Sheryl Robinson Wood

Sheryl Robinson Wood is the owner and founder of The Wood Law Firm PLLC with its primary office in Washington, DC and a satellite office in the Baltimore, Maryland area. Ms. Wood is a seasoned negotiator adept at resolving legal disputes in either the pre-litigation stage or through the various stages of litigation. She is an experienced trial attorney handling all aspects of commercial litigation, employment disputes, personal injury, family law, legal malpractice and criminal defense matters (specializing in white collar and financial fraud) in state and federal courts. Ms. Wood began her career as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office where she worked in a trial bureau and then in the Investigations Division in the Special Prosecutions and the well-regarded Frauds Bureau. She then became a federal prosecutor at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Antitrust Division and in the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, where she was responsible for federally prosecuting law enforcement officers for violating the civil rights of individuals across the country. When she left DOJ, she was serving as Deputy Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (now known as the Office of Public Liaison). Ms. Wood then served as Vice President, Managing Director, and Office Head of Kroll Consulting Services' Washington DC office. At Kroll, Sheryl led multi-million-dollar client engagements involving compliance consulting and investigative matters. After Kroll, Ms. Wood became a Partner at two law firms, where she served in several leadership positions and started a Women General Counsel Brownbag Luncheon series, before starting her own law firm in 2009. Ms. Wood is a cum laude graduate of Howard University and the National Law Center at George Washington University, both in Washington DC.

• Antitrust
• Corporate Governance
• Employee Defection & Recruitment
• Employment Litigation
• General Civil

District of Columbia

Maryland

New York

George Washington University Law School

J.D

1990

Current

Activities: Member, Leadership Washington, Class of 2004

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Activities: Member, American Bar Association President’s Advisory Council on Diversity, 2003 to 2007

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Activities: President and Chairperson, National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division, Greater Washington Area Chapter (GWAC), GWAC Foundation, Inc., 2000 to 2003; Member, Board of Directors, 2000 to Present

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Activities: Member, Board of Governors, National Bar Association, 1998 to 2002

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Activities: President, National Black Prosecutors Association, 1997 to 1999