Undergraduate education at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, receiving a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in political science.

Legal education at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia, receiving a Juris Doctor degree in 1981. Admitted to practice in Virginia in 1981. Admitted to practice in Colorado in 1982. Admitted to practice in California in 1987.

Ms. Whitlock was an associate in the firm of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack in San Diego, emphasizing civil litigation. She then served as Staff Counsel with Travelers Insurance Company and Hartford Insurance Company before joining Marlin & Saltzman in 2004.

Ms. Whitlock has substantial jury and non-jury trial experience in significant areas of civil litigation, including matters involving discrimination in the work place, sexual harassment, and consumer class actions.