Attorneys of McCarthy Massey & Mitchell

Attorneys

TARA M. McCARTHY is a founding member of the firm. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Virginia in 1978, and her Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America in 1982. Ms. McCarthy practices exclusively in the areas of medical malpractice defense and health care law. She has been an instructor for continuing legal education in the fields of health care and medical malpractice litigation. She has extensive trial experience. She is licensed to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the 4^th Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the state courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ms. McCarthy is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, for which she has served as a member of the Board of Directors, and the Fairfax Bar Association. Her reported cases include Gaalaas v. Morrison, 233 Va. 148 (1987), and Harris v. D’Mattina, 150 Va. 360 (1995).

JOYCE A. N. MASSEY is a founding member of the firm. She practices in the area of civil litigation, including the areas of employment and municipal law; business and real estate disputes; and wills and estate administration. Ms. Massey graduated from the University of Virginia in 1978. In 1981, she received her Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond, where she was elected to the McNeill Law Society for academic achievement, served as a member and executive editor of the Law Review, and received the Corpus Juris Secundum Award for scholarship. She is a member of the National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals for the year 2000-2001. Ms. Massey is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4^th Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the state courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is a member of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys and the Prince William County Bar Association. Her reported cases include Taylor v. Roeder, 234 Va. 99 (1987) and Dwyer v. Smith, 867 F.2d 184 (4^th Cir. 1989).

SUSAN L. MITCHELL received her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from The Pennsylvania State University in 1991, where she was selected as a four-year Renaissance Scholar. She obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1994. Ms. Mitchell is licensed to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the 4^th Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the state courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, the Virginia Women’s Attorney Association, the Fairfax Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute. Ms. Mitchell has served as member of the Board of Directors of the Health Law Section of the Virginia State Bar. She has extensive trial and appellate experience and has been an instructor for continuing legal education in the area of birth-related neurological injury compensation claims. Ms. Mitchell's practice focuses on the defense of health care providers in state and federal courts and the litigation of birth-related neurological injury compensation claims before the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. Her reported cases include Bakke v. Rattner, 46 Va. App. 508, 620 S.E.2d 107 (2005); Cooper v. Adler, 44 Va. App. 268, 604 S.E.2d 747 (2004);Berner v. Mills, 38 Va. App. 11 (2002); Vick v. Schulman, 58 Va. Cir. 125 (Fairfax 2001); Bennett v. Clark, 69 F.Supp. 809 (E.D. Va. 1999); Diallo v. Marriott Corp., 1996 Va. App. Lexis 231 (1996); Yeager v. Adkins, 250 Va. 1, 458 S.E.2d 467 (1995).

RANDOLPH H. PERRY received his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1973 and his Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 1977. He is licensed to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the 4^th Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the state courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the courts of the District of Columbia. Mr. Perry is a member of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, the Fairfax Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. He is also a past president of the Northern Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. His practice focuses on the defense of health care providers in state and federal courts.

RUTH T. GRIGGS graduated from Villanova University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. In 2005, Ms. Griggs received her Juris Doctor cum laude from George Mason University Law School. Ms. Griggs served from August 2005 to August 2006 as law clerk to the Honorable Stanley P. Klein of the Fairfax County Circuit Court. Ms. Griggs comes to McCarthy Massey & Mitchell with several years experience in local government as both a lobbyist and an elected official. She also served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force, during which time she received her MBA from Golden State University. Ms. Griggs is licensed to practice in the courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia and she is a member of the Virginia Bar Association. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, including, medical malpractice defense, employment litigation and municipal law.