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Former Gentry Locke managing partner dies
G. Michael “Mike” Pace Jr., managing partner of Roanoke’s Gentry Locke law firm for several years and a former Virginia Bar Association president, died Jan. 8 after a long illness. He was 66. Pace, a Salem native, spent nearly his whole career at the Roanoke law firm, starting as a summer associate in 1983 and […]
Lynchburg and Danville law firms to merge
The law firms of Petty, Livingston, Dawson & Richards in Lynchburg and Southern Virginia Legal (SoVa Legal) in Danville will merge to become PLDR Law beginning Jan. 1, 2024, the two law firms announced Wednesday. Together, the two firms will jointly have 16 attorneys and have offices in Lynchburg and Danville, serving communities across Central […]
The 24th 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 categories of legal specialties. In compiling the Legal Elite, Virginia Business contacted more than 14,000 attorneys and more […]
Virginia 500 Spotlight: VICTOR O. CARDWELL
PERSONAL MOTTO: Every day is a new opportunity to do something good and to help someone succeed. FIRST JOB: I worked at a fast-food restaurant for about three days in high school. They wanted me to shave my baby-hair mustache, but my parents would not let me. They thought it was too soon for me […]
Legal Elite 2023: Environmental Law
Candace Ali Blydenburgh McGuireWoods, Richmond Brian L. Buniva B.L. Buniva Strategic Advisor, Richmond Clayton T. Burns Dominion Energy, Richmond Patrick A. Genzler Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, Norfolk David B. Graham Kaufman & Canoles, Williamsburg Helen Hart Norfolk Southern, Atlanta Lisa Spickler Ivins Hirschler Fleischer, Richmond Harry M. “Pete” Johnson III Hunton Andrews Kurth, Ri[...]
‘National powerhouse’
From 2017 to 2022, McGuireWoods, with offices in 21 cities, added 36.6% in revenue, and still the state’s largest law firm is pushing for yet more growth. With roughly 1,000 lawyers, 300 of whom are based in Virginia, the Richmond-based firm — the nation’s 50th largest firm by number of attorneys — works hard to […]
Altria subsidiary NJOY sues 34 e-vapor businesses
Henrico County-based Altria Group’s NJOY e-vapor subsidiary filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against nearly three dozen U.S. and international manufacturers, distributors and retailers of e-vapor products, claiming that the businesses are selling products that are illegal under California’s flavored vape ban. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of Cali[...]
Falwell Jr. lawsuit targets Prevo, Liberty board members
A legal complaint filed last week by former Liberty University President and Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. alleges that President Emeritus Jerry Prevo and members of Liberty’s executive committee received in excess of $1 million from the university “through a series of questionable self-dealing transactions that have the appearance of kickbacks.” Filed in the U.S. District [&helli[...]
William & Mary law dean becomes of counsel at McGuireWoods
William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer is consulting for McGuireWoods as a part-time, of counsel attorney, the law firm announced Thursday. Spencer, who is also a trustee professor at the law school, will consult with McGuireWoods lawyers and clients on pending legal matters and work on learning initiatives and client development. “We […]
Chartway Credit Union names chief legal officer
Melissa Stratton Moffa is Chartway Credit Union’s new chief legal officer, the Virginia Beach-based credit union announced Tuesday. Moffa was most recently Tysons-based Pentagon Federal Credit Union’s senior director, associate general counsel and privacy officer. “We are thrilled to have Melissa on board. Her experience in mergers and acquisitions and her background working at a[...]
Keeping their own counsel
Of the 1.3 million attorneys practicing in the United States — more than 35,500 of them licensed to practice in Virginia — the American Bar Association reports that more than half are based at law firms, while only about 10% serve as in-house general counsels. That disparity is not because general counsel jobs are unwanted […]
