Ms. Zdatny joined the firm as an associate in January 2009, after practicing in West Virginia for eleven years. Before coming to Vermont, Ms. Zdatny specialized in employment law for 7 years with the firm of Allan N. Karlin & Associates in Morgantown, West Virginia. In 1999-2001, Ms. Zdatny was a law clerk for Judge Irene M. Keeley of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Prior to that, Ms. Zdatny practiced with the firm of Key, Casto & Chaney, PLLC, where she specialized in school law. Ms. Zdatny also served as an adjunct lecturer in the Immigration Law Clinic at West Virginia University College of Law and taught Appellate Advocacy.