Elizabeth Hope Cothran

Elizabeth Hope Cothran is an associate in the firm’s Labor and Employment section.  Hope concentrates on employment law issues and has worked on a wide variety of workplace issues such as employee handbooks and agreements, discipline and discharge issues, the creation and maintenance of affirmative action plans, other federal contractor obligations, FLSA and FMLA compliance and workplace harassment and discrimination.

Hope graduated from Emory University in 1997, majoring in political science. Hope earned her J.D. from the University of Richmond in 2003. At Richmond, Hope served as an associate on the Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest, was a member of the Client Counseling and Negotiation Board and participated in the Youth Advocacy Clinic at Richmond by serving as a guardian ad litem and defense counsel in delinquency cases.

Hope currently volunteers her time by serving on the board of directors of a local non-profit organization, Bethany Hall in Roanoke City. Hope also Co-Chairs the Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Choose Law/Pre-Law Counseling Committee.

Professional Affiliations

• Roanoke Bar Association
• Virginia Bar Association, Pre-Law Counseling Committee, Co-Chair;
• Labor and Employment Law Section, Member
• Virginia State Bar, Member
• Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Member
• Roanoke Society for Human Resource Management
• American Bar Association, Member