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Colleen Marea Quinn is a director and equity owner in the law firm of Cantor Arkema, P.C. and has achieved an av rating, the highest given, by Martindale Hubbell. Litigating cases since 1989, she concentrates her practice in personal injury law. Ms. Quinn represents clients in all aspects of personal injury including motor vehicle accidents, premises and product liability cases, assaults and batteries, sexual assaults, wrongful deaths, industrial accidents and complex actions. She is especially familiar with serious injuries including head injury or traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases as well as spinal cord injury cases. Ms. Quinn brings a rare blend of prior experience in insurance defense and coverage issues to her personal injury practice. Education:Ms. Quinn received her J.D. degree from the University of Virginia in 1988, and her B.A. from William and Mary. Upon law school graduation, Ms. Quinn served as Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Harry L. Carrico, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Professional Honors & Activities:She is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, having served on the Board of Governors since 1999. Within the VTLA, she currently serves on the CLE and Convention Committee, and has prior service as Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee and the Employment Law/Civil Rights Section’s Chairman. She regularly speaks to and trains both lawyer and non-lawyer groups. In addition to the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, she has served as a faculty member and program moderator on CLE Committees for the Richmond Bar and Virginia State Bar since 1997. Her other associations include the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Virginia Bar Association, Richmond Bar Association, Virginia State Bar, and the Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association. Ms. Quinn is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Virginia. Community Services:A strong believer in community involvement, Ms. Quinn devotes time and energy to various civic activities such as the YWCA (serving on the Advisory and Nominating Committees, as Chairperson of the Personnel Task Force, and as a former Board member and Board President) and Leadership Metro Richmond (of which she is a 1996 graduate). She teaches aerobics, coaches soccer and Destination Imagination, and is otherwise busy as the mother of twin boys. Ms. Quinn was elected into the "Legal Elite" by Virginia Business Magazine in 2004 and awarded the "Top 40 Under Forty" by Inside Business Magazine in 1999 for her civic involvement and professional achievements. | 