Roanoke, Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that Risa S. Katz-Albert has joined the firm as an associate.

At Spilman, Katz-Albert's practice will focus on general litigation. She has experience representing clients with a wide variety of legal needs, particularly issues in consumer protection law, landlord/tenant law, employment law, contract law, and family law.

Katz-Albert previously worked as a staff attorney with The Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley, as an assistant commonwealth attorney for the Campbell County Commonwealth Attorney's Office, and as a judicial law clerk for the 23^rd Judicial Circuit.

She earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Colorado College and her law degree, cum laude, from Washington and Lee School of Law.

About Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
Spilman Thomas & Battle is a full-service, super-regional law firm serving local, regional, national, and international businesses. Founded in 1864, Spilman has offices in Roanoke, Virginia; Charleston, Morgantown and Wheeling, West Virginia; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.