor of the Annual Survey on White Collar Crime for the American Criminal Law Review at Georgetown. After law school, Anna clerked for the Honorable John T. Copenhaver, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Anna is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia, along with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
- Trial counsel for widow in wrongful death case resulting in settlement for $3,000,000 on the first day of trial.
- Trial counsel in winning defense verdict for major online auctioneer in claims based on misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract where the plaintiff alleged that the company gained more than $40,000,000 in profits.
- Counsel for manufacturing company in claims to prevent former head of operations and head of sales from using trade secrets to compete against client. Utilized forensic discovery to uncover the defendants’ ongoing violations of the court’s preliminary injunction and prevailed on two motions for sanctions that resulted default judgment in North Carolina Business Court. The Supreme Court of North Carolina affirmed on appeal.
- Lead counsel in winning summary judgment for tractor manufacturer in federal court on all remaining claims after winning a motion to dismiss on the majority of the claims originally asserted.
- Obtained successful result for the West Virginia Secretary of State in a high profile election law matter in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
In 2022, Anna was selected as one of only 2.5% of North Carolina attorneys chosen by her peers as a Super Lawyers Rising Star.