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The supersize era
In June, Tesla shareholders reaffirmed their intention to award the largest CEO compensation package in history to the automotive company’s controversial leader, Elon Musk. Valued as high as $56 billion, the deal had previously been thrown out by a Delaware judge, citing a failure by members of Tesla’s board to disclose conf[...]
2024 BEST PLACES TO WORK — LARGE EMPLOYERS WINNER: Patriot Group
In the past five years, Patriot Group International has been recognized four times as the Best Place to Work among large employers in Virginia, but that doesn’t keep company leadership from wanting to do more and do better by its employees. Participation in Best Places to Work “provides us with great insight on some of [&hel[...]
2024 BEST PLACES TO WORK — SMALL EMPLOYERS WINNER: Troika Solutions
“Partners, process, technology” is the tagline of Reston-based management and technology consulting firm Troika Solutions. In addition to valuing its partnerships with its military and government clients, this service– disabled veteran-owned small business has a keen focus on its partnership with its employees, say[...]
2024 BEST PLACES TO WORK — MIDSIZE EMPLOYERS WINNER: Sriven Technologies
A lot of companies like to say they have a familylike atmosphere, but few seem as close as Ashburn-based Sriven Technologies, which has twice topped Virginia Business’ Best Places to Work small companies’ rankings, and this year leads the rankings of midsize employers for the first time. Sriven’s employees are so chummy wi[...]
Making the office cool again
It didn’t take long for Spurrier Group employees to want to be back in the office after the pandemic began. Within the first four weeks of workplace shutdowns in 2020, the women working at the Richmond-based strategy and media-buying firm started asking CEO Donna Spurrier when they could return to the company’s comfortably f[...]
Best Places to Work 2024
This is the 14th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied for inclusion in the 2024 Best Places to Work in Virginia cohort. A hundred companies were chosen, divided into three categories: small [...]
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[...]
Legal Elite 2023 Real Estate/ Land Use
Ross C. Allen Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Richmond John Altmiller Pesner Altmiller Melnick DeMers & Steele, Tysons Jennifer L. Banks Odin Feldman Pittleman, Reston David F. Bernhardt Florance Gordon Brown, Richmond Jo Anne Bitner Odin Feldman Pittleman, Reston Carl H. Bivens Troutman Pepper, Richmond David J. Bomgardner Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh, Prince William County […]
Legal Elite 2023: Young Lawyer
Rachel W. Adams Thompson McMullan, Richmond Brandon S. Allred Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk Hannane Amanpour McCandlish Lillard, Fairfax Carly M. Anderson Cooper Ginsberg Gray, Fairfax Peter S. Askin ThompsonMcMullan, Richmond John Baker Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers, Norfolk Yolanda Beasley Morris, Crawford & Currin, Chesapeake Clark J. Belote Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk R. Patrick Bolling Woods […][...]
Legal Elite 2023: Corporate Counsel
James Bailey Williams Mullen, Richmond Marina Blickley CACI International, Reston Ryan Boggs Dominion Energy, Richmond N. Reid Broughton Sands Anderson, Christiansburg Carlos M. Brown Dominion Energy, Richmond Douglas Callaway Union Bankshares, Richmond Joseph Hannah Carpenter IV Norfolk Southern, Atlanta J. David Carroll Sands Anderson, Richmond Nicholas Conte Carilion Clinic, Roanoke Andriana Shultz Daly Indivior, Richmond […][...]
Legal Elite 2023: Immigration Law
Hadeel Abouhasira Holland & Knight, Nashville Miriam Ruth Airington-Fisher Airington Law, Glen Allen D. Earl Baggett Williams Mullen, Richmond William J. Benos Williams Mullen, Richmond Eileen Patricia Blessinger Blessinger Legal, Falls Church Lakshmi Challa Challa Law Offices, Glen Allen Tanishka Vanessa Cruz Cruz Law, Charlottesville Debra Dowd Dowd & Co., Richmond Anna Ernest Ernest Law […][...]
Legal Services/ Pro Bono 2023
Tricia Lund Batson Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk Arlene Beckerman Northern Virginia Pro Bono Law Center, Fairfax David Dennis Beidler Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley, Roanoke Lisa Ann Bennett Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Richmond Jeffrey F. Brooke Poole Brooke Plumlee, Virginia Beach Tara Casey University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond […]
