Attorneys & Staff

General Counsel

Florence W. Prioleau
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
B.A. Goucher College
J.D. Georgetown University Law Center
 

Staff Attorneys

Zachary Shapiro
Deputy General Counsel
B.A. University of Michigan
J.D. University of Maryland School of Law
Practice Areas: Litigation of employment matters, contracts, constitutional issues, student and academic issues and Title IX as well as a broad range of other legal issues that confront a large urban university and hospital.

DeMaris Adeusi 
Senior Associate General Counsel for Faculty Affairs, Employment & Labor Relations
B.B.A. Temple University
J.D. George Washington University Law School
Practice Areas: Faculty affairs, employment law compliance and counseling

Lisa Gentry
Senior Counsel for Business Transactions and Technology
B.A. Harvard University
J.D. Harvard University
Practice Areas: Technology and Business Transactions

John G. Gloster, Jr.
Senior Counsel for Business Transactions and Intellectual Property
B.A. Amherst College
J.D. Georgetown University Law Center
Practice Areas: Contracts, Grants, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, and Business Regulation and Compliance

Casaundra Maimone
Associate General Counsel for Student Affairs
B.S. The College of William & Mary
J.D. William & Mary Law School
Practice Areas: Issues relating to student life

Khrista McCarden
Associate General Counsel for Business Affairs
A.B. Harvard College
J.D. Harvard Law School
Practice Areas: Contracts, Grants, Wills, Trusts and Estates, and Business Regulation and Compliance

Nathiya Nagendra
Senior Associate General Counsel for Litigation
B.A. American University
J.D. Columbia Law School
Practice Areas: Litigation and Arbitration

Narda Newby
Associate General Counsel for Business Transactions
B.B.A. George Washington University 
J.D. University of Pennsylvania

Karen Turner
Senior Associate General Counsel for Health Sciences
B.A. Vassar College
J.D. George Washington University Law School
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Litigation and Claims

Courtney A. Woods
Associate General Counsel for Labor and Employment
B.A. Michigan State University
M.Ed. Harvard Graduate School of Education
J.D. Howard University School of Law

Administration

Paralegals

Stacey Williams
Senior Paralegal & Legal Administrative Support Manager

Atrina Redwood
Paralegal Associate

Business and Finance

Tonya Pettaway
Manager of Administration

Support Staff

Stacey Smith
Legal Assistant

Faye S. Wallace
Executive Legal Assistant

Gwendolyn J. Wilder
Legal Assistant

Chelbe Williams
Executive Assistant