Victoria Shoots

Victoria Shoots focuses her practice on business and government, assisting clients with matters in Alabama and elsewhere.

Prior to joining the firm, Victoria completed the John Lewis Fellowship with the Legal Services of Alabama. In her role, Victoria represented clients in administrative proceedings before the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review regarding their disability reconsideration status. She also advised clients on issues including COVID-19 unemployment compensation, SNAP benefits, and Supplemental Security Income. Among the accomplishments she achieved during her fellowship, Victoria developed a microenterprise program to create a pipeline of legal support for low-income entrepreneurs in southern Alabama.

Before serving as a John Lewis Fellow, Victoria served as a Legislative Analyst for a government relations firm in Washington, D.C., where she was also admitted to the D.C.  Bar. In this role, she prepared reports from committee and subcommittee hearings during the 116^th Congress on intellectual property, healthcare, data privacy, and antitrust policy. Victoria also researched federal antitrust investigations in higher education and litigation involving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as well as wrote weekly articles highlighting Congressional activity around corporate taxation.