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The 25th edition of the Virginia Business Legal Elite
Launched in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association in 2000, Virginia Business’ Legal Elite polls lawyers licensed to practice in Virginia each year, asking them to identify which of their peers are the top attorneys across 21 legal specialties. Additionally, up-and-coming attorneys are recognized under the Young Lawyer category. In compiling the 25th edition of […]
Legal Elite 2024: Taxes/ Estates/ Trusts
Paul J. Abraham PJI Law Fairfax Maureen C. Ackerly Armstrong Bristow Farley & Schwarzschild Richmond Jeffrey R. Adams Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver Staunton Alvi Aggarwal Yates Campbell Fairfax Farhad Aghdami Williams Mullen Richmond Morgan W. Alley Dunton Simmons & Dunton White Stone Rebecca Shwayder Aman Carney Patterson Meade Newport News Hugh T. Antrim Thompson McMullan […]
Legal Elite 2024: Taxes/ Estates/ Trusts Q&A Elizabeth “Liz” Soc
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Founder and managing attorney Other legal specialties: Business and corporate law, commercial contracts and leasing, personal injury Education: Bachelor’s degree, George Mason University; law degree, Penn State Dickinson Law Family: My beautiful, amazing and bada** parents, Khom Soc and Thanh H. Ly, as well as my sister, Soriya [&helli[...]
Legal Elite 2024: Health Law Q&A Jason R. Davis
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Member, president and CEO, co-chair of Health Care Practice Group Other legal specialties: Litigation Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, University of Virginia; law degree, William & Mary Law School Family: Wife, Leigh Davis, vice president for donor engagement at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation; daughter, Ella Davis, [&h[...]
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: Young Lawyers
Kate B. Adams KPM Law Roanoke Rachel W. Adams ThompsonMcMullan Richmond Brandon S. Allred Kaufman & Canoles Norfolk Matthew T. Anderson Williams Mullen Richmond John Baker Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers Norfolk Yolanda Beasley Invictus Law Virginia Beach Clark J. Belote Kaufman & Canoles Norfolk Caitlyn M. Bender McCandlish Lillard Leesburg Laura M. Berry Harman Claytor […]
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: Real Estate/ Land Use
John C. Altmiller Jr. Altmiller Melnick DeMers Steele & Rosati Tysons Pamela S. Belleman Troutman Pepper Richmond Carl H. Bivens Troutman Pepper Richmond R. Edward Bourdon Jr. Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy Virginia Beach Jordan K. Bowman Litten & Sipe Harrisonburg James C. Brennan Reed Smith McLean Kathryn N. Byler Pender & Coward Virginia Beach […]
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[...]
Profits follow culture at Williams Mullen
Williams Mullen is having a good decade. In the past 10 years, the Richmond law firm has seen its annual revenues swell from $106 million to $171 million and its annual profits have risen by 11.2%. What’s more, the firm’s president, CEO and chairman of the board, Calvin W. “Woody” Fowler Jr., is bullish on […]
Legal Elite 2024: Labor/ Employment Law Q&A Sharon Goodwyn
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Counsel Education: Bachelor’s degree in economics, Harvard University; law degree, University of Virginia School of Law Family: I have been married to S. Bernard Goodwyn for 39 years. He is currently the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. We have two adult children, Sam and […]
Legal Elite 2024: Immigration Law Q&A Radlyn Mendoza and John Gardner
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Co-founders Other legal specialties: Business and family immigration Education: Seton Hall University School of Law Family: We have three amazing daughters! Career mentors: Jim Tom Haynes and Keith Kimball, and both of our dads, Conrado Mendoza and James Gardner Hobbies: For Radlyn, travel & food; John: running, […]
