Elaine is a member of the Appellate and Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice groups.
Her practice focuses on appellate advocacy, and she has litigated appeals in state and federal courts involving products liability, malpractice, labor and employment, and property rights. She also has experience with financial services investigations, white-collar criminal investigations, and cybersecurity matters.
Before joining Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, Elaine served as a law clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Lemons of the Supreme Court of Virginia and worked at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. She also served as an extern to the Honorable Michael F. Urbanski.
Elaine earned her law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she was a Burks Scholar and Lead Articles Editor for the Washington and Lee Law Review.
Thought Leadership
Published Articles
- with Beth Burgin Waller, Comment: The Necessary Evolution of State Data Breach Notification Laws: Keeping Pace with New Cyber Threats, Quantum Decryption, and the Rapid Expansion of Technology, Washington and Lee Law Review, Winter 2022
Attorney Perspectives
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A New Day for Data Privacy: California Privacy Act Exemptions Will Expire
September 1, 2022 -
Questions About Tort and Contract Claims in the Cybersecurity Context Left Unsettled
November 30, 2021
Speaking Engagements
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VADA Annual Meeting | VADA – 2023 Annual Meeting – The Dos and Don’ts from the Perspective of Law Clerks
October 26, 2023
Recognition
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70 WRVB Attorneys Named to 2022 “Legal Elite”
November 29, 2022
