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Law 2025: FOWLER JR., CALVIN W. ‘WOODY’
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, WILLIAMS MULLEN, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Law 2025: FOWLER JR., CALVIN W. ‘WOODY’
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, WILLIAMS MULLEN, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
In 2024, Williams Mullen tapped Fowler to serve a fourth three-year term as the president and CEO of the state’s second-largest law firm, which employs 450 people, including more than 200 attorneys in Virginia.
Last year, the firm experienced double-digit percentage growth in revenue, bringing in $195.5 million in 2024. Fowler attributes its success partly to strong demand for corporate litigation and merger and acquisition work, as well as an 8% increase in attorney headcount.
A graduate of the University of Virginia and its law school, Fowler joined Williams Mullen more than 30 years ago. Through the years, his clients have included colleges and universities, health care systems and insurance companies.
Fowler sits on the boards of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, as well as on the executive committee of RVA757 Connects. He teaches law classes at the University of Richmond as an adjunct professor.
FIRST JOB: Making tires at the Goodyear plant in Danville
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