With judicial clerkship experience, Latrice focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation matters, with a passion for Intellectual Property. Latrice has significant experience with state and federal courts. Latrice primarily defends corporate clients, including banks and financial institutions. Latrice is a champion for Diversity and Inclusion.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods, Latrice served as a judicial law clerk to Senior United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson for the District of Connecticut. Latrice received her J.D. from the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law. While there, Latrice served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Andre Birotte, Jr., District Judge for the Central District of California. She also served as an extern for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. Latrice was the Founding Member and former co-President of USC Womxn of Color Collective (WOCC)1, an organization dedicated to talking about and tackling the issues specific to women of color in the legal field. Also, while at Gould, Latrice served as research assistant (RA) and teaching apprentice (TA) for renowned Constitutional Law scholar and former clerk to Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Anthony Kennedy, Professor Samuel Erman.
[1] The “x” in Womxn of Color is used intentionally to embrace and include people who identify as women and are not cis women.
"Although I am in the beginning stages of my career, I have been very fortunate to learn from the greatest in the legal field. I credit my success to: (1) maintaining a positive attitude, and (2) benefiting from great mentorship. I am a hard worker with integrity who values collegiality. I am the person who you want to be in the trenches with.”
Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Trustee, The College of Wooster, 2021-2024
Young Lawyers Committee Co-Chair, Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles County (BWL), 2021-2022
Scholarship Committee Member, John B. Langston Bar Association, 2020-2021
Founding member and former co-President, USC Womxn of Color Collective (WOCC), 2018-2019
Recipient, Edward and Eleanor Shattuck Award, USC Gould School of Law, 2020
Recipient, Judge Barry Russell Federal Practice Award, Federal Bar Association of Los Angeles, 2020
Order of Arête, University of Southern California (USC), 2020
Recipient, Legal Opportunity Scholarship, American Bar Association (ABA), 2017