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100 People to Meet: Navigators
Whether breaking down barriers, building up communities or battling bad actors, these Virginia leaders are blazing trails to a better tomorrow. Read about the rest of our 100 People to Meet in 2021. Justin Ayars Founder/CEO, Equality Rewards Richmond As the Las Vegas-born son of Liberace’s music arranger, Justin Ayars got a fabulous start in […]
Can Southwest Virginia win the data center game?
Like many other parts of the commonwealth, Southwest Virginia is making a play to attract data centers, offering cheap land, available workers and a natural cooling system. Data centers aren’t huge employers but do offer high wages and significant tax revenue — which other regions in Virginia have taken full advantage of, p[...]
Hope springs eternal
Williamsburg’s tourism-steeped economy was on track for a banner year when COVID-19 knocked it off course. Businesses, including tourist attractions Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Colonial Williamsburg shut down, William & Mary sent students home, and hotel and motel occupancy rates plummeted. As of late October, with capa[...]
Legal Elite 2020: Intellectual Property/Information Technology
Robert Armistead Angle Troutman Pepper Richmond Joel Ankney Ankney Law Virginia Beach Patrick C. Asplin Flora Pettit PC Charlottesville Tara Branscom CowanPerry PC Roanoke Janet W. Cho Williams Mullen Richmond Zachary D. Cohen ThompsonMcMullan PC Richmond James R. Creekmore The Creekmore Law Firm PC Blacksburg William P. Dickinson […]
2020 Legal Elite: Immigration Law
Hadeel M. Abouhasira Williams Mullen Richmond Pratibha K. Agarwal Agarwal Law Firm Arlington Hassan M. Ahmad The HMA Law Firm Vienna William J. Benos Williams Mullen Richmond Ofelia L. Calderón Calderón Seguin PLC Fairfax Lakshmi Challa Challa Law Group Glen Allen Fabienne Chatain Elliot & Mayock LLP Washington, D.C. […]
2020 Legal Elite: Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative
Alan D. Albert O’Hagan Meyer PLLC Richmond Dave Albo Williams Mullen Richmond Phoenix S. Ayotte Ayotte Law LLC Alexandria Nicole L. Brenner Reed Smith LLP Richmond Derek J. Brostek Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC Harrisonburg John F. Cafferky Blankingship & Keith PC Fairfax Gerald Canaan II Byrne Legal Group […]
100 People to Meet: Rainmakers
Through their outreach, expertise, marketing and incentives, these are the professionals who attract and grow businesses, adding to the commonwealth’s wealth. Read about the rest of our 100 People to Meet in 2021. Col. Lettie J. Bien (ret.) Defense affairs program manager, Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce Charlottesville When you think of the Charlottesville area, […]
December 2020 People
Eastern Virginia Stephen Edwards, a Los Angeles-based CEO with more than two decades of maritime industry experience, will be the Virginia Port Authority’s new CEO and executive director. A U.K. native, Edwards is currently president and CEO of TraPac LLC, which operates container terminals in the ports of Los Angeles and Oakland, California. He replaces John […]
War and peace
Like a lot of bosses in spring and summer 2020, Phebe Novakovic confronted challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. It threatened lives and economies. Managers weren’t sure when some customers would be able to pay their bills. Employees were anxious; clients were understandably skittish. With travel shutting down, in-person sale[...]
2020 Legal Elite: Environmental Law
Candace Ali Blydenburgh McGuireWoods Richmond Brian Buniva B.L. Buniva Strategic Advisor PLLC Richmond Clayton T. Burns Dominion Energy Inc. Richmond Kevin J. Finto Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Richmond Patrick A. Genzler Vandeventer Black LLP Norfolk Matthew Gernand Norfolk Southern Corp. Norfolk Lisa Spickler Goodwin Hirschler Richmond David B. […][...]
The Mailroom
Thanks for inviting me to participate in the 2020 Virginia Business Political Roundtable. It was a very stimulating and thought-provoking discussion. One loud message came through following the Nov. 3 election — America is a nation divided. The results showed that the path forward must address that divide, or we will never achieve the unity […]
2020 Legal Elite: Real Estate/Land Use
John W. Anderson Spotts Fain Richmond Robert P. Beaman III Troutman Pepper Virginia Beach David F. Bernhardt FloranceGordonBrown PC Richmond Carl H. Bivens Troutman Pepper Richmond R. Edward Bourdon Jr. Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy PC Virginia Beach Jordan K. Bowman Litten & Sipe LLP Harrisonburg Corenia Riley Burlingame […]
