She concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, tax planning and compliance. She regularly advises clients on sophisticated tax planning matters, including international tax planning and FATCA issues. Alison has served as chair of the boards of directors of several homeowners associations, as a trustee of Fishing Bay Yacht Club, as chair of the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Virginia Peninsula, and as president of board of directors of the Bruton Parish Church Foundation. She is currently chair of the Hampton Roads Academy board of trustees. Alison earned her Juris Doctor from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 1998, and her Bachelor of Arts in History and French from the University of Virginia in 1989. She also studied law in France at the Université de Paris-Assas and is fluent in French.