GuynnMemmer&Dillon
C. Kailani Memmer
Telephone: (540) 387-2320
Fax: (540) 389-2350
E-mail: kai.memmer@gmdlawfirm.com
Kai Memmer is a litigator whose practice concentrates on civil litigation including tort, contract and other matters. She has handled complex litigation in the areas of products liability, premises liability, contract and personal injury. She has tried numerous cases in both state and federal courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ms. Memmer is admitted in Virginia and North Carolina.
Bar Admissions:
- Virginia State Bar, 1992
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- North Carolina State Bar, 2001
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Education:
- University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, 1992, J.D.
- Wellesley College, 1989, B.A.
Professional Associations, Memberships and Community Service:
- Virginia Women Attorneys Association (past president)
- Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation
- Member, Boyd-Graves Conference
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Virginia State Bar
- Member, Virginia State Bar Task Force on Diversity
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Insurance and Production Liability Sections
- Salem/Roanoke County Bar Association
- North Carolina State Bar
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Ted Dalton American Inn of Court
- Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- National Association of Women Lawyers
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
- Board Member, Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference
Continuing Legal Education and Other Presentations:
- "Mistakes to Avoid in Depositions", Annual Meeting of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Chantilly, Virginia, September, 2009.
- "The Bermuda Triangle of New Litigation Pitfalls: Sanctions, Waivers and Pleadings", Annual program of the Litigation Section and Bench Bar Section of the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 20, 2008.
- "Use of Depositions at Trial", Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Annual Meeting, 2007.
- Successful Bar Projects, Bar Leaders Institute, Virginia State Bar, Fredericksburg and Roanoke, Virginia, 2007.
- Go Bring in Some Clients: Conquer Your Fear in Rainmaking, Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Richmond Chapter, University of Richmond School of Law, 2007.
- "Privacy: Does it Still Exist National Security Versus Individual Liberties", Virginia Women Attorneys Association Annual Program, Virginia Beach, Virginia June, 2006 and Ted Dalton American Inn of Court, Fall, 2006.
- "An Insider’s Look at Gaining the Best Settlement in Auto Injury Cases in Virginia", National Business Institute, Roanoke, Virginia, 2005.
- "Top Ten Tricks by the Offense and the Defense", Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Spring Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, 2005.
- "Slip, Sliding Away – Premises Liability in Virginia", Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Roanoke, Virginia, 2005.
- "Top 10 Trick Plays by the Defense", Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Tort Law Seminar, Roanoke, Virginia, 2005
- "Premises Liability Overview", Virginia Women Attorneys Association, 2005.
- Business of Law, Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Biannual State Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2004.
- "Premises Liability Overview", Roanoke Valley Paralegals Association, 2003.
- "Premises Liability Overview", Roanoke Valley Legal Secretaries Association, 2002.
- "Business Owner Liability, including Premises and Products Claims, Accident Investigation, and Claim Analysis", Boddie-Noell Enterprises Management School and Kroger Management School, 1999-2004.
- "Premises Liability", Virginia Supreme Court Update and Analysis, Roanoke, 1997.