Beth is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group. Beth handles a robust civil litigation practice throughout Virginia in state and federal court, primarily in insurance defense for personal lines, trucking, commercial general liability, restaurants and retail, and landlord-tenant issues.
Overview
Beth is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group. Beth handles a robust civil litigation practice throughout Virginia in state and federal court, primarily in insurance defense for personal lines, trucking, commercial general liability, restaurants and retail, and landlord-tenant issues.
Practice Areas
Experience
- Defended business conspiracy and tortious interference with contract expectancy claim to defense verdict in jury trial in the City of Richmond Circuit Court.
- Defended restaurant premises liability claim to defense verdict in jury trial in the City of Richmond Circuit Court.
- First-chaired defense of civil action for compensatory and punitive damages for injuries received due to drunk driving motor vehicle accident in Hanover County Circuit Court to jury verdict for lower than agreed high-low figure.
- Defended landlord against tenant making personal injury claim in jury trial in City of Richmond Circuit Court to defense verdict based on motion to strike plaintiff's evidence.
- Successfully demurred to civil claim for personal injury damages resulting from alleged negligent entrustment of a taser, forcing non-suit of case which was not thereafter re-filed.
Distinctions
- Super Lawyers®
- Virginia Rising Stars, Civil Litigation: Defense, 2022
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 2012
- U.S. District Courts
- Virginia: Eastern
Education
- University of Richmond School of Law, J.D., 2012
- Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, Senior Staff
- Dartmouth College, B.A., 2008
Associations
- Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Author, “July 2017 Legislative Update,” KPM Law Newsletter, July 2017.
- Author, “The Impact of Marijuana on Litigation,” KPM Law Annual Seminar, 2016.
- Author, “Duty to Defend in Data Breach Cases,” KPM Law Newsletter, May 2016.
- Author, “Employer Liability for Third-Party Harassment of Employees,” KPM Law Newsletter, June 2014.
- Co-Presenter, “The Law of Defamation,” KPM Law Annual Seminar, 2013.