Ginnie is a trial and appellate lawyer handling a broad array of product liability, consumer class action, and commercial litigation matters across the country and in her home state – the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is a member of the firm’s Appeals and Issues practice team and has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Court of Appeals of Virginia, and the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.
She regularly represents clients at both the trial level and on appeal in both state court and federal courts. Ginnie has significant experience as outside national coordinating counsel for a fire-safety products company, a role in which she handles a nationwide docket of high-exposure product liability cases.
Ginnie routinely advises clients regarding labeling and warnings for consumer products and helps implement strategies with clients regarding litigation, discovery, and litigation avoidance to help companies reduce risk.
Additionally, she has extensive experience representing healthcare providers in medical malpractice actions and on regulatory issues, such as complaints made against health care providers’ licenses.
Ginnie previously served as an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond School of Law teaching research and writing to first-year students and is a past-president of the John Marshall Inn of Court.
Prior to entering private practice, Ginnie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Donald W. Lemons of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
While earning her law degree at the University of Richmond, Ginnie was a member of the McNeill Honors Law Society, and she received the Orrell-Brown Award for Clinical Excellence.
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University of Richmond School of LawJD
magna cum laude
2008 -
The University of GeorgiaBA
cum laude, Dean’s List
2005
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Board, Law360, 2022
Member, The International Association of Defense Counsel
Member, Richmond Bar Association
Member, Past President, The John Marshall Inn of Court, Richmond, Virginia
Member, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
Member, Appellate Practice Section, Virginia Bar Association
Past Director and Founding Member, Run to Rebuild Richmond 5K
- Speaker, Food and Consumer Product Litigation and Regulatory Update: Halloween Edition, October 30, 2024
- Speaker, "Personal Jurisdiction and Modern Medicine: Can Your Doctors Be Sued Out of State?," Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys 2024 Annual Meeting, CLE, October 24, 2024
- Moderator, "State & Federal Civil Practice – 'The New Appeal of Right to the Court of Appeals: What Have We Learned?'," Bench-Bar Conference 2024, Richmond Bar Association, October 17, 2024
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling and Sales Practices Litigation and Regulatory Update: Halloween Edition, October 31, 2023
- Panelist, "Appeals as a Matter of Right – How is it Going One Year In?," Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys 2023 Annual Meeting, CLE, October 26, 2023
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling and Sales Practices Litigation and Regulatory Update: March Radness Edition, March 23, 2023
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, October 20, 2022
- Speaker, "The 2030 Project: Time-Traveling into the Future to Prepare for Retailers’ Coming Challenges," RILA Retail Law Conference, October 13, 2022
- Speaker, "What D.C. Lawyers Should Know about Maryland and Virginia Appeals," DC Bar CLE, August 24, 2022
- Faculty, "Appellate Advocacy Academy," Appellate Advocacy Academy Virginia CLE, August 4-5, 2022
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, June 8, 2022
- Speaker, Emerging Trends in Sales Practices Litigation, May 25, 2022
- Speaker, "Effective Appellate Advocacy in the New Appellate Landscape” and “Appealable Orders Under Rule 1:1," Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Spring Sections Seminar, May 5, 2022
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, March 29, 2022
- Co-speaker, "Civil Litigators: Are You Ready for Appeals of Right?," Continuing Legal Education by the Virginia Law Foundation, February 17 and March 22, 2022
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, December 2, 2021
- Panelist, Big Changes Ahead for Civil Appeals in Virginia, October 27, 2021
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, September 23, 2021
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, May 26, 2021
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, February 18, 2021
- Speaker, The Times They Are A-Changing, January 27, 2021
- Speaker, "Labeling During COVID-19: Recalls, Class Actions, and Hand Sanitizer," Law Over Lunch, November 5, 2020
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, Complimentary Webinar, October 15, 2020
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, Complimentary Webinar, June 24, 2020
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, Complimentary Webinar, February 19, 2020
- Speaker, CBD Class Actions — Growing Concerns for the Industry and the Next Big Target for the Plaintiffs’ Bar, Complimentary Webinar, Thursday, January 16, 2020
- Speaker, Food and Product Labeling Litigation and Regulatory Update, Complimentary Webinar, May 15, 2019
- Panelist, "Show and Tell – Accident Reconstruction and the Admissibility of Direct Evidence, Opinion Testimony and the Use of Demonstrative Exhibits in Product Liability Cases," Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Annual Meeting, 2018
- Panelist, "Panel Discussion of Recent and Upcoming Decisions Impacting the Business Community ," U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview, McGuireWoods LLP Complimentary Webinar and Live Presentation, October 2014
- Co-speaker, "Analyzing Causation in Product Liability & Toxic Tort Cases: Whom are Plaintiffs Targeting and How Can We Best Defend Our Clients on Causation Issues," Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Annual Meeting, 2013
- Speaker, "Abuse of Discretion: Landrum v. Chippenham and Johnston-Willis Hosps., Inc. ," Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Annual Meeting, October 15, 2012
- Hon. Donald W. Lemons, Supreme Court of Virginia, 2008-2010
- Virginia
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2022-2025; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, 2025; Woodward/White, Inc.,
Selected for inclusion in “Legal 500 United States,” Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions – Automotive/Transport – Defense, 2023, 2024
Named to “Legal Elite: Appellate Law,” Virginia Business, 2022, 2023
Named to “Virginia Rising Stars,” Appellate, Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2013-2019, 2021, 2022
Named to “Legal Elite,” Young Lawyer (Under 40), Virginia Business, 2015
- Author, Titanium Dioxide: The Next Big Chemical Compound Driving Class Action Litigation?, Class Action Countermeasures, September 12, 2022
- Co-author, "Restaurant Industry May be Next Battleground in Fight over PFAS," QSR Magazine, June 21, 2022
- Author, Got More Hand Sanitizer? (Part 2) More Legal and Business Considerations for New Market Entrants, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, July 14, 2020
- Author, Got Hand Sanitizer? Business and Legal Considerations for New Market Entrants, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, March 24, 2020
- Co-author, The Impact of Melendez-Diaz on Health Care Providers-Testimony or Treatment?, 60 Va. Lawyer 36, December 31, 2011