Olivia focuses her practice on employer-side management issues and employment litigation. She devotes much of her time to counseling, reviewing, and developing workplace policies for HR managers and employers. As part of WRVB’s Chambers-ranked Labor & Employment practice, Olivia advises employers on compliance with federal and state employment laws. Additionally, Olivia has experience in general civil litigation, specifically landlord-tenant cases.
Olivia first joined Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black (WRVB) as a summer associate in 2021 and returned as an associate in 2022. She earned her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law. While in law school, Olivia interned for an administrative judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the Baltimore Field Office. She was also president of the Washington College of Law Labor & Employment Law Society and a student attorney in the Washington College of Law Civil Advocacy Clinic, where she focused on wage theft cases. Olivia was on the American University International Law Review, where she served as Managing Editor and had her Comment published.
Olivia grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and then studied environmental policy and planning at Virginia Tech.
Attorney Perspectives
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IRS Imposes Moratorium on Employee Retention Credit
September 21, 2023 -
Federal Credit Unions Can Claim Employee Retention Tax Credits
September 6, 2023 -
Open Registration: HR2023 Back on Track: WRVB’s 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars
August 30, 2023 -
New Federal Laws Strengthen Protections for Pregnant and Postpartum Workers
February 9, 2023 -
FTC Proposes Rule Banning Non-Compete Clauses
January 27, 2023 -
The Speak Out Act: What You Need To Know
December 28, 2022
Speaking Engagements
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Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black | Back on Track: 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars
October 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, 2023 -
New River Valley SHRM Annual Legal Update Session | Big 3 Agency Update
September 21, 2023 -
Roanoke Valley SHRM | Virginia Employment Laws Going Into Effect July 1, 2023
June 27, 2023