Kellie focuses her practice on business and employment law. Kellie represents employees in sexual harassment and discrimination claims, retaliation, wrongful termination, severance negotiations, restrictive covenant challenges, and employment agreement negotiations. In her employment practice, Kellie works hard to resolve employee disputes quickly and effectively but fights vigorously in court when necessary to protect her client’s rights. With nearly two decades of business litigation experience, Kellie represents individuals and companies in diverse matters in State and Federal Court, before the Virginia Supreme Court and in various administrative proceedings at the County and State level. Whether representing shareholders in a business divorce, enforcing, or challenging a restrictive covenant, or litigating a breach of contract claim, Kellie has a wealth of experience fighting on behalf of corporate clients.

In addition to her business and employment practice, Kellie represents homeowners in community association matters.

Practice Areas

• Employment Law (Employee)

• Business Litigation

• Business Formations

• Real Estate

Professional Affiliations

• Fairfax Bar Association Board of Directors, Vice-President

• Northern Virginia Black Attorneys Association Board of Directors

• Legal Services of Northern Virginia Board of Directors

Recognitions

• Virginia Lawyers Weekly “Go to Business Litigation Lawyer,” 2023

• Virginia Lawyers Weekly “Influential Women in Law,” 2021

• GWAC “Trailblazer Award,” 2020

Presentations

• Panelist, Employment Discovery in Fairfax Do’s and Don’ts, November 2023

• Moderator, CLE Program: Jury Voir Dire, Fairfax Bar Association, June 14, 2023

• Moderator, CLE Program: Community Association Law CLE, June 2020

• Panelist, CLE Program: Bling Bling Making it Rain While Tackling the Business of Firm Management, October 2018

NOTABLE REPRESENTATIONS

(Disclaimer: the case results stated below do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case)

• Mason v. Mazzei, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45346 (derivative shareholder dispute)

• Wings, LLC v. Capitol Leather, LLC, 88 Va. Cir. 83 (defense of non-compete provision)

• Zuberi v. Hirezi, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14150 (dismissing contractor from a 1.5-million- dollar breach of contract/fraud matter)

• Sandoval v. Starwest Servs., LLC, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 245917 (denying plaintiff’s motion to amend complaint against corporate client)

• Aviles v. Equifax Info. Serv., LLC, et al., 521 F. Supp. 2d 519 (E.D. Va. 2007) (dismissal of claims on summary judgment under Fair Credit Reporting Act)