Smart growth
As Gentry Locke Attorneys prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday in 2023, the venerable Roanoke law firm isn’t slowing down — it’s accelerating. The firm hung out its shingle in 1923 and spent its first 40 years as a regional specialist representing insurance companies before adding corporate and business work in the 1970s and ’80s. […]
Hitting home
“The stereotypical view is that every young lawyer wants to work from home,” unlike their older peers, observes Victor O. Cardwell, principal and chairman of Roanoke-based Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC. Indeed, 51% of baby boomer attorneys report being eager or very eager to get back to the office, but just 22% of their millennial […]
Legal review
In law firms across Virginia, power is now definitely on the side of individual attorneys, who can command larger salaries and other perks so long as they’re willing to cope with heavier workloads. As demand for legal services has soared, the number of lawyers available to perform that work has slumped, leaving even the most […]
2021 LEGISLATIVE / REGULATORY / ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Q&A
Gregory D. Habeeb Gentry Locke Attorneys and Gentry Locke Consulting, Richmond Title: Partner, Gentry Locke Attorneys; president, Gentry Locke Consulting Other legal specialties: I maintain an active litigation practice and serve as corporate adviser to numerous small and mid-sized companies. Education: Bachelor’s degree, Wake Forest University; law degree, Wake Forest School of Law Spouse: [...]