Jane Whitt Whitt Sellers

Background

Sellers, Jane Whitt was born on November 16, 1953 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of John Burton Tuck and Rebecca Evelyn (Williams) Whitt.

Education

Hollins College (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Master of Science, 1977). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1980).

Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. President, 1987-1988, President-Elect, 1986-1987 and Board Member, 1983-1986, Young Lawyers Conference, Virginia State Bar. Director, 1988-1989 and Executive Council Member, 1985-1987, Young Lawyers Division, American Bar Association.

Treasurer, Metropolitan Richmond Women's Bar Association, 1981-1982. Member. Long Range Planning Committee, Member, Professionalism Committee, Virginia State Bar, 1988-1991. Chairperson, Standing Committee on Membership, Young Lawyers Division, American Bar Association, 1989-1990.

Career

Worked at McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Virginia. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.

Author: "Putting Twist Cap Back in the Bottle: Recent Developments Concerning Letters of Credit and Bankruptcy," Virginia State Bar Business Law Section Newsletter, Fall 1991. Speaker: Initial Public Offerings, University of Maryland Business School, April 1996. Non-Bankruptcy Alternatives for Troubled Businesses, Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting, June 1992.

NAFTA: Regulation of Foreign Investment on Canada and Mexico, MWBB Seminar, April 1994. Member, Board of Trustees: Historic Richmond Foundation, 1989—. Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia, 1990—.

Member, Board of Governors, 1989—and Chairman, 1992—, St. Margaret's School. President, Young Lawyers Conference, 1987-1988 and Chairman, Board of Governors, Business Law Section, 1992-1993, Virginia State Bar. Director, Young Lawyers Division, American Bar Association, 1988-1989.

McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. is among the largest law firms in the United States. From its locations in Alexandria, Baltimore, Charlottesville, Jacksonville, Norfolk, Richmond, Tysons Corner, Washington, D.C., Almaty, Republic of Kazakstan, Moscow, Russia, Brussels, Belgium, and Zurich, Switzerland, the firm serves the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region and other United States. and foreign corporate centers. This concentration of lawyers in one of the fastest growing, most populous areas of the nation, coupled with a long tradition of excellence and individual attention, distinguishes the firm from most others.

Achievements

• Bar: Virginia 1980, United States District Court (eastern district) Virginia 1980, United States Bankruptcy Court 1980, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit) 1980.

Membership

Vice president, board directors Meals on Wheels Greater Richmond, 1983-1986. Trustee History Richmond Foundation, since 1989. Trustee, Board of Governors St. Margaret's School, since 1989, chair, since 1992.

Trustee church schools Diocese of Virginia, since 1990. Member American Bar Association (board director of young lawyers division 1988-1989, executive county 1985-1987), Virginia State Bar (president young lawyers conference, 1987-1988, Board of Governors business law section 1990-1994, chair 1992-1993), Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married William David Sellers, November 18, 1989.

Father:

John Burton Tuck Whitt

Mother:

Rebecca Evelyn (Williams) Whitt

Spouse:

William David Sellers