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Legal Elite 2024: Civil Litigation

George T. Albiston
Albiston Brannon & Gilbert
Norfolk

Phillip V. Anderson
Frith Anderson + Peake
Roanoke

Bruce E. Arkema
Durrette Arkema Gerson & Gill
Richmond

David Arnold
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Peter S. Askin
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Edward Everett Bagnell Jr.
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Samuel J. Banks
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Alan Bart
Reed Smith
Richmond

William D. Bayliss
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Cameron Beck
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Andrew Biondi
Sands Anderson
Richmond

William C. Bischoff
Bischoff Martingayle
Virginia Beach

Bruce T. Bishop
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Patrick D. Blake
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Candace A. Blydenburgh
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Ed Booth
Booth Law Firm
Virginia Beach

Stacie C. Bordick
Hirschler
Fredericksburg

George H. Bowles
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

David G. Boyce
Boyce
Richmond

Amy L. Bradley
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Sean Breit-Rupe
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Les C. Brock
Merrick Brock
Richmond

Jeffrey F. Brooke
Poole Brooke Plumlee
Virginia Beach

Turner A. Broughton
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Lynn K. Brugh
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Gary A. Bryant
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Elliott M. Buckner
Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci
Richmond

John S. Buford
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

L. Lee Byrd
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Sean P. Byrne
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

James A. Cales III
Furniss, Davis, Rashkind and Saunders
Norfolk

Edward W. Cameron
Cameron McEvoy
Fairfax

Dabney Carr
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Stephen D. Caruso
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Francis H. Casola
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

James L. Chapman IV
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

A. William Charters
Goodman Allen Donnelly
Norfolk

Mallory Chesney
Dunlap Law
Richmond

Andrew K. Clark
Hirschler
Richmond

John E. Coffey
Redmon, Peyton & Braswell
Alexandria

Eric D. Cook
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

John M. Cooper
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Norfolk

David Patrick Corrigan
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Anthony S. Cottone
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

J. Penn Crawford
The Johnson Injury Firm
Richmond

Alan B. Croft
McCandlish Lillard
Leesburg

Alexandra B. Cunningham
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Kevin J. Daniel
Troxell Leigh
Leesburg

Christopher Davis
Davis, Burch and Abrams
Chesapeake

Michael E. Derdeyn
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Rodney Seth Dillman
Hancock Daniel
Virginia Beach

Thomas J. Dillon III
Hirschler
Richmond

Barry Dorans
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Tracie M. Dorfman
Hancock Daniel
Fairfax

Andreá N. Dunlap
Bischoff Martingayle
Norfolk

Lawrence A. Dunn
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Carl A. Eason
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Lauren Ellerman
Frith & Ellerman Law Firm
Roanoke

Alison Ross Ellis
Holland & Knight
Richmond

John M. Erbach
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Hugh M. Fain III
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Stephen M. Faraci Sr.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Justin S. Feinman
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Ryan  Ferguson
Office of The Attorney General – Virginia
Richmond

Michael J. Finney
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

M. Scott Fisher Jr.
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Benjamin Fitzgerald
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Cindy S. Foster
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Calvin W. Fowler Jr.
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Bryan Alan Fratkin
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Ryan D. Frei
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Thomas Daniel Frith III
Frith & Ellerman Law Firm
Roanoke

Jeffrey H. Geiger
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Danielle D. Giroux
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Alexandria

Michael A. Glasser
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

David John Gogal
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Jessica Golden
Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith
Richmond

Michael Goodove
Swartz Taliaferro Swartz & Goodove
Norfolk

Stephanie E. Grana
Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci
Richmond

Terrence L. Graves
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Jeffrey H. Gray
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Marc C. Greco
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Matthew D. Green
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Rebekah S. Green
Altmiller Melnick Demers Steele & Rosati
Tysons

Kevin P. Greene
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Patrick  Hanes
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Imie Aisiku Harber
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Kip A. Harbison
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Warren David Harless
Christian & Barton
Richmond

James Matthew Haynes Jr.
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

David W. Hearn
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Robert T. Hicks
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Braxton B. Hill
MerrittHill
Richmond

Charles F. Hilton
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Kevin W. Holt
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Richard Dean Holzheimer Jr.
McGuireWoods
Tysons

David Drake Hudgins
Hudgins Law Firm
Alexandria

Alexandra Humphreys
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Jeffrey A. Hunn
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

James Hurley
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Norfolk

James Jebo
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Christopher Kendal Jones
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Karissa T. Kaseorg
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Samuel J. Kaufman
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

James Mick Kessel
Allen Allen Allen & Allen
Richmond

Michael K. Kim
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Allyson Kitchel
Kitchel Law
Washington, D.C.

Steven A. Krieger
Steven Krieger Law
Arlington County

Scott Krystiniak
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Kari La Fratta
Allen Allen Allen & Allen
Charlottesville

Michael E. Lacy
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Laura Golden Liff
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

Stephen David Lofaso
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Mark D. Loftis
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

C. Dewayne Lonas
Moran Reeves & Conn
Richmond

Katherine Cabell Londos
Frith Anderson + Peake
Roanoke

K. Matthew Long
Bowen Ten Long & Bal
Richmond

Joshua Forrest Pescud
Long Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Tariq K. Louka
Bischoff Martingayle
Virginia Beach

John C. Lynch
Troutman Pepper
Virginia Beach

R. Peyton Mahaffey
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Christopher M. Malone
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Meg M. Marks
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

Brad Marrs
Marrs & Henry Law Firm
Richmond

Laura Maughan
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Amelia Woehrman May
May Law
Fairfax

Lawrence J. McClafferty
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Joel R. McClellan
Marks & Harrison
Richmond

Robert W. McFarland
McGuireWoods
Norfolk

John D. McGavin
McGavin Boyce Bardot Thorsen & Katz
Fairfax

Thomas John McKee Jr.
Greenberg Traurig
McLean

John Merrick
Merrick Brock
Richmond

Craig Thomas Merritt
MerrittHill
Richmond

John Messersmith
Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith
Richmond

P. Bradenham Michelle IV
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Juliane C. Miller
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Alexandria

Scott C. Miller
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Laura Lee Miller
Mitchell & Simopoulos
Richmond

William H. Monroe Jr.
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Chad A. Mooney
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

Joseph Moore
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Joseph P. Moriarty
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

John B. Mumford
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

Jon A. Nichols
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Alexandria

Lonnie D. Nunley III
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Blaire Hawkins O’Brien
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Brian Patrick O’Grady
Thomas Thomas & Hafer
Glen Allen

Michael Olszewski
Hancock Daniel
Fairfax

Bill O’Mara
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Norfolk

Scott C. Oostdyk
O’Hagan Meyer
Richmond

Brendan O’Toole
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Richard Ottinger
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

John R. Owen
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

William Joseph Owen III
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

Jennifer Lee Parrish
Parrish Snead Franklin Simpson
Fredericksburg

Dustin M. Paul
Innovations in Transportation
Chesapeake

Shannon Peak
Shannon & Wright
Alexandria

John E. Peterson
Hancock Daniel
Glen Allen

Stephen Pierce
Surovell Isaacs & Levy
Fairfax

Doug E. Pittman
Reed Smith
Richmond

Jeffrey Poretz
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

William B. Porter
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Phylicia A. Preston
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

Benjamin Rand
Blackburn, Conte, Schilling & Click
Richmond

Gary Reinhardt
Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith
Richmond

Ryan R. Reyes
Alperin Law
Virginia Beach

Brian A. Richardson
Ford Richardson
Richmond

Allison K. Riddle
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Rebecca A. Roberts
Moran Reeves & Conn
Richmond

Glen Michael Robertson
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

F. Douglas Ross
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

J. Benjamin Rottenborn
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Daniel Royce
Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith
Richmond

Julia Rust
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

John F. Sawyer
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Nathan Schnetzler
Frith Anderson + Peake
Roanoke

Robert E. Scully Jr.
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

J. Scott Sexton
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Yama Shansab
Walton & Adams
Reston

John C. Shea
Marks & Harrison
Richmond

Justin E. Simmons
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Jodi B. Simopoulos
Mitchell & Simopoulos
Richmond

Randy Singer
Singer Hoffman
Virginia Beach

Victor S. Skaff III
Glenn Robinson Cathey Memmer & Skaff
Roanoke

Elizabeth S. Skilling
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Michael W. Smith
Christian & Barton
Richmond

James M. Snyder
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Brett A. Spain
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Henry C. Spalding III
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

W. Edgar Spivey
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Daniel Sullivan
Newton & Sullivan Law
Roanoke

John H. Taylor
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

C. Walker Terry
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

Brian A. Thomasson
Brian A. Thomasson
Chesapeake

Wayne G. Travell
Hirschler
Tysons

Benjamin J. Trichilo
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

William W. Tunner
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Rachel VanHorn
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Clint Verity
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Ryan T. Walker
Marks & Harrison
Richmond

Kaley Duncan Ward
Briglia Hundley
Tysons

J. Buckley Warden IV
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Stanley P. Wellman
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Britton R. Wight
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Alexandria

Henry Irving Willett
Christian & Barton
Richmond

Gillian Williston
Troutman Pepper
Virginia Beach

Loren Lucy Willson
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Leslie A. Winneberger
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Marshall Allen Winslow Jr.
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

W. Benjamin Woody
MGC (McAngus Goudelock & Courie)
Richmond

Robert J. Zelnick
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Robert A. Ziogas
Spilman Thomas & Battle
Roanoke

Alison R. Zizzo
Midgett Preti Olansen
Virginia Beach

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

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

Stefan M. Calos
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Daniel Todd Campbell
Crowell & Moring
Washington, D.C.

Deborah M. Casey
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Alexander E. Castellano
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Elizabeth S. Chapman
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

John Jordan Chappell III
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Matthew E. Cheek
Williams Mullen
Richmond

John Cabell Chenault V
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Karen L. Cohen
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Andrew M. Condlin
Roth Jackson Gibbons Condlin
Richmond

Ann Neil Cosby
GreeneHurlocker
Richmond

John Colby Cowherd
Cowherd PLC
Vienna

Richard J. Crouch
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Chris Crowe
Performance Food Group
Goochland County

Jennifer Magalhaes Cuddy
Reed Smith
McLean

Alyssa Carducci Dangler
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Christopher B. DeMers
Altmiller Melnick DeMers Steele & Rosati
Tysons

Robert L. Dewey
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Toula Dreifuss
S & T Law Group
Falls Church

Matthew Michael Dudley
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Mazin I. Elias
Kramer Elias
Fairfax

J. Alden English
Woods Rogers
Charlottesville

John William Farrell
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

John H. Foote
Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh
Prince William

Laura Lee Garrett
Hirschler
Richmond

Vernon M. Geddy
Geddy Harris Franch & Hickman
Williamsburg

Jeffrey P. Geiger
Hirschler
Richmond

Paul W. Gerhardt
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

Christopher M. Gill
Christian & Barton
Richmond

Howard E. Gordon
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

David A. Greer
Law Offices of David A. Greer
Norfolk

Callaghan S. Guy
Christian & Barton
Richmond

Gifford R. Hampshire
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Hunter Hanger
Hanger Law
Virginia Beach

David C. Hannah
Hirschler
Tysons

Adam Nelson Harrell Jr.
Harrell & Chambliss
Richmond

Lisa Anne Hawkins
Hawkins Law
Bridgewater

Kang He
McGuireWoods
Tysons

Peter L. Henderer
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Sean D. Hicks
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Katja H. Hill
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Edward F. Hodges Jr.
Davenport Energy/ First Piedmont Corp.
Chatham

Will L. Holt
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

William G. Homiller
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

David S. Houston
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Robert W. Hughes
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

Barry W. Hunter
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Nicole F. Ingle
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Brian K. Jackson
Hirschler
Richmond

Thomas G. Johnson Jr.
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Donnie Brennen Keene
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Kimberly A. Keith
Keith & Keith
North Chesterfield

Thomas Moore Lawson
Thomas Moore Lawson PC
Winchester

Benjamin D. Leigh
Troxell Leigh
Leesburg

Vincent Leon-Guerrero
Leon Guerrero PLLC
Herndon

Preston Lloyd
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Valerie W. Long
Williams Mullen
Charlottesville

Gregory D. Lydon
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Christopher Mackenzie
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Sara V. Mariska
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

John F. McManus
Hirschler
Fredericksburg

Andrew R. McRoberts
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Steven A. Meade
Carney Patterson Meade
Newport News

Steven M. Mikulic
McGuireWoods
Tysons

Jack Morgan
DLA Piper
Washington, D.C.

Jennifer D. Mullen
Roth Jackson Gibbons Condlin
Richmond

Shane M. Murphy
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

Lisa M. Murphy
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Adam R. Nelson
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

V. Rick Nishanian
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

R.J. Nutter II
Troutman Pepper
Virginia Beach

Carrie Hallberg O’Malley
Hirschler
Fredericksburg

Grady A. Palmer
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Susan M. Pesner
PesnerLaw
Tysons

Sarah Louppe Petcher
S & T Law Group
Falls Church

Stephen C. Price
McCandlish Lillard
Leesburg

Evan E. Pritchard
Cozen O’Connor
Washington, D.C.

Harry R. Purkey Jr.
Harry R. Purkey Jr. PC
Virginia Beach

Erin C. Quinn
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Faisal S. Qureshi
Chaplin & Qureshi
Glen Allen

Scott M. Raney
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Cartwright Rixey Reilly
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

John Watt Richardson
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Gregory A. Riegle
McGuireWoods
Tysons

James B. Rixey
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Matthew G. Roberts
Hirschler
Richmond

Stephen R. Romine
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

Jeremy B. Root
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Charles H. Rothenberg
Hirschler
Richmond

Ehsan Sanaie
Reed Smith
McLean

Lawrence M. Schonberger
Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Lori H. Schweller
Williams Mullen
Charlottesville

Roy Shannon Jr.
Shannon & Wright
Alexandria

William H. Shewmake
Woods Rogers
Richmond

Mark A. Short
Kaufman & Canoles
Newport News

Olaun Simmons
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Jeffrey M. Stedfast
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Heather R. Steele
Altmiller Melnick DeMers Steele & Rosati
Tysons

Brandt H. Stitzer
Hirschler
Richmond

Theodora Stringham
Kramer Elias
Fairfax

Howard R. Sykes Jr.
Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy
Virginia Beach

Leonard C. Tengco
Tengco Law
Fairfax

Michael H. Terry
Hirschler
Richmond

James W. Theobald
Hirschler
Richmond

Brett B. Thompson
Thompson Law Group
Virginia Beach

Timothy O. Trant II
Kaufman & Canoles
Newport News

Nathaniel P. Tyler
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Michael R. Vanderpool
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Mark M. Viani
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Robin E. Walker
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Danielle Wang
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Leslie R. Watson
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Scott Weber
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Elizabeth L. White
Sands Anderson
Williamsburg

Kedrick Whitmore
Venable
Tysons

James L. Windsor
Kaufman & Canoles
Virginia Beach

Clark H. Worthy
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Minturn Wright IV
Shannon & Wright
Alexandria

Jeremiah M. Yourth
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

Legal Elite 2024: Construction Law

Stephan F. Andrews
O’Hagan Meyer
Richmond

D. Stan Barnhill
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Wilfredo Bonilla Jr.
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

Stephen W. Brewer
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Shannon J. Briglia
Smith Currie & Hancock
Tysons

Kelly J. Bundy
Hirschler
Richmond

Kristan B. Burch
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

William Alexander Burnett
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Brian B. Cashmere
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Tara Chadbourn
Reaves GovCon Group
Chesapeake

Kevin J. Cosgrove
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Michael S. Dingman
McGuireWoods
Tysons

Dannel C. Duddy
Harman Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Mark E. Feldmann
Glenn Feldmann Darby & Goodlatte
Roanoke

Juanita F. Ferguson
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

John W. Francisco
Woods Rogers
Lynchburg

Christian B. Franklin
Parrish Snead Franklin Simpson
Fredericksburg

Randolph Frostick
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Andrew Owen Gay
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Jeffrey G. Gilmore
Akerman
Washington, D.C.

Jesse B. Gordon
Reaves GovCon Group
Chesapeake

David C. Gutkowski
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

James R. Harvey
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Brett C. Herbert
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Richmond

Christopher G. Hill
The Law Office of Christopher G. Hill
Glen Allen

Timothy R. Hughes
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Joshua C. Johnson
MichieHamlett
Roanoke

Samuel Francis Kettering
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Scott W. Kowalski
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

William A. Lascara
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Robert H.J. Loftus
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Neil S. Lowenstein
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

J. Barrett Lucy
Freeman Dunn Lucy & Coates
Lynchburg

K. Barrett Luxhoj
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

David C. Mancini
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Brett B. Marston
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

George Keith Martin
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Arnie B. Mason
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Andrew O. Mathews
Williams Mullen
Richmond

William R. Mauck
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Michael A. Montgomery
Eckert Seamans, Cherin & Mellott
Richmond

R. Webb Moore
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Alison R. Mullins
Cipriani & Werner
Fairfax

John S. Norris
Norris & St. Clair
Virginia Beach

Gretchen Marie Ostroff
Dragados USA
Norfolk

John Pachter
Haynes and Boone
Tysons

Courtney Moates Paulk
Hirschler
Richmond

W. Ryan Snow
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

Gregory T. St. Ours
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Nathaniel L. Story
Hirschler
Richmond

Christopher R. Tate
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Brian Vella
Haynes and Boone
Tysons

Charles E. Wall
Seyfarth Shaw
Washington, D.C.

A. Michelle West
Fox Rothschild
Washington, D.C.

Spencer M. Wiegard
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Thomas M. Wolf
O’Hagan Meyer
Richmond

Gibson S. Wright
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

Legal Elite 2024: Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Hon. Michael C. Allen (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

The Hon. Joanne F. Alper (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

James W. Barkley
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Craig J. Franco
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

William E. Franczek
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Jeanne Franklin
Franklin Solutions
Arlington County

The Hon. J. Michael Gamble (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

B. Page Gravely
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

The Hon. Catherine Currin Hammond (ret.)
Juridical Solutions
Richmond

Grayson P. Hanes
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Wayne E. Holcomb
Holcomb Law
Newport News

William H. Hoofnagle III
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

The Hon. Thomas B. Hoover (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Cynthia E. Hudson
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Vernon E. Inge Jr.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Jonathan L. Kales
Kales & Kales
Fairfax

John A.C. Keith
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Kevin L. Keller
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Stanley P. Klein
The McCammon Group
Richmond

David B. Lacy
Christian & Barton
Richmond

John B. McCammon
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Terence  Murphy
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Alan B. Rashkind
Furniss, Davis, Rashkind and Saunders
Norfolk

The Hon. Jane Marum Roush (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Mark E. Rubin
The McCammon Group
Richmond

The Hon. Thomas S. Shadrick (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Andrew T. Shilling
Parks Zeigler
Chesapeake

Michael L. Sterling
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

The Hon. F. Bradford Stillman (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Diane McQuade Strickland
Dispute Resolution
Roanoke

The Hon. Winship C. Tower (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Douglas A. Winegardner
Sands Anderson
Richmond

P. Marshall Yoder
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

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Legal Elite 2024: Business Law

E.G. Allen III
Roth Jackson Gibbons Condlin
Richmond

Joseph B. Allen
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Hannané Amanpour
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Christopher Ambrosio
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Joel Ankney
Ankney Law
Virginia Beach

James T. Bailey
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Eric E. Ballou
Kaufman & Canoles
Richmond

David M. Bastiaans
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Mark R. Baumgartner
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Seth Berenzweig
Berenzweig Leonard
McLean

David F. Bernhardt
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

Joel Michael Birken
Rees Broome
Tysons

Gregory R. Bishop
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Jonathan T. Blank
McGuireWoods
Charlottesville

Rebecca C. Bowen
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Jeff Breeser
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Steven Brinker
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

W. Ashley Burgess
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Benton Burroughs Jr.
Reed Smith
McLean

John David Carroll
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Beverley L. Crump
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

David M. Delpierre
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Dustin H. DeVore
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

Darrell Austin Drinkwater
M. Richard Epps
Virginia Beach

Tricia Dunlap
Dunlap Law
Richmond

S. Brian Farmer
Reed Smith
Richmond

Humes J. Franklin III
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Staunton

Thomas R. Frantz
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

Ronald M. Gates
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Megan Martz Gilliland
Kaufman & Canoles
Richmond

Ann F. Gillooly
Gillooly Law
McLean

Jacob L. Glasser
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Robert C. Goodman Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles
Virginia Beach

Philip H. Goodpasture
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Allen C. Goolsby
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Michael C. Guanzon
Christian & Barton
Richmond

Richard S. Guy
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

John Owen Gwathmey
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Steven M. Haas
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Brian L. Hager
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Ryan A. Hanson
Kaleo Legal
Virginia Beach

Lisa J. Hedrick
Hirschler
Richmond

Stephen T. Heitz
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

Michael J. Hertz
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

John C. Hodges
Dunton Simmons & Dunton
White Stone

Kathleen B. Horne
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Eric F. Horvitz
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

Thomas C. Inglima
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Kristen R. Jurjevich
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Meagan J. Kalantar
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

Roger Neal Keesee Jr.
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Ray W. King
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Alton L. Knighton Jr.
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

David W. Kuhnsman
Protorae Law
Tysons

David M. Lay
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Andrew M. Lohmann
Hirschler
Richmond

Edward B. Lumpkin
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Daniel P. Lyon
McCandlish Lillard
Leesburg

Lamont D. Maddox
Guidance Law Firm
Norfolk

Vincent J. Mastracco Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

John M. McCormick
McCormick Law & Consulting
Norfolk

Gabriel L. McCoy
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Timothy J. McEvoy
Cameron/McEvoy
Fairfax

Charles Vincent McPhillips
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

John A. McWilliams
Reed Smith
McLean

David Meyers
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

G. Wythe Michael
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Nicholas A. Mirra
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Gregory J. Montero
Inman & Strickler
Virginia Beach

John P. O’Malley
Williams Mullen
Richmond

John M. Paris
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

Laurence V. Parker
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Eric C. Perkins
Perkins Law
Glen Allen

Nathaniel R. Pierce
Pierce Jewett
Norfolk

Michael D. Pierce
O’Hagan Meyer
Richmond

Brian R. Pitney
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Albert Poole
Poole Brooke Plumlee
Virginia Beach

Todd J. Preti
Midgett Preti Olansen
Virginia Beach

Brian C. Purcell
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Jon Puvak
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Thomas F. Quinn
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

Alfred Magill Randolph Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Jeffrey L. Rhodes
McInroy, Rigby & Rhodes
Arlington County

Laura Rixey
Kaufman & Canoles
Virginia Beach

William Quinton Robinson
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

John M. Scheib
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Norfolk

John C. Selbach
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Conway H. Sheild III
Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly
Newport News

Roderick W. Simmons
Hirschler
Richmond

Colin Frederic Smith
The Law Firm of Colin F. Smith
Manassas

George P. Snead
Parrish Snead Franklin Simpson
Fredericksburg

Eric J. Sorenson Jr.
Woods Rogers
Lynchburg

John (Mac) Stuckey
CarMax Enterprise Services
Richmond

William Tew
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

William R. Van Buren III
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Autumn R. Visser
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Mark C. Watson
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

J. Britton Williston
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

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Legal Elite 2024: Entertainment/Media/Sports Law

Ashley S. Brooks
Roth Jackson Gibbons Condlin
Richmond

Brian Cafritz
Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith
Richmond

Joan B. Davis
Schroder Davis Law Firm
Richmond

Justin M. Laughter
Threshold Counsel
Richmond

Christopher L. McLean
Kaufman & Canoles
McLean

Alexander W. Mejias
James River Law
Richmond

Amy G. Pruett
Williams Mullen
Charlottesville

Kirk T. Schroder
Schroder Davis Law Firm
Richmond

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Legal Elite 2024: Criminal Law

James Abrenio
Abrenio Law
Fairfax

John D. Adams
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Tony F. Anderson
Anderson Legal
Roanoke

Mark Andrews
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Ridley Penn Bain
Sevila Saunders, Huddleston & White
Leesburg

David G. Barger
Greenberg Traurig
McLean

Jason A. Barlow
Parks Zeigler
Chesapeake

Peter B. Baruch
Parcell Webb & Baruch
Richmond

Steve Benjamin
Benjamin & Desportes
Richmond

Bruce Michael Blanchard
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

Thomas J. Bondurant Jr.
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Aaron S. Book
Webster Book
Alexandria

Cary B. Bowen
Bowen Lindemann & Scott
Richmond

James O. Broccoletti
Zoby & Broccoletti
Norfolk

Craig S. Cooley
Craig S. Cooley PLC
Richmond

Graven Craig
CraigWilliams
Louisa

S. W. Dawson
Dawson PLC
Norfolk

Peter Decker III
Decker Law
Norfolk

William J. Dinkin
The Attorneys at Shockoe Slip
Richmond

Anna K. Dvorchik
MDE Law Group
Fairfax

John P. Fishwick
Fishwick & Associates
Roanoke

John R. Fletcher
Tavss Fletcher
Norfolk

Michelle N. Fremen
Parks Zeigler
Chesapeake

David Heath Gates
CowanGates
Richmond

Nina J. Ginsberg
DiMuroGinsberg
Alexandria

David Michael Good
David Michael Good PC
Virginia Beach

Peter D. Greenspun
Greenspun Shapiro
Fairfax

Artisha Todd Gregg
Rice & Gregg
Norfolk

Brendan Harold
Harold Law Firm
Fairfax

Erin Harrigan
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Michael N. Herring
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Charles J. Homiller Jr.
The Homiller Law Firm
Midlothian

Aaron B. Houchens
The Law Firm of Aaron B. Houchens
Salem

Elizabeth B. Hurd
Dunton Simmons & Dunton
White Stone

Michael HuYoung
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

William B. Jackson
Jackson Lewis
Norfolk

Charles E. James Jr.
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Vaughan C. Jones
Vaughan C. Jones Attorney at Law
Richmond

Erik Jurgensen
David Marks Law
Fairfax

Matthew B. Kapuscinski
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

Trey Kelleter
Kelleter Law
Norfolk

Michael La Fratta
La Fratta Law
Charlottesville

Brian M. Latuga
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Jennifer Leffler
LefflerPhillips
Fairfax

Manuel E. Leiva
The Leiva Law Firm
Fairfax

John E. Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein Law Group
Roanoke

G. Manoli Loupassi
Law Office of G. Manoli Loupassi
Richmond

Lana M. Manitta
The Law Office of Lana Manitta
Alexandria

Laura Colombell Marshall
McGuireWoods
Richmond

D. Bradley Marshall
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Mark Matney
Holcomb Law
Newport News

Marina Medvin
Medvin Law
Alexandria

Daniel J. Miller
The Law Offices of Daniel J. Miller
Virginia Beach

Robert Gray Morecock
Ruloff Swain Haddad Morecock Talbert & Woodward
Virginia Beach

Diallo K. Morris
Morris Currin & O’Keefe
Chesapeake

George Neskis
The Decker Law Firm
Norfolk

Thomas K. “Tommy” Norment Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

Melissa E. O’Boyle
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Norfolk

William H. O’Brien
Sheppard & O’Brien Law Firm
Virginia Beach

Patrick H. O’Donnell
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

James Spero Panagis
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Stephen Patrick Pfeiffer
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Jonathan Leo Phillips
LefflerPhillips
Fairfax

Aaron M. Pomeranz
Parks Zeigler
Virginia Beach

Karin Riley Porter
Price Benowitz
Fairfax

W. Davis Powell
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

Pierre T. Prialé
Right Path Law Group
Fairfax

Andrew Anthony Protogyrou
Protogyrou Law
Norfolk

Rhonda Quagliana
MichieHamlett
Charlottesville

Douglas Ramseur
The Ram Law Firm
Richmond

W. Edward Riley IV
Riley & Wells Attorneys at Law
Richmond

Michael Anthony Robusto
Slipow & Robusto
Virginia Beach

John Rockecharlie
Rock Stone Law
Richmond

Andrew M. Sacks
Sacks & Sacks
Norfolk

Bruce Christopher Sams
Law Office of Bruce C. Sams
Norfolk

Brandon M. Santos
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Gregory Robert Sheldon
Bain Sheldon
Richmond

David E. Sher
Sher, Cummings & Ellis
Arlington County

Larry B. Slipow
Slipow & Robusto
Virginia Beach

David M. Smith
The Law Office of David M. Smith
Richmond

Mark Bradford Stokes
Stokes Law
Virginia Beach

Scott Anthony Surovell
Surovell Isaacs & Levy
Fairfax

Jeffrey A. Swartz
Swartz Taliaferro Swartz & Goodove
Norfolk

Shannon Taylor
Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Office
Henrico

Ann M. Thayer
The Law Office of Ann Thayer
Fairfax

Jason W. Todd Jr.
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

Diane Toscano
Toscano Law Group
Virginia Beach

John S. West
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Lawrence H. Woodward Jr.
Ruloff Swain Haddad Morecock Talbert & Woodward
Virginia Beach

Dickson J. Young
Whitestone Young
Fairfax

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Legal Elite 2024: Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights Law

Laura T. Alridge
Boleman Law Firm
Richmond

Timothy V. Anderson
Anderson & Associates
Virginia Beach

Kelly M. Barnhart
Roussos & Barnhart
Williamsburg

Peter J. Barrett
Kutak Rock
Richmond

Daniel T. Bengston
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Darren W. Bentley
Darren W. Bentley PLLC
Danville

Paula Beran
Tavenner & Beran
Richmond

Richard Biemiller
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Sarah Beckett Boehm
McGuireWoods
Richmond

G. Russell Boleman III
Boleman Law Firm
Richmond

Richard Owen Bolger
Bolger Law Firm
Fairfax

John R. Bollinger
Boleman Law Firm
Virginia Beach

Ann B. Brogan
Davey | Brogan
Norfolk

Tyler P. Brown
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

David G. Browne
Spiro & Browne
Glen Allen

Veronica  Brown-Moseley
Financial Freedom Legal
Richmond

Kristen E. Burgers
Hirschler
Tysons

William E. Callahan Jr.
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Robert H. Chappell
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Michael A. Condyles
Kutak Rock
Richmond

Xue Connelly
Friedman, Grimes, Meinken & Leischner
Alexandria

Herbert David Cox
Cox Law Group
Lynchburg

Karen M. Crowley
Crowley Law
Norfolk

Andrea Campbell Davison
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Jed  Donaldson
Woods Rogers
Richmond

Brittany B. Falabella
Hirschler
Richmond

John T. Farnum
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

Douglas M. Foley
Kaufman & Canoles
Richmond

David W. Gaffey
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Falls Church

Malissa Lambert Giles
Giles & Lambert
Roanoke

Andrew Scott Goldstein
Magee Goldstein Lasky & Sayers
Roanoke

Mark K. Groves
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Michael E. Hastings
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Dion W. Hayes
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Hannah White Hutman
Hoover Penrod
Harrisonburg

Hamill D. Jones Jr.
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

Lawrence A. Katz
Hirschler
Tysons

Donald F. King
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

Stephen E. Leach
Hirschler
Tysons

Stephen A. Leon
Cooper Spong & Davis
Portsmouth

Dennis T. Lewandowski
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Joseph Todd Liberatore
Liberatore DeBoer & Ryan
Norfolk

John H. Maddock III
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Robert M. Marino
Redmon, Peyton & Braswell
Alexandria

Richard C. Maxwell
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

John D. McIntyre
McIntyre Stein & Ashby
Norfolk

Jennifer McLain McLemore
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Stephan Milo
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Staunton

William D. Moore III
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Ashley F. Morgan
Ashley F. Morgan Law
Herndon

Michael D. Mueller
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Nhon Nguyen
Nguyen | Ballato
Richmond

Ronald A. Page Jr.
Ronald Page PLC
North Chesterfield

Nisha R. Patel
Samuel L. White
Richmond

Klementina V. Pavlova
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Robyn D. Pepin
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Christopher L. Perkins
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Richmond

Loc Pfeiffer
Kutak Rock
Richmond

Steven B. Ramsdell
Tyler Bartl & Ramsdell
Alexandria

Brandy M. Rapp
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Roanoke

Christopher L. Rogan
Rogan Miller Zimmerman
Leesburg

Robert V. Roussos
Roussos & Barnhart
Williamsburg

David R. Ruby
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

John M. Ryan
Liberatore DeBoer & Ryan
Norfolk

Nancy R. Schlichting
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Donald Charles Schultz
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

Richard D. Scott
The Law Office of Richard D. Scott
Roanoke

David K. Spiro
Spiro & Browne
Glen Allen

Sharon Stuart
Stuart Law Firm
Henrico

Lynn L. Tavenner
Tavenner & Beran
Richmond

Christian Kirkpatrick Vogel
Vogel Law Group
Richmond

Hunter R. Wells
Canfield Wells
Henrico

Jennifer J. West
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Robert Westermann
Hirschler
Richmond

Jeremy S. Williams
Kutak Rock
Richmond

Peter G. Zemanian
Zemanian Law Group

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

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, with whom I interned during his time as a circuit court judge in Fairfax County; Judge Claire G. Cardwell, who taught me and many local trial attorneys how to investigate and litigate difficult criminal cases before juries when I was a young lawyer in the Office of the Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney, and she was the chief deputy commonwealth’s attorney; retired Police Chief Jerry A. Oliver, who taught me so much about organizational leadership and management.

First legal job: I was a law clerk for a family law sole practitioner in Washington, D.C., John C. Maginnis III.  John was an incredible attorney and early mentor, but that experience taught me that I was not built to be a family law practitioner. 

What lessons or insights have you taken from your time as a prosecutor and judge into private practice? As a prosecutor, I first discovered the importance of being professionally intrepid, prepared and diligent, while also learning the art of effective oral advocacy before juries. During my time as a judge, I discovered that listening is one of the most critical skills a legal practitioner can possess. While many people think judges primarily make decisions, the reality is that effective decision-making relies heavily on the ability to listen carefully to the facts and evidence presented.

You led the Richmond School Board’s external investigation of the June 2023 shooting outside a high school graduation ceremony. Why? I took the lead on that investigation because I was eager to conduct a thorough and unrestricted inquiry. The opportunity to investigate without limitations meant that no person or process was off-limits, which I found empowering. Having experience with investigations, public safety, criminal justice and education, I felt well-suited to address the issues at hand, and to produce a meaningful, useful and objective report.

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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 that growth continuing. He projects “north of $185 million” in revenues for the current fiscal year, ending Jan. 31.

Williams Mullen, with 260 attorneys on staff, about 70 of them hired within the past two-and-a-half years, is now the third largest law firm in the commonwealth, but it got off to a decidedly more modest start. Its origins reach back to 1909, when Lewis C. Williams and James Mullen decided to open a practice in Richmond aimed at helping local enterprises negotiate a changing regulatory environment. Four years later, when Congress further complicated life for businesses by instituting a federal income tax, many new clients came calling, and the firm was off and running.

In the 115 years since the firm’s namesakes first hung their shingle, Williams Mullen has evolved into a one-stop shop for the legal needs of a swath of clients, both corporate and private.

The firm has three core sections — Corporate, Litigation and Real Estate — and a host of specialized practices ranging from tax, employee benefits and immigration to intellectual property, energy, health care and government relations.

Its attorneys represent 4,000 clients across industries as varied as banking, senior living and industrial and manufacturing. Notable clients include the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, the state attorney general’s office, Atlantic Union Bank, TowneBank and Koch Industries.

The firm represented Sweet Briar College during its near dissolution 10 years ago, and among its current roster of local clients is Charlottesville-based Red Light Management Group, the music entertainment management group building the Allianz Amphitheater in Richmond.

Williams Mullen has been picking up increasing amounts of national and international work in recent years, but its focus remains resolutely regional, and it maintains offices in Richmond, Charlottesville, Norfolk and Tysons, as well as Raleigh, North Carolina, and Columbia, South Carolina. “We’re just as good as anyone and at a better value because we don’t have the overhead of big cities,” Fowler says.

Go-to for startups

In addition to serving long-established corporations, the law firm has become a favorite go-to for new enterprises, as well.

In 2020, for example, Richmond pharmaceutical startup Phlow, which landed a $354 million federal contract to help build a strategic national reserve of essential medications, turned to Williams Mullen for assistance.

Gregory R. Bishop, head of Williams Mullen’s 90-attorney corporate section, the firm’s largest practice group, helped shepherd Phlow’s 19,200-square-foot manufacturing operation in Petersburg through the approvals process needed to get it up and running in a speedy fashion. The facility opened this spring, and a second plant is in the works.

Entrepreneur Gary Warren turned to John M. Paris Jr., a partner at Williams Mullen, for advice when Warren was starting up his Virginia Beach health care tech company, ivWatch, in 2020.

“John knows the ins and outs of how to do it properly,” says Warren, who also cites the work of Williams Mullen partner Anne E. Domozick in helping to make ivWatch a reality. “They are good with all the corporate law stuff that is usually ignored by startups.”

Another notable entrepreneur who sings the law firm’s praises is Tom Walker, CEO of DroneUp, the high-profile, fast-growing Virginia Beach-based aerial drone services company.

Walker relied on the expertise of Paris and fellow Williams Mullen partners Thomas R. Frantz and David C. Burton to guide DroneUp in raising $23 million in private financing. The legal team also helped negotiate DroneUp’s partnership deal with Walmart on a pilot program providing last-mile drone delivery services.

“People have said time and again to get a bigger law firm, but there’s never been a time when the advice they gave wasn’t good,” Walker says of the trio of Williams Mullen lawyers. “I’d be hard-pressed to work with anyone else. They are top-notch.”

Triple commitment

Williams Mullen’s ability to provide clients with a high level of comprehensive services is the result, Fowler says, of an intentional strategy to build a collegial and supportive in-house culture aimed at attracting, developing and retaining talented lawyers. “We take care of our people,” he says.

As proof, Fowler notes that during the firm’s past two summer associate programs, the firm made 25 job offers and had 25 acceptances, something he calls “unprecedented. You usually predict you’re going to get 60% to 80% of the people you make offers to.”

The firm has developed a deep bench of “young leaders” and “young producers” in the 35- to 50-year-old demographic, says Fowler, adding, “We should be good for the next 25 years.”

Although turnover can be a fact of life at many law firms, Williams Mullen lawyers tend to spend their entire careers there. Paris, for instance, has been with Williams Mullen more than 30 years and Bishop for 26. Fowler himself has been with Williams Mullen for almost 34 years, spending the past 10 as CEO.

With just a mere decade at Williams Mullen, Jamie Baskerville Martin, head of the firm’s 13-member health care section, is a relative newbie who found herself pleasantly surprised by the firm’s culture. “We are not siloed, not separated. The sections are permeable,” she says. “The willingness of everyone to pitch in and work collaboratively has exceeded my expectations.”

Another big plus for Martin is that community service is baked into Williams Mullen’s DNA. On day one, Bishop says, new hires are asked what community organizations stir their passions and are told that Williams Mullen will get behind whatever cause moves them.

In Martin’s case, that has meant donating pro bono hours to nonprofits providing care to people who otherwise would fall by the wayside. For Bishop, the cause is multiple sclerosis, because a close family member was diagnosed with the disease back when he was a young associate at the firm. Since then, he has donated many hours to working for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He has also served on its board and put together a Williams Mullen bike team that raised more than $40,000 for the cause.

In all, Williams Mullen supports more than 200 organizations through a combination of leadership, service, pro bono work and contributions from the Williams Mullen Foundation, which has donated more than $1 million to local, regional and national nonprofits during the past five years.

While technology and generations might change, Williams Mullen’s formula for success — a triple commitment to its clients, staff and community — won’t, says Fowler: “That philosophy will always underpin everything we do.”