Gretchen M. Baker
Practice Focus:
Government Contracts
Construction Law
Contact Information
Norfolk Office
500 World Trade Center
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
757.446.8530
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Gretchen is an attorney with Vandeventer Black and concentrates her practice in Construction and Government Contracts law and litigation.
She has experience in claims preparation, contract review and alternative dispute resolution. Gretchen has represented and participated in the representation of general contractors and subcontractors in claims and disputes ranging from a few thousand dollars to over fifty million dollars. She is familiar with important issues faced by construction clients, such as compliance with the federally-mandated E-Verify program and workers’ compensation liability.
Gretchen earned her J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law, where she was a member of Phi Delta Phi and served on the Trial Advocacy Board and the Client Counseling & Negotiation Board. During her third year of law school, she came in first place in the law school’s Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Trial Competition. She received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, where she was a member of Chi Epsilon, the National Civil Engineering Honor Society.
Gretchen is admitted to practice in all Virginia state courts as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Hampton Roads Chapter of the Design-Build Institute of America, the Junior League of Norfolk-Virginia Beach and serves on the Young Lawyers Committee for the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association.
Prior to her legal career, Gretchen worked as a civil engineer for Parsons Brinckerhoff Construction Services on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Replacement Project in Washington, D.C. and holds an Engineer-in-Training (“EIT”) certification.
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