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2021 TAXES/ ESTATES/ TRUSTS LAW Q&A
Farhad Aghdami Williams Mullen, Richmond Title: Managing partner, Richmond office Birthplace: Tehran, Iran. Our family moved to the United States in 1971 when my father joined the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia as an anesthesiologist. Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree, Wake Forest University School of Law; master’s degree, Georgetown Law [&hel[...]
2021 Corporate Counsel
Daniel G. Bloor CarMax Inc. Richmond Ryan Boggs Dominion Energy Inc. Richmond N. Reid Broughton Sands Anderson PC Christiansburg Carlos M. Brown Dominion Energy Inc. Richmond Joseph Hannah Carpenter IV Norfolk Southern Corp. Norfolk Nicholas Conte Carilion Clinic Roanoke Andriana Shultz Daly Indivior Chesterfield County Lauren R. Darden Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC Harrisonburg Shani [&hell[...]
2021 Business Law
Jeffrey R. Adams Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC Harrisonburg Joseph Allen Willcox & Savage PC Norfolk Christopher Ambrosio Vandeventer Black LLP Norfolk Eric E. Ballou Kaufman & Canoles PC Richmond Mark R. Baumgartner Pender & Coward PC Virginia Beach F. Jesse Bausch Sands Anderson PC Richmond Gregory R. Bishop Williams Mullen Richmond Rebecca C. Bowen […]
Former LeClair Ryan execs reach $10M settlement
Former executives at Richmond-based LeClair Ryan PLLC have reached a settlement with the firm’s insurer and bankruptcy trustee over $10 million in pending claims, according to a report from The American Lawyer. The firm’s liability insurer, Columbia Casualty, agreed to pay the firm’s trustee, Lynn Tavenner, $9.425 million to resolve claims including conspiracy and breach [&hellip[...]
Williams Mullen names next chief operating officer
Wyatt S. Beazley IV will be Richmond-based law firm William Mullens’ new chief operating officer, the firm announced Tuesday. Beazley will oversee the firm’s operations throughout Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. “Wyatt has a deep understanding of both the business operations and the culture at Williams Mullen,” Williams Mullen President and CEO Woody Fowler [&h[...]
Murphy & McGonigle appoints new Va. managing partner
New York-based financial services law firm Murphy & McGonigle announced Monday that Katherine McGrail, its litigation shareholder and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, will become the new managing partner of its Virginia office, located in Glen Allen. She will serve on the executive committee. “The perspective and experience of Kate, as our lead diversity […]
McGuireWoods promotes Herring to Richmond office managing partner
Former Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Herring has been appointed managing partner of McGuireWoods’ Richmond office, the law firm announced Monday. After 13 years as Richmond commonwealth’s attorney, Herring resigned in 2019 to accept a position as a partner at McGuireWoods. Herring specializes in commercial litigation, government investigations and white collar criminal[...]
UnitedLex still faces $128M lawsuit from LeClairRyan trustee
UnitedLex’s motion to dismiss a $128 million lawsuit filed by LeClair Ryan PLLC trustee Lynn Tavenner was denied by a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday, according to The American Lawyer. In 2018, Richmond-based LeClairRyan struck a deal to outsource about 300 of its support workers through a partnership with enterprise legal services provider UnitedLex, which […]
Hunton Andrews Kurth hires Hampton Roads government relations director
Former Norfolk Commissioner of Revenue C. Evans Poston Jr. has been hired by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP to expand its public affairs and strategies consultancy to the Hampton Roads region, the firm announced April 6. Poston, who will serve as the firm’s government relations director for Hampton Roads, reports to Todd P. Haymore, managing director […]
Arguing the case for diversity
Like many industries, law firms are taking a fresh look at hiring and retaining a new generation of employees who better reflect the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of today’s society at large. This move toward diversity and inclusion has been more pronounced since The Coca-Cola Co. announced in January a new policy mandating that […]
Metro Rail managers cleared of allegations, but workplace is ‘disrespectful and unprofessional’
Following a three-month investigation into Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC), the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced Friday that complaints of racial discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation by senior rail officials were unsubstantiated — but that disrespect and unprofessional conduct is commonplace there. San Francisco-based law firm Littler Mend[...]
