Ms. Vance’s primary areas of practice are labor and employment law and litigation.

Bar Admissions

Admissions

• West Virginia State Bar
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

Education

• Queens College, B.A. in Communications, magna cum laude, 1998
• West Virginia University, J.D., 2001

Significant Accomplishments

Defending employment discrimination actions before the West Virginia Human Rights Commission

Defending employment discrimination actions before West Virginia state and federal courts

Advising employers during union organizing drives and elections

Advising employers on personnel policies, employee manuals and handbooks

Defending general litigation matters

Publications & Presentations

• Coauthor, “Sarbanes-Oxley: When Is the Whistle Blown or a Flag Thrown on the Play – An Employer’s View,” (ABA – Section of Labor & Employment Law, Mid-Winter Meeting 2003)
• Issue Editor, West Virginia Law Review