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Partner
Education
- Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 1978
- College of William and Mary, B.A., 1975
Memberships
- 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)
- James Kent American Inn of Court (Master)
- Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Maritime Law Association of the U.S. (proctor)
- Boyds Graves (Member of Steering Committee)
- Norfolk Sunrise Rotary (past president)
- Norfolk Public Library Board of Trustees (past chair)
- Norfolk Public Library Foundation Board
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Ann K. Sullivan
Ms. Sullivan leads the Employment Law Group and represents employers and employees across the full spectrum of labor and personnel issues, including ERISA claims, Fair Labor Standards Act grievances, discrimination actions, sexual harassment and wrongful discharge litigation. She has successfully concluded several collective actions under the FLSA for plaintiffs and defendants. She also focuses on complex construction defect and civil litigation matters, including maritime and transportation litigation.
Relevant Experience and Honors
- Named one of Virginia's Legal Elite by Virginia Business magazine for 2001-2006 in recognition of her work in employment law and in 2007 for Alternative Dispute Resolution.
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for employment law in 2008.
- Listed in the 2007 Edition of Virginia Super Lawyers in the categories of employment and labor law, employee benefits/ERISA, and construction litigation.
- Recent teaching credits include: “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.
- Serves as a member of the City of Norfolk's Grievance Board.
- Serves as an Administrative Hearing Officer for the Supreme Court of Virginia.
- 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
- Brown v. Administrator of Benefits, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Connecticut General Life Insurance, No. 04-285 (E.D. Va., removed to Federal Court March 15, 2004)
- Hammond v. Mobil Corporation Severance Plan; ExxonMobil Administrator-Benefits; and Exxon Mobil Corporation, No. 04-530 (E.D. Va., filed May 7, 2004)
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