Gretchen L. Whaling

Gretchen helps clients navigate complex business and commercial disputes in a wide variety of industries. She has experience practicing in administrative tribunals and in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels. Her experience includes contract disputes, product liability and breach of warranty cases, white-collar investigations, and public utility disputes, among others.

Prior to joining Calfee, Gretchen served as a Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Gretchen also served as a Law Clerk for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Before her time as a clerk, Gretchen was an Associate in the Columbus office of a national law firm.

Gretchen earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2017, where she served as an Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review and was a Dillard Fellow. Before law school, Gretchen attended Christopher Newport University, where she earned a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, in Political Science and Philosophy and was valedictorian of her class.

Gretchen joined Calfee as an Associate in 2020.

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review, 2017

B.A., Christopher Newport University, Valedictorian, 2014

Professional & Community

• AmeriCorps, Former Volunteer