Marni Byrum | Alexandra Employment Lawyer

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.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Partner	McQuade Byrum PLLC	Alexandria, VA	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Pepperdine University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1979
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Bachelors		1976

State / Court	Date
Virginia	1979
District of Columbia	1987

• Member | Virginia State Bar: Judicial Nominations Committee | 1990-1996, 2008-2011 | Chair | 1995-1996 and 2010-2011
  Member | Legal Ethics Committee | 1994-2004, 2008 | Chair | 2002-2004 and 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

• 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

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