I HAVE OVER 30 YEARS of EXPERIENCE and
I am proud to be carrying on a family traditions of legal service. (There has been an unbroken string of lawyers in my family in Central Virginia since the early 1800s, including my great-grandfather and his brother, who started and ran The Michie Company, a publisher of law books in Charlottesville, Virginia.)
EXPERIENCE MATTERS - let me put mine to work for you.
PERSONAL ATTENTION - no one but me will work on your file.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
I opened my own law firm, Jan. 1996 - current.
Michie, Hamlett, Lowry, Rassmussen & Tweel, Nov. 1989 - Dec. 1995:
A firm of about 18 attorneys (I handled complex personal injury and workers' comp cases;
also criminal and traffic cases)
Student Legal Services at UVA, Nov. 1987 - Nov. 1989: attorney representing UVA
students in legal matters - criminal, traffic, DUIs
National Legal Research Group, Jan. 1986 - Nov. 1987: One of approximately 70 attorneys
researching and writing memoranda and briefs for attorneys around the
nation
EDUCATION
Charlottesville Public Schools
(CHS Class of 1978)
Denison University, BA cum laude, 1982
(majors - Political Science & Economics)
TC Williams School of Law -
University of Richmond, JD, 1985
CIVIC COMMITMENT
Charlottesville School Board Member
July 1, 2004 - January 1, 2018
Chairperson, January 2008 - 2010; 2012
CATEC Board Chairman, 2008 & 2011
Piedmont Housing Alliance
1997 - 2014: various committees working to provide affordable housing
Neighborhood Association
Executive Committee member since 2,000
President, 2002 - 2008; 2017 - present
Rivanna Trails Foundation
Board of Directors, 2002
