Marni Byrum | Alexandra Employment Lawyer

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About Marni

Marni Byrum has practiced law for over 40 years, focusing on labor, employment and personnel law. She has litigated cases before state and federal courts, as well as the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. The kinds of cases she handles include wrongful termination, prohibited personnel practices, discrimination, and disability as well as security clearance appeals. She also advises clients in negotiating employment contracts and severance agreements. She also drafts policy and procedure manuals, provides in-house training and conducts neutral investigations and evaluations of personnel matters. Her clients include both public and private employees, small businesses and major corporations.

Ms. Byrum is a frequent lecturer regarding labor and employment law and alternative dispute resolution. She also serves as an arbitrator for FINRA, National Arbitration Mediation and Arbitration Associates.

Ms. Byrum is the current president of the Virginia State Bar.  She previously chaired the Virginia State Bar Standing Committee on Legal Ethics as well as the VSB's Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee and the  Multi-jurisdictional Practice Task Force. She is a Past President of the Arlington Bar Association, the Northern Virginia Legal Services Board and the Virginia Women Attorneys Association. In addition, she is active with her alma mater, Virginia Tech, serving on the Alumni Board, the President's Advisory Board and the Dean's Round Table for the College of Science.

Ms. Byrum has been given the highest marks for both competence and ethics through the Martindale-Hubbell peer rating system and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys. In addition to her work within the legal community, she has been recognized for her public and volunteer service receiving the Alumni Distinguished Service Award from Virginia Tech (2009), the Women of Distinction Award from Soroptimist International (1998) and the Person of Vision Award from the Arlington Commission on the Status of Women (1997), among others.

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Experience

Partner

McQuade Byrum PLLC

Present

Alexandria, VA

Admission

Verified Virginia

1979

Verified District of Columbia

1987

Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bachelors

1976

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Member Virginia State Bar: Judicial Nominations Committee , Chair and
    1990-1996 / 2008-2011 / 1995-1996 / 2010-2011
  • Member Legal Ethics Committee , Chair and
    1994-2004 / 2008 / 2002-2004 / 2009
  • Bar Council
    1997-2003
  • Chair Multi-jurisdictional Practice Task Force
    2004-2009
  • Member | Litigation Section
  • Virginia Women Attorneys Association President
    1988-1989
  • Legal Services of Northern Virginia President
    1989-1993
  • Arlington County Bar Association President
    1995-1996
  • Member | Alexandria Bar Association
  • Member | District of Columbia Bar | Labor and Employment Section
  • Member | District of Columbia Bar | Litigation Section
Honors / Awards
  • Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys
  • Peer Rated Preeminent | Martindale-Hubbell
  • Alumni Distinguished Service Award Virginia Tech
    2009
  • Women of Distinction Award Soroptimist International
    1998
  • Person of Vision Award Arlington Commission on the Status of Women
    1997

McQuade Byrum PLLC Highlights

Family Law, Employment

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