Terri is a member of our Government Relations practice, tracking governmental activity for Virginia wine, health care and trade association clients. Her extensive experience includes more than 20 years of building relationships with the Virginia General Assembly, the executive branch, state regulatory and permitting agencies, the State Corporation Commission and local elected officials.

In December 2007, Terri was recognized by Virginia Business magazine as one of the "Legal Elite" in the Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative Law category. Also in 2007, Governor Kaine appointed Terri to the Board of Visitors of George Mason University, her term on the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation having recently concluded. Terri was honored to be selected by the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors to represent the Midlothian District on the Board in Fall 2006. She now serves on the Chesterfield County Economic Development Authority.

As an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia and Piedmont Virginia Community College, Terri teaches Virginia wine law to the industry and consumers. She is also on the Editorial Board of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board "Licensee" Newsletter. As a member of the League of Women Voters, she has registered hundreds of voters and organized local, state and Congressional debates.

Terri has chaired the Virginia Public Access Project, making political campaign data available on the internet. While a law clerk with the State Corporation Commission in 1998, Terri researched energy, telecommunications and insurance issues. She was a 1997 Fellow in the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at University of Virginia. Before attending law school, Terri represented a statewide network of more than 100 conservation and historic preservation groups. In addition, as legislative liaison for the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission, she worked with local governing bodies and administrators from nine localities on transportation and land use issues. In prior General Assembly Sessions, she served as a Governor's Intern and as Legislative Aide to the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee.

Articles and Publications:

• Quoted in several articles regarding the Virginia Winery Distribution Company's launch: Small Va. Vintners See Hope Amid Marketing Drought (Washington Post, 4/18/08), Distributor for Va. wineries launches today (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 4/17/08), and State wineries relish cheaper 'middleman' (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, 4/17/08)
• Quoted in a Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star article "State vintners get spirited reception," 2/21/08
• Wrote "Virginia's Evolving Wine Laws: An Update," The Piedmont Virginian. (Reprinted with permission, the Piedmont Virginian, 39 Culpeper St, Warrenton, VA 20186. (540) 349-2951. Copyright 2008 Winter Issue)
• Quoted in a Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star article "Virginia wineries are still waiting," 1/6/08
• Wrote an article "Virtually Self-Distributing in Virginia" for the May-June, 2007 Wine East (attached with permission from Wine East).
• Wrote an article "Winery Issues in the 2007 Virginia General Assembly," for the Summer 2007 Virginia Wine Gazette (attached with permission from Recorder Community Newspapers, Bernardsville, New Jersey).
• Quoted in a Lynchburg News & Advance article "CVB: Vintners become occasional distributors for their own wines," 5/26/07.
• Wrote an article "A Look Back at How the Right to Self Distribute Was Lost," for the Spring 2007 Virginia Wine Gazette (attached with permission from Recorder Community Newspapers, Bernardsville, New Jersey).
• Quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article "Wineries seek help from assembly," 1/3/2007.
• Quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article "Chesterfield supervisors appoint new member," 7/27/2006
• Quoted in a Fredericksburg Free Lance Star article "NEW LAW SINKS IN: Wineries can no longer self-distribute," 7/08/2006.
• Quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article "Wineries' big blow: Loss of right to self-distribute may put some out of business," 7/08/2006.
• Quoted in a Virginia Wine Gazette article "The End of a Winemaking Era in Virginia?" Summer 2006.
• Quoted in a Washington Post article "Wineries Push to Avoid Middlemen," 3/12/2006.
• Quoted in a Style Weekly article "Off the Vine", 2/22/2006.
• Quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article "First Vote Squeezes Wineries," 1/27/2006.
• Wrote an article "Virginia Winery Rights at Risk in the Federal Courts," for the September 2005 edition of Wine East Magazine.
• Wrote an article for the Virginia Wine Gazette Spring 2005 edition, titled, "State and Local Laws Perplex Farm Wineries"
• Quoted in "Virginia's Direct Shipping Law" and "A Year Later: Virginia 's Direct Shipping Law" published in the Virginia Wine Gazette, Winter 2004.
• Quoted in an article "Virginia's Legislature Passes a New Direct Shipping Law", for the Summer 2003 Virginia Wine Gazette.