As a partner on the structured finance and securitization team, Shannon focuses on asset-based financing transactions, distressed lending transactions, and securitizations. Shannon represents financial institutions and other players in mortgage warehouse facilities, including early buy-out and gestation facilities, and distressed lending transactions. She also has represented clients with respect to corporate bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, and legal opinions for complex transactions for asset based-lending, safe harbored financial contracts, asset securitizations, and other capital markets transactions.

Shannon handles a variety of pro bono matters, including landlord/tenant disputes for the Pro Bono Housing Unit at Legal Aid Justice Center, veteran's benefit cases for the National Veterans Legal Services Program, collection disputes for local non-profit organizations, estate planning and corporate governance matters for CancerLINC, and corporate governance matters for Dancing Classrooms Greater Richmond, Inc. and the Central Virginia Combined Training Association.

Shannon is admitted to practice before the Third Circuit, the US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Education
JD, William & Mary Law School, William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal; President, Alternative Dispute Resolution Team, 2009

BA, International Relations and French with honors in French, The College of William & Mary, summa cum laude, 2006