CONTACT
Tel: (757) 995-5606
EDUCATION
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D.
College of William & Mary, B.A.
AWARDS
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
- Served as a member of the City of Norfolk’s Grievance Board
- Serves as an Administrative Hearing Officer for the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Serves as a Special Education Hearing Officer for the Virginia Department of Education
- 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
- Education
- Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D.
- College of William & Mary, B.A.
- 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
- Professional Associations
- 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)
- Honors / Awards
- “Lawyer of the Year” for Employment Law, 2022
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America® in Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law and Management and Labor Law – Management, 2008-2022
- Named one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” (Employment Law) by Virginia Business Magazine, 2017—2020
- Recognized as a “Super Lawyer,” 2006—2022
- Selected as one of the “Top 50 Women Virginia Super Lawyers” for 2012
- Sullivan Law Group named by U.S. News as one of America’s “Best Law Firms,” 2017—2020
- Designated as a “Go-To Employment Lawyer” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly—2021
- Presentations / Publications
- “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