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Legal Elite 2023 Taxes/ Estates/ Trusts Q&A
Title: Shareholder Other legal specialties: Estate planning, estate and trust administration, and business matters Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree, University of California, Los Angeles Family: Husband, Neal; two children, Tucker (age 27, student at Regent University School of Law) and Noah ([...]
Legal Elite 2023: Intellectual Property
Robert A. Angle Troutman Pepper, Richmond Patrick C. Asplin Flora Pettit, Charlottesville Timothy J. Bechen Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, Richmond Thomas F. Bergert Williams Mullen, Charlottesville Duncan G. Byers Byers Law, Williamsburg Destinee Byers Davis Law Chesapeake Janet W. Cho Williams Mullen, Richmond Zachary D. Cohen ThompsonMcMullan, Richmond Christopher M. Collins Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian, […][...]
Legal Elite 2023: Labor/ Employment Law Q&A
Title: Member Other legal specialties: I occasionally take on matters outside my practice area that pique my interest. I’m currently engaging in trusts and estates litigation that involves the slayer statute and a dispute over who owns a very large collection of guns. Education: Bachelor’s degree in history and law degree, U[...]
Legal Elite 2023: Taxes/ Estates/ Trusts
Paul J. Abraham PJI Law, Fairfax Maureen C. Ackerly Armstrong Bristow Farley & Schwarzschild, Richmond Alvi Aggarwal Yates Campbell, Fairfax Farhad Aghdami Williams Mullen, Richmond Morgan Wade Alley Dunton, Simmons & Dunton, White Stone Rebecca Shwayder Aman Carney Patterson Meade, Newport News Hugh T. Antrim ThompsonMcMullan, Richmond Elizabeth Atkinson Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Richmond Sarah […][...]
Legal Elite 2023: Labor/ Employment Law
Christopher A. Abel Willcox & Savage, Norfolk Faith A. Alejandro Sands Anderson, Richmond Matthew T. Anderson Williams Mullen, Richmond Zev Hillel Antell Butler Curwood, Richmond Robert J. Barry Kaufman & Canoles, Richmond Ryan M. Bates Hunton Andrews Kurth, Washington, D.C. Paul G. Beers Glenn Feldmann Darby & Goodlatte, Roanoke John V. Berry Berry & Berry, […]
Legal Elite 2023: Real Estate/ Land Use Q&A
Title: Partner Other legal specialties: In addition to real estate, I am involved with my firm’s opinion committee and do a lot of opinion letter work. Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; law degree, University of Michigan Family: Wife, Marisol Slater, and our dog, Roxy Career mentors:[...]
Legal Elite 2023: Intellectual Property Q&A
Title: Shareholder Other legal specialties: IP accounts for about a third of my practice. Another third focuses on employment law, and the rest is a mix of commercial litigation and acting as outside general counsel to small and midsized businesses. Education: Bachelor’s degree, William & Mary; law degree, University of [...]
Legal Elite 2023: Young Lawyer
Title: Associate attorney Legal specialties: I specialize in commercial, construction and real estate litigation. Education: Bachelor’s degree, Bellarmine University; law degree, George Mason University Family: I live in Alexandria with my partner, Josh, and our two pets. Career mentors: Bruce Blanchard and Chidi James Most re[...]
Serving a repurpose
In Alexandria’s Old Town North, a collection of three brick office buildings built in the 1980s is being transformed into Tide Lock, a community of 234 luxury apartments and condominiums featuring Potomac River views and space for retail and a nonprofit music school. And last summer in the city’s Alexandria West neighborho[...]
FloydFest cancelation causes economic ripples
FloydFest, a five-day celebration showcasing more than 100 performers, has had an annual regional economic impact of about $4 million since its 2002 founding, according to festival organizers. Even so, county officials and local business owners seem to be taking a “c’est la vie” attitude to the cancelation in April of this[...]
Building a hub
Fairwinds Landing LLC is demolishing dilapidated infrastructure, preparing to construct new facilities and signing tenants as it transforms Norfolk Southern Corp.’s Lambert’s Point Docks in Norfolk into Fairwinds Landing, a maritime operations and logistics center supporting Hampton Roads’ offshore wind, defense and transp[...]
New rules
In theory, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) would, among other things, help reduce inflation by adding transparency to container handling fees. In practice, though, it’s not that simple. When President Joe Biden signed OSRA into law in June 2022, he touted it as a weapon against shipping costs that had soared during the pa[...]
