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Vella Kirby, Joanne M.

Joanne M. Vella Kirby

Associate

Charleston, W.Va.
304.340.3889
jvellakirby@spilmanlaw.com

Ms. Vella Kirby’s primary areas of practice are general litigation and appellate litigation.

Representative Experience

  • Experience in prosecution of federal criminal law
  • Served as a criminal Assistant United States Attorney from 2005 – 2008, focusing on the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes

Education

  • American University Center of Provence, 1995
  • Villanova University, B.A., Political Science/French, cum laude, 1996
  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2001

Admissions

  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association

Awards & Distinctions

  • Listed by Super Lawyers/ West Virginia as a Rising Star in General Litigation and Appellate law

Publications

  • Coauthor, Government Brief and Contractor Brief, Contractor Responsibility – Controversial Application of the New Federal Acquisition Regulations: The Best Briefs from the McKenna & Cuneo Government Contracts Moot Court Competition, 31 PUB. CONT. L. J. 143 (2001)

Other

  • Former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
  • Law Clerk to The Honorable Elizabeth V. Hallanan, Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, 2001 – 2004
  • Member, American Inns of Court, Judge John A. Field, Jr. Chapter
  • Board Member, The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of America
  • Volunteer, The Bob Burdette Center
  • 2001 Recipient of the Michael Dillon Cooley Award, The George Washington University Law School