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Legal Elite 2024: Young Lawyer Q&A Jamie Wood
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Associate attorney Legal specialties: Commercial litigation, government and special investigations, regulatory compliance Education: Bachelor’s degree in psychology, University of Texas at Austin; law degree, University of Richmond Family: I live in Floyd with my husband, Alex Wood, who works as a dentist at a local community health cent[...]
Legal Elite 2024: Construction Law Q&A Juanita F. Ferguson
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Shareholder Other legal specialties: Commercial and real estate litigation Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, University of Michigan; law degree, George Washington University Family: A large extended family throughout the District of Columbia and the Tidewater area Career mentors: Too many to name. They all provide[...]
Legal Elite 2024: Administrative/ Government/ Legislative Q&A Pamela Y. O’Berry
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Counsel Other legal specialties: Advising governmental entities across Virginia Education: Shippensburg University, bachelor’s degree; American University, law degree Career mentors: I’ve been fortunate to have many wonderful mentors who genuinely cared about my career and guided me along the way. They include Judge Gerald Bruce Lee[...]
Legal Elite 2024: Family Law/ Domestic Relations Q&A Kimberly Phillips
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Owner Other legal specialties: Certified guardian ad litem Education: Bachelor’s degree, Old Dominion University; master’s of elementary education, Campbell University; law degree, Regent University Family: Spouse, Jimmy Phillips, and children Austin and Faith Phillips Career mentors: I consider all my peers to have mentored me al[...]
100 People to Meet in 2025: Builders
These Virginians are building the future in bricks and mortar with major development projects in communities across the commonwealth. Barbara Benesh Founder, B. Grace Design, Norfolk Barbara Benesh has her eye on the prize for 2025: an expansion of her firm, B. Grace Design, to London. An architect, certified interior designer and watercolorist, Benesh will […]
Legal Elite 2024: Civil Litigation Q&A Bill O’Mara Jr.
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Partner/Attorney Other legal specialties: Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers exclusively represents people injured by the negligence of others with a focus on catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases arising from car, truck and motorcycle accidents. I also have experience representing people injured by negligent businesses and the government. [&h[...]
Out and About
1. On Sept. 15, San-J workers celebrated the soy sauce brand’s 220th anniversary with tours of the brand’s Henrico County facility, built in 1987. (Photo by James H. Loving, courtesy San-J) 2. Lego Group employee Kristopher Lugo shares a fun moment with Sheila from Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond as part of the […]
100 People to Meet in 2025: Hosts
Nourishing and delighting us, these Virginians welcome us to their communities through food, hospitality and entertainment. Patrick Cavanagh Owner and CEO, Norfolk Admirals, Norfolk Patrick Cavanagh’s first experience with Norfolk’s minor league hockey team, the Admirals, was as a player in 1989, the team’s inaugural season. Two years later, the Admirals won their first East [&he[...]
For the Record: December 2024
CENTRAL Richmond-based international foam producer Carpenter acquired omnichannel bedding brand Casper Sleep for an undisclosed amount, it announced Oct. 29. Under the agreement, Casper will operate as a subsidiary of Carpenter. The deal marks the third acquisition Carpenter has made in the past 16 months. In November 2023, Carpenter acquired North Carolina-based NCFI Polyurethanes. That [&helli[...]
Top Five December 2024
1 | Former NFL, U.Va. football player indicted on embezzlement charges Real estate developer Christopher Harrison was indicted on federal charges connected to a downtown Richmond residential project and Petersburg’s former Ramada Inn. (Oct. 21) 2 | Navy Federal ordered to refund customers $80 million, pay $15 million civil penalty The Consumer Financial […]
