Moderator: “Fourth Circuit Practice,” The Virginia Bar Association 2025 Appellate Summit, Richmond, Virginia, October 16, 2025.
Author: "Paranoid Androids: Artificial Intelligence, In-House Counsel, and the Attorney-Client Privilege," Pro Te: Solutio,Vol. 17 No. 3, September 2024.
Quoted: "Get Focused on Right-to-Repair," F&I and Showroom, March 18, 2024.
Author: "Fair Notice as a Defense to Novel Tort Liability," 2024 Litigation Update: Navigating Emerging Trends and Technology, March 2024.
Co-Author: "My Gut Says, "Yes," but Is That Correct?" For The Defense, October 2023.
Speaker: “Fourth Circuit Practice,” The Virginia Bar Association 2023 Appellate Summit, Richmond, Virginia, September 28, 2023.
Author: “10 Tips From a Former Clerk: How to Become a Better 4th Circuit Practitioner,” On Appeal, Fall 2023.
Speaker: “The Right-to-Repair Movement: My Gut Says, ‘Yes,’ But Is That Correct?” Tennessee Association of Corporate Counsel, Chattanooga, Tennessee, June 22, 2023.
Author: "Group Pleading and Personal Jurisdiction: Strengthening the Defense in Mass Tort Cases," The Brief Case: DRI Committee News, Volume 2, Issue 5, May 2023.
Co-Author: "High Court Ax Of Atty-Client Privilege Case Deepens Split," Law360, February 24, 2023.
Co-Author: "Atty-Client Privilege Arguments Give Justices A Moving Target," Law360, January 18, 2023.?
Co-Author: "To Plead or Not to Plead Citizenship," American Bar Association, January 17, 2023.
Co-Author: "High Court Pa. Could End Personal Jurisdiction Divide", Law360, November 11, 2022.
The Highest Court: A Dialogue Between Justice Louis Brandeis and Justice Antonin Scalia on Stare Decisis, 51 U. RICH. L. REV. 1149 (2017).
Standing in a Post-Spokeo Environment, 30 REGENT L. REV. 11 (2017) (with The Hon. Henry E. Hudson and Christopher M. Keegan).
Comment: A Shot in the Dark: Why Virginia Should Adopt the Firing Squad as Its Primary Method of Execution, 49 U. RICH. L. REV. 779 (2015).
ARTICLES
January 30, 2026
- In a victory for Whiteford’s Appellate Practice, the Supreme Court of Virginia clarified the scope of the sovereign immunity doctrine.
- The case involved a municipal trash truck driver and whether he could be liable for negligence while on his route.
- The Circuit Court ruled the driver was immune, but the Supreme Court disagreed.
- The Court focused on whether the driver was exercising judgment and discretion beyond ordinary driving at the time of the accident.
- The decision provides guidance for negligence cases involving municipal employees and vehicle operation.
- The decision was a significant win for Whiteford’s client, allowing her to seek relief for her injuries.
August 8, 2025
On August 5, 2025, the Virginia Court of Appeals addressed the finality of court orders and the limits of its appellate jurisdiction. While the decision was made in the context of a Virginia Freedom of Information Act (“VFOIA”) dispute, it has broader application, especially to those cases in which attorney fees are sought.
July 24, 2025
On July 22, 2025, the Virginia Court of Appeals issued a published order in
Sisco v. Holtzman, Rec. No. 024025, clarifying the rules for assignments of error in appellate proceedings. Assignments matter. The Court of Appeals cannot reverse rulings that are not assigned as error.
See Rule 5A:20(c)(1) (“Only assignments of error listed . . . will be noticed by this Court.”).
January 31, 2025
On January 23, 2025, the
Fourth Circuit upheld an Advisory Opinion issued by the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) that found a proposed drug subsidization program could violate the Anti-Kickback Statute.
January 21, 2025
On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of Virginia announced several
amendments to its Rules, which govern proceedings in Virginia court. Parties to civil cases should pay careful attention to two of those revisions, which will become effective on
March 17, 2025.
