Kirkland is a partner in the firms Norfolk office where she practices in the Private Client Services and Tax Practice Groups.
- AV® Rated; Martindale-Hubbell
- Fellow; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 2002-present
- Accredited Estate Planner® (AEP®); National Association of Estate Planners & Councils
- Best Lawyers in America, 1997-2012
- Norfolk Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year; Best Lawyers in America, 2010
- Virginia Super Lawyers, Estate Planning & Probate; Law & Politics, 2006-2011
- Virginia's Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2004, 2010-2011
- Top 25 Women Lawyers in Virginia; Virginia Super Lawyers, 2006
- Hampton Roads Business Community Outstanding Professional Woman; 1999
- Executive Editor; Washington and Lee Law Review, 1981-1982
- American Bar Association
- Virginia State Bar; Trusts and Estates Section, Past Chair; Taxation Section, Past Chair
- Virginia Bar Association
- Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
- Hampton Roads Estate Planning Council
- WHRO Public Television; Board of Directors
- The Library of Virginia Foundation; Board of Directors
- Junior League of Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Inc.; Past President
- Board of Zoning Appeals for the City of Norfolk, 1993-2008
- CIVIC Leadership Institute
- LEAD Hampton Roads
- Hampton Roads Community Foundation; Professional Advisory Committee
- Hollins University; B.A., cum laude, 1976
- Washington & Lee University School of Law; J.D., 1982