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2020 Legal Elite — Appellate Law Profile
Title: Shareholder Other legal specialties: Trial and appellate counsel in tort and insurance litigation in state and federal courts, with a significant portion of practice devoted to the defense of life, health, disability and ERISA litigation Education: Bachelor’s degree and law degree, William & Mary Spouse: Mary Ann De[...]
2020 Legal Elite — Alternative Dispute Resolution Profile
Title: Chairman Other legal specialties: Civil litigation involving businesses and fiduciary matters Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Education: Bachelor’s degree and law degree, University of Virginia Spouse: Ann (deceased) Children: Sally, Maria, Hannah and Jimmy First job as a lawyer: Law clerk to the Hon. Albert V. Bryan Jr., [...]
2020 Legal Elite: Business Law
Paul J. Abraham PJI Law Fairfax Jeffrey F. Adams Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver PLC Staunton Joseph Allen Willcox & Savage PC Tysons Christopher Ambrosio Vandeventer Black LLP Norfolk Eric E. Ballou Kaufman & Canoles PC Richmond Michael L. Barney Kaufman & Canoles PC Virginia Beach David M. Bastiaans Wolcott […]
The VirginiaBusiness.com Top Five
The top trending stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Sept. 16 to Oct. 15 included the news that Gov. Ralph Northam had tested positive for the coronavirus, exhibiting mild, coldlike symptoms. Daily Press office set to close in Newport News — Tribune Publishing Co. told newspaper employees it planned to close the newsroom by S[...]
An overview of Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads is Virginia’s second most populated region, with nearly 1.8 million residents in 17 localities, including Virginia Beach — the state’s largest city by population with about 450,000 residents. More than 120,000 active-duty and reserve members of the military, as well as civilian personnel, work at nine installations representing five branches. The Port of […]
The VirginiaBusiness.com Top Five
Falwell says resignation reports were false, then resigns: Facing scandals and board pressure, Liberty University’s president and chancellor denied he was resigning the day before the Christian school confirmed his departure. (Aug. 24-25) Virginia 500: Virginia Business magazine’s first annual special issue devoted to the commonwealth’s 500 most powerful leaders. (Aug. 31) Ex-associate claims sexual […][...]
CNSI CEO receives NoVa Technology Council Hall of Fame award
Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of McLean-based health information technology provider CNSI, is the 2020 recipient of the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s (NVTC) annual Michael G. Devine Hall of Fame Award for his contributions to the technology business community. “Todd Stottlemyer’s induction into the NVTC Hall of Fame is [...]
Transportation
ED ALDRIDGE PRESIDENT, CMA CGM AMERICA LLP AND APL NORTH AMERICA, NORFOLK The CMA CGM Group serves 80% of the world’s commercial ports with a 502-vessel fleet and 110,000 employees. The American arm of its shipping and logistics company, based in Norfolk, has a workforce of more than 11,000 employees and serves 18 ports. In […]
Media
FRANK BATTEN JR. CHAIRMAN, DOMINION ENTERPRISES INC., CHAIRMAN, LANDMARK MEDIA ENTERPRISES INC., NORFOLK A storied Virginia media family, the Battens struck gold by selling The Weather Channel, co-founded by Frank Batten Jr.’s late father, for nearly $3.5 billion in 2008. Since 1998, Batten has served as chairman of Landmark, the private media company his family […]
Retail | Wholesale
ROBERT A. ‘BOB’ ARCHER CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BLUE RIDGE BEVERAGE CO., SALEM Robert Archer runs the wholesale beverage retailer his parents bought in 1959 after moving to Salem. When his father, James Archer, died in 1972, his mother, Regine Archer, became president and forged ahead on decades of growth and acquisitions. Blue Ridge distributes a […]
