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Legal Elite 2024: Administrative/Government/Legislative Law

Theodore “Tray” F. Adams
McGuireWoods
Richmond

David B. Albo
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Lars E. Anderson
Odin Feldman Pittleman
Reston

Wade T. Anderson
Prince William County Public Schools
Manassas

Anthony H. Anikeeff
Williams Mullen
Tysons

F. Jesse Bausch
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Jessica J. Berdichevsky
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Dylan D. Bishop
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

James Y. Boland
Venable
Tysons

Jason A. Botkins
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

Christopher S. Boynton
City of Virginia Beach Office of the City Attorney
Virginia Beach

Nicole Brenner
Reed Smith
Richmond

Derek J. Brostek
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

John K. Byrum Jr.
Woods Rogers
Richmond

John F. Cafferky
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Brett Callahan
Fairfax County Office of the County Attorney
Fairfax

Gerald C. Canaan II
Byrne Canaan
Richmond

Vanessa Carter
City of Newport News
Newport News

Nicole S. Cheuk
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Linda Choe
Fairfax County Public Schools
Falls Church

Whittington W. Clement
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Susan Elizabeth Cooke
Spotsylvania County Attorney’s Office
Spotsylvania County

Martin R. Crim
Sands Anderson
Fredericksburg

Thomas K. David
Reston Law Group
Reston

John G. “Chip” Dicks
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Stephen Vincent Durbin
Sands Anderson
Christiansburg

Will Egen
Virginia Commission on Youth
Richmond

Leonard L. Fleisig
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Michelle Glover Foy
City of Norfolk – City Attorney’s Office
Norfolk

Brian Greene
Greene Hurlocker
Richmond

Eric Gregory
Hefty Wiley & Gore
Richmond

M. Tolley Gwinn
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Greg Habeeb
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Gregory J. Haley
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Jason J. Ham
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

Carlos L. Hopkins
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

W. Scott Johnson
Hancock Daniel
Glen Allen

Nancyellen Keane
Dunton Simmons & Dunton
White Stone

John-Garrett Kemper
Kemper Consulting
Norfolk

Anne Leigh Kerr
Kerr Strategies
Richmond

Bradford A. King
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Amy Miles Kowalski
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Lynchburg

Kamala Lannetti
School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach

Suzanne M. Lim
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

Vishwa B. Link
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Thomas A. Lisk
Cozen O’Connor
Richmond

Heather Hays Lockerman
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Alexander M. Macaulay
Macaulay Jamerson, Satterlund & Sessa
Richmond

Anthony J. Mazzeo
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Ashley Goin Moss
Woods Rogers
Richmond

Edward A. Mullen
Reed Smith
Richmond

Dale G. Mullen
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Christopher Nolen
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Christine Cogbill Noonan
Reed Smith
Richmond

Pamela Y. O’Berry
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Jeff Palmore
Capitol Square Strategies
Richmond

Bernard Pishko
Norfolk City Attorney’s Office
Norfolk

Joan Heishman Proper
The Law Office of Joan H. Proper
Manassas

Michael J. Quinan
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Stephen P. Ramaley
Miles & Stockbridge
Richmond

Bradley Reaves
Reaves GovCon Group
Chesapeake

Cliona Mary Robb
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Robert L. Samuel Jr.
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Adam Shall
Klein Rowell & Shall
Virginia Beach

Daniel M. Siegel
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Meade A. Spotts
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Mark D. Stiles
City of Virginia Beach – Office of the City Attorney
Virginia Beach

Kerry K. Stolz
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Joanna L. Suyes
Suyes Law
Richmond

Ashley L. Taylor Jr.
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

John R. Tolle
Baker Cronogue Tolle & Werfel
McLean

Benjamin Hawks Traynham
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

Daniel R.Weckstein
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Stephanie Wilson
Berenzweig Leonard
McLean

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

Legal Elite 2024: Corporate Counsel

Caroline Bailey
Vinson & Elkins
Richmond

Daniel G. Bloor
CarMax Enterprise Services
Goochland County

Ryan Boggs
Dominion Energy
Richmond

N. Reid Broughton
Sands Anderson
Christiansburg

Carlos M. Brown
Dominion Energy
Richmond

Michelle Calloway
HCA Healthcare Capital Division
Richmond

Joseph Hannah Carpenter IV
Norfolk Southern
Atlanta

Nicholas Conte
Carilion Clinic
Roanoke

J. Benjamin English
Hirschler
Richmond

Guy R. Friddell III
Dominion Enterprises
Norfolk

Ute Heidenreich
TowneBank
Norfolk

Jason Oliver Houser
Riverside Health System
Newport News

Trey Huelsberg
Trader Interactive
Norfolk

John Jongbloed
Greenberg Traurig
McLean

Herschel V. Keller
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Lynchburg

Amanda L. Kutz
SANS Institute
Virginia Beach

Kevin R. Learned
Reston Group
Reston

Clare M. Lewis
McGuireWoods
Charlottesville

Ryan A. Logan
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Ross Longood
CarMax Enterprise Services
Goochland County

Michael J. Lowell
Reed Smith
McLean

Joyvan Malbon-Griffin
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co.
Richmond

Sarah McCoy
The Port of Virginia
Norfolk

Sean C.E. McDonough
American Diabetes Association
Arlington County

Michael R. Newby
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

Stephen Dennis Otero
Capital One Financial
Richmond

Hugh L. Patterson
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Charles W. Payne Jr.
Hirschler
Fredericksburg

Cari Lyn B. Pierce
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Jennifer M. Rafferty
Titan America
Norfolk

John Matthew Ramirez
ADS
Virginia Beach

Tyler A. Rankin
Kinsale Insurance
Richmond

John MacDonald Robb III
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Glen Allen

Joe Romero
BAE Systems
Norfolk

Rod Satterwhite
The Hilb Group
Richmond

Jennifer Schiffer
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Gene Schleppenbach
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

Katherine J. Seikaly
Reed Smith
McLean

William F. Seymour IV
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

L. Scott Seymour
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

C. Brandon Spalding Jr.
Hirschler
Richmond

Kenneth T. Stout
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Richmond

Mary Thexton
McGuireWoods
Richmond

William J. Walsh
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Darryl D. Whitesell
Foster Fuels
Brookneal

Michael Wilson
Reaves GovCon Group
Chesapeake

Michael B. Woodard
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

Legal Elite 2024: Family Law/ Domestic Relations Law

Carolyn M. Abbate
Grenadier Duffett Levi Winkler & Rubin
Alexandria

Luis A. Abreu
Luis A. Abreu PLLC
Danville

Alice Ahearn
Geller Group
Fairfax

Debra C. Albiston
Albiston Brannon & Gilbert
Virginia Beach

Carmelou Aloupas
Aloupas Law
Chesapeake

Regina Amick
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Allison W. Anders
Chaing Anders
Virginia Beach

Carly M. Anderson
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Susan C. Armstrong
Armstrong Law Firm
Richmond

Erica Giovanni Baez
Erica Baez Law
Richmond

Nupur S. Bal
Bowen Ten Long & Bal
Richmond

Edward D. Barnes
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Mollie C. Barton
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Jessica Catharine Beatty
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Michael R. Bedsaul
Sands Anderson
Christiansburg

Scott Ivars Bemberis
Clifford, Bemberis & Duke
Chesterfield County

Dale Truitt Berrett
Kaufman & Canoles
Virginia Beach

Michelle A. Bieber
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Marc A. Boyko
BoykoNapier
Richmond

Jennifer A. Bradley
Mullett Dove & Bradley
Arlington County

Mallory Brennan
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

Anna Bristle
Bristle Schulze
Manassas

Sarah G. Buitrago
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Cynthia Lynne Chaing
Chaing Anders
Virginia Beach

Mary B. Chamberlin
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

Peter V. Chiusano
Chiusano & Associates
Virginia Beach

Julie M. Cillo
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

David Rust Clarke
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Mary G. Commander
Commander Law
Norfolk

Joseph A. Condo
Offit Kurman
Vienna

Deanna D. Cook
Deanna D. Cook PC
Glen Allen

James Ray Cottrell
Cottrell Fletcher & Cottrell
Alexandria

Catherine S. Croft
Farrell & Croft
Manassas

Kristina Cruz
Premier Family Law Group
Reston

Julie Hottle Day
Culin Sharp Autry & Day
Fairfax

Dawn B. DeBoer
DeBoerSouth
Richmond

David G. DeFazio
Friedman Law Firm
Chesterfield

Jessica H. Dixon
Resilience Law Group
Virginia Beach

Laura Christine Dove
Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law
Arlington County

Melissa Ann Dragone
Masterman Krogmann
McLean

Michael S. Ewing
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Kathleen Latham Farrell
Farrell & Croft
Manassas

William T. Fitzhugh
Rosen & Fitzhugh
Chesterfield

Lynn R. Fletcher
Lynn Fletcher Attorney at Law
Arlington County

Sherry A. Fox
Fox Family Formation
Ashland

Melanie A. Friend
CowanGates
Richmond

Richard E. Garriott
Garriott Maurer
Virginia Beach

Julie Gerock
Maddox & Gerock
Falls Church

Sandra Chinn Gilstrap
Chinn Gilstrap Law
Danville

David Ginsberg
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Brittany Gordon
Steidle & Gordon Attorneys at Law
Roanoke

Tashina M. Gorgone
Maddox & Gerock
Falls Church

Daniel L. Gray
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Carolyn Grimes
Friedman, Grimes, Meinken & Leischner
Alexandria

Ameet I. Habib
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Virginia C. Haizlip
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Robert L. Harris
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Sandra L. Havrilak
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Lynn E. Hawkins
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Brian M. Hirsch
Hirsch & Ehlenberger
Reston

Sarah W. Houck
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

Mary C. Huff
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Mary W. Hunt
Family Law Associates of Richmond
Richmond

Jeanine Irving
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Kristen Konrad Johnstone
Johnstone Law
Roanoke

Brian H. Jones
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Naveed Kalantar
Garriott Maurer
Virginia Beach

Julia E. Keller
Keller Law Group
Virginia Beach

Taylor N. Klauza
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Shannon L. Kroeger
Family First Law Group
Alexandria

Kristen L. Kugel
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Christian M. Lapham
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Kara Lee
Lee Lopez Law
Arlington County

Harris W. Leiner
Friedman Law Firm
Chesterfield County

Jessica Leischner
Friedman, Grimes, Meinken & Leischner
Alexandria

Bretta Zimmer Lewis
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Richard Lewis Locke
Locke Family Law
Richmond

Mikhail N. Lopez
Lee Lopez Law
Arlington County

Ann N. Luu
Kelly Byrnes Danker & Luu
Fairfax

Linh H. Ly
Law Office of Linh H. Ly
Fairfax

Erika E. MacCormac
Winslow, McCurry & MacCormac
Midlothian

Christopher Macturk
Evolution Divorce & Family Law
Richmond

Katharine Maddox
Maddox & Gerock
Falls Church

Reeves W. Mahoney
Mahoney Richmond Thurston
Virginia Beach

Besianne Tavss Maiden
Tavss Fletcher
Norfolk

Patrick L. Maurer
Garriott Maurer
Virginia Beach

Michael Christopher May
May Law
Fairfax

Jennifer L. McCammon
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Player B. Michelsen
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Heather Scott Miller
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Marcus K. Mitchell
MKM Law
Virginia Beach

Lindsay Jefferies Mohler
Troxell Leigh
Leesburg

Sarah Elizabeth Morris
Morris Williams
Norfolk

Frank West Morrison
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

Jennifer Mullett
Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law
Arlington County

Christy L. Murphy
Bischoff Martingayle
Norfolk

Mary Napier
BoykoNapier
Richmond

Laurie Forbes Neff
Next Chapter Family Law and
Fairfax

Vania O’Keefe
Morris, Currin & O’Keefe
Chesapeake

Nathan J. Olson
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Mary Burkey Owens
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

Corrynn Jessica Peters
Phillips & Peters
Norfolk

Kimberly Hughes Phillips
Phillips & Peters
Norfolk

Sarah A. Piper
Hicks Crandall Juhl
Fairfax

Sonya L. Powell
Powell Radomsky
Fairfax

Kelly A. Powers
Miles & Stockbridge
Washington, D.C.

Debra Powers
Taylor Huguley Powers
Fairfax

Joy Lee Price
Caskie & Frost
Lynchburg

Dianya Pu
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Colleen Marea Quinn
Quinn Law Centers
Richmond

Cynthia Marie Radomsky
Powell Radomsky
Fairfax

Seth J. Ragosta
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Kimberlee Harris Ramsey
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

Steven L. Raynor
Raynor & Farmer
Charlottesville

Nicholas David Renninger
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Andrew T. Richmond
Mahoney Richmond Thurston
Virginia Beach

Janipher W. Robinson
Robinson & Greene Attorneys at Law
Richmond

Anne L. Roddy
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Brooke C. Rosen
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Rachel E. Rubinstein
Burr Law Firm
Washington, D.C.

Philip Russo
Philip L. Russo Jr. PC
Virginia Beach

Craig W. Sampson
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Douglas J. Sanderson
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Sean P. Schmergel
Schmergel & Mersberger
Alexandria

Jill C. Seiferth
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Jessica Sherwood
Smith Strong
Henrico County

Maria C. Simon
Geller Law Group
Fairfax

Stephanie J. Smith
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Michelle Anthony Snell
Winslow, McCurry & MacCormac
Midlothian

Briana A. Stevens
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Andrea R. Stiles
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Wyatt Taylor
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

Nicole M. Thurston
Mahoney Richmond Thurston
Virginia Beach

Jessica N. Trotman
Mahoney Richmond Thurston
Virginia Beach

Rebecca J. Wade
Alexandria City Circuit Court
Alexandria

Richard Wexell
Wexell Milman
Fairfax

Craig E. White
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Leslie A. Williams
Morris Williams
Norfolk

Gwen Massie Wind
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Christy J. Wood
Parks Zeigler
Virginia Beach

Larachelle “Shelly” Fularon Wood
Parks Zeigler
Chesapeake

Alexandra D. Wood
Shupert Chaing
Virginia Beach

Kristi A. Wooten
Wooten Law Group
Chesapeake

Clayton A. Worthington
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Julia Anna Yolles
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

David Zangrilli
Premier Family Law Group
Reston

Brandon H. Zeigler
Parks Zeigler
Virginia Beach

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

VCU startup grabs military attention, funding

A discovery by a Virginia Commonwealth University research scientist that could revolutionize the treatment of massive blood loss injuries is receiving major support from the military.

In August, the U.S. Air Force awarded a $1.8 million grant to Perfusion Medical, a company co-founded by Martin J. Mangino with support from the VCU TechTransfer and Ventures office. The grant brings total military support for Perfusion to $7 million since 2023.

Mangino, a professor of surgery, physiology and biophysics at the VCU School of Medicine, has dedicated his 40-year career to researching ischemic repercussion injuries caused by lack of oxygen to tissues following medical emergencies such as heart attacks, strokes and trauma.

“The mechanisms are poorly understood,” Mangino says. “That’s why we can’t treat it clinically very well.”

The current treatment for massive blood loss is saline or blood transfusions, neither of which address the closing of tiny capillaries, an underlying cause of ischemic repercussion injuries. Mangino’s new drug, PM-208, is an intravenous infusion of polyethylene glycol, perhaps best known as the active ingredient in the pre-colonoscopy prep drink GoLYTELY.

Known as a “cell impermeant,” it pulls water out of cells and into capillaries, preventing ischemic injury. The polyethylene glycol polymer in PM-208 has a larger molecular weight than GoLYTELY, and experiments on animal models show the drug significantly extends the survivability of massive blood loss.

“It worked geometrically better than anything else that we tried,” he says.

The implications of the discovery were immediately apparent to Ivelina Metcheva, assistant vice president for innovation at VCU and head of the TechTransfer and Ventures office, which works with about 120 VCU researchers each year to commercialize inventions.

“This particular invention was very unique because it really had a pain in the market,” Metcheva says. “It was really needed.”

With financial support from Metcheva’s office, Mangino co-founded Perfusion Medical in 2020 with veteran tech entrepreneur Gerard Eldering, who serves as the company’s CEO and is ushering the drug through the FDA approval process. Eldering expects Phase 1 clinical trials to begin in early 2025 and sees opportunity for big success for VCU and the state.

“There’ve been some other good success stories recently, but we just want to build on that and show the world that there’s great things happening in life sciences in Virginia,” Eldering says.  

Legal Elite 2024: Civil Litigation

George T. Albiston
Albiston Brannon & Gilbert
Norfolk

Phillip V. Anderson
Frith Anderson + Peake
Roanoke

Bruce E. Arkema
Durrette Arkema Gerson & Gill
Richmond

David Arnold
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Peter S. Askin
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Edward Everett Bagnell Jr.
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Samuel J. Banks
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Alan Bart
Reed Smith
Richmond

William D. Bayliss
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Cameron Beck
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Andrew Biondi
Sands Anderson
Richmond

William C. Bischoff
Bischoff Martingayle
Virginia Beach

Bruce T. Bishop
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Patrick D. Blake
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Candace A. Blydenburgh
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Ed Booth
Booth Firm
Virginia Beach

Stacie C. Bordick
Hirschler
Fredericksburg

George H. Bowles
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

David G. Boyce
Boyce
Richmond

Amy L. Bradley
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Sean Breit-Rupe
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Les C. Brock
Merrick Brock
Richmond

Jeffrey F. Brooke
Poole Brooke Plumlee
Virginia Beach

Turner A. Broughton
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Lynn K. Brugh
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Gary A. Bryant
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Elliott M. Buckner
Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci
Richmond

John S. Buford
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

L. Lee Byrd
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Sean P. Byrne
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

James A. Cales III
Furniss, Davis, Rashkind and Saunders
Norfolk

Edward W. Cameron
Cameron McEvoy
Fairfax

Dabney Carr
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Stephen D. Caruso
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Francis H. Casola
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

James L. Chapman IV
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

A. William Charters
Goodman Allen Donnelly
Norfolk

Mallory Chesney
Dunlap Law
Richmond

Andrew K. Clark
Hirschler
Richmond

John E. Coffey
Redmon, Peyton & Braswell
Alexandria

Eric D. Cook
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

John M. Cooper
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Norfolk

David Patrick Corrigan
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Anthony S. Cottone
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

J. Penn Crawford
The Johnson Injury Firm
Richmond

Alan B. Croft
McCandlish Lillard
Leesburg

Alexandra B. Cunningham
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Kevin J. Daniel
Troxell Leigh
Leesburg

Christopher Davis
Davis, Burch and Abrams
Chesapeake

Michael E. Derdeyn
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Rodney Seth Dillman
Hancock Daniel
Virginia Beach

Thomas J. Dillon III
Hirschler
Richmond

Barry Dorans
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Tracie M. Dorfman
Hancock Daniel
Fairfax

Andreá N. Dunlap
Bischoff Martingayle
Norfolk

Lawrence A. Dunn
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Carl A. Eason
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Lauren Ellerman
Frith & Ellerman Law Firm
Roanoke

Alison Ross Ellis
Holland & Knight
Richmond

John M. Erbach
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Hugh M. Fain III
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Stephen M. Faraci Sr.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Justin S. Feinman
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Ryan  Ferguson
Office of The Attorney General – Virginia
Richmond

Michael J. Finney
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

M. Scott Fisher Jr.
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Benjamin Fitzgerald
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Cindy S. Foster
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Calvin W. Fowler Jr.
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Bryan Alan Fratkin
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Ryan D. Frei
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Thomas Daniel Frith III
Frith & Ellerman Law Firm
Roanoke

Jeffrey H. Geiger
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Danielle D. Giroux
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Alexandria

Michael A. Glasser
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

David John Gogal
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Jessica Golden
Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith
Richmond

Michael Goodove
Swartz Taliaferro Swartz & Goodove
Norfolk

Stephanie E. Grana
Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci
Richmond

Terrence L. Graves
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Jeffrey H. Gray
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Marc C. Greco
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Matthew D. Green
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Rebekah S. Green
Altmiller Melnick Demers Steele & Rosati
Tysons

Kevin P. Greene
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Patrick  Hanes
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Imie Aisiku Harber
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Kip A. Harbison
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Warren David Harless
Christian & Barton
Richmond

James Matthew Haynes Jr.
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

David W. Hearn
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Robert T. Hicks
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Braxton B. Hill
MerrittHill
Richmond

Charles F. Hilton
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Kevin W. Holt
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Richard Dean Holzheimer Jr.
McGuireWoods
Tysons

David Drake Hudgins
Hudgins Law Firm
Alexandria

Alexandra Humphreys
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Jeffrey A. Hunn
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

James Hurley
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Norfolk

James Jebo
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Christopher Kendal Jones
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Karissa T. Kaseorg
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Samuel J. Kaufman
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

James Mick Kessel
Allen Allen Allen & Allen
Richmond

Michael K. Kim
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Allyson Kitchel
Kitchel Law
Washington, D.C.

Steven A. Krieger
Steven Krieger Law
Arlington County

Scott Krystiniak
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Kari La Fratta
Allen Allen Allen & Allen
Charlottesville

Michael E. Lacy
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Laura Golden Liff
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

Stephen David Lofaso
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Mark D. Loftis
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

C. Dewayne Lonas
Moran Reeves & Conn
Richmond

Katherine Cabell Londos
Frith Anderson + Peake
Roanoke

K. Matthew Long
Bowen Ten Long & Bal
Richmond

Joshua Forrest Pescud
Long Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Tariq K. Louka
Bischoff Martingayle
Virginia Beach

John C. Lynch
Troutman Pepper
Virginia Beach

R. Peyton Mahaffey
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Christopher M. Malone
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Meg M. Marks
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

Brad Marrs
Marrs & Henry Law Firm
Richmond

Laura Maughan
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Amelia Woehrman May
May Law
Fairfax

Lawrence J. McClafferty
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Joel R. McClellan
Marks & Harrison
Richmond

Robert W. McFarland
McGuireWoods
Norfolk

John D. McGavin
McGavin Boyce Bardot Thorsen & Katz
Fairfax

Thomas John McKee Jr.
Greenberg Traurig
McLean

John Merrick
Merrick Brock
Richmond

Craig Thomas Merritt
MerrittHill
Richmond

John Messersmith
Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith
Richmond

P. Bradenham Michelle IV
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Juliane C. Miller
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Alexandria

Scott C. Miller
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Laura Lee Miller
Mitchell & Simopoulos
Richmond

William H. Monroe Jr.
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Chad A. Mooney
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

Joseph Moore
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Joseph P. Moriarty
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

John B. Mumford
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

Jon A. Nichols
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Alexandria

Lonnie D. Nunley III
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Blaire Hawkins O’Brien
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Brian Patrick O’Grady
Thomas Thomas & Hafer
Glen Allen

Michael Olszewski
Hancock Daniel
Fairfax

Bill O’Mara
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Norfolk

Scott C. Oostdyk
O’Hagan Meyer
Richmond

Brendan O’Toole
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Richard Ottinger
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

John R. Owen
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

William Joseph Owen III
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

Jennifer Lee Parrish
Parrish Snead Franklin Simpson
Fredericksburg

Dustin M. Paul
Innovations in Transportation
Chesapeake

Shannon Peak
Shannon & Wright
Alexandria

John E. Peterson
Hancock Daniel
Glen Allen

Stephen Pierce
Surovell Isaacs & Levy
Fairfax

Doug E. Pittman
Reed Smith
Richmond

Jeffrey Poretz
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

William B. Porter
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Phylicia A. Preston
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

Benjamin Rand
Blackburn, Conte, Schilling & Click
Richmond

Gary Reinhardt
Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith
Richmond

Ryan R. Reyes
Alperin Law
Virginia Beach

Brian A. Richardson
Ford Richardson
Richmond

Allison K. Riddle
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Rebecca A. Roberts
Moran Reeves & Conn
Richmond

Glen Michael Robertson
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

F. Douglas Ross
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

J. Benjamin Rottenborn
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Daniel Royce
Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith
Richmond

Julia Rust
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

John F. Sawyer
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Nathan Schnetzler
Frith Anderson + Peake
Roanoke

Robert E. Scully Jr.
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

J. Scott Sexton
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Yama Shansab
Walton & Adams
Reston

John C. Shea
Marks & Harrison
Richmond

Justin E. Simmons
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Jodi B. Simopoulos
Mitchell & Simopoulos
Richmond

Randy Singer
Singer Hoffman
Virginia Beach

Victor S. Skaff III
Glenn Robinson Cathey Memmer & Skaff
Roanoke

Elizabeth S. Skilling
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Michael W. Smith
Christian & Barton
Richmond

James M. Snyder
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Brett A. Spain
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Henry C. Spalding III
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

W. Edgar Spivey
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Daniel Sullivan
Newton & Sullivan Law
Roanoke

John H. Taylor
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

C. Walker Terry
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

Brian A. Thomasson
Brian A. Thomasson
Chesapeake

Wayne G. Travell
Hirschler
Tysons

Benjamin J. Trichilo
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

William W. Tunner
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Rachel VanHorn
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Clint Verity
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Ryan T. Walker
Marks & Harrison
Richmond

Kaley Duncan Ward
Briglia Hundley
Tysons

J. Buckley Warden IV
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Stanley P. Wellman
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Britton R. Wight
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Alexandria

Henry Irving Willett
Christian & Barton
Richmond

Gillian Williston
Troutman Pepper
Virginia Beach

Loren Lucy Willson
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Leslie A. Winneberger
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Marshall Allen Winslow Jr.
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

W. Benjamin Woody
MGC (McAngus Goudelock & Courie)
Richmond

Robert J. Zelnick
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Robert A. Ziogas
Spilman Thomas & Battle
Roanoke

Alison R. Zizzo
Midgett Preti Olansen
Virginia Beach

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

Legal Elite 2024: Real Estate/ Land Use

John C. Altmiller Jr.
Altmiller Melnick DeMers Steele & Rosati
Tysons

Pamela S. Belleman
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Carl H. Bivens
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

R. Edward Bourdon Jr.
Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy
Virginia Beach

Jordan K. Bowman
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

James C. Brennan
Reed Smith
McLean

Kathryn N. Byler
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Stefan M. Calos
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Daniel Todd Campbell
Crowell & Moring
Washington, D.C.

Deborah M. Casey
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Alexander E. Castellano
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Elizabeth S. Chapman
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

John Jordan Chappell III
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Matthew E. Cheek
Williams Mullen
Richmond

John Cabell Chenault V
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Karen L. Cohen
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Andrew M. Condlin
Roth Jackson Gibbons Condlin
Richmond

Ann Neil Cosby
GreeneHurlocker
Richmond

John Colby Cowherd
Cowherd PLC
Vienna

Richard J. Crouch
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Chris Crowe
Performance Food Group
Goochland County

Jennifer Magalhaes Cuddy
Reed Smith
McLean

Alyssa Carducci Dangler
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Christopher B. DeMers
Altmiller Melnick DeMers Steele & Rosati
Tysons

Robert L. Dewey
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Toula Dreifuss
S & T Group
Falls Church

Matthew Michael Dudley
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Mazin I. Elias
Kramer Elias
Fairfax

J. Alden English
Woods Rogers
Charlottesville

John William Farrell
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

John H. Foote
Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh
Prince William

Laura Lee Garrett
Hirschler
Richmond

Vernon M. Geddy
Geddy Harris Franch & Hickman
Williamsburg

Jeffrey P. Geiger
Hirschler
Richmond

Paul W. Gerhardt
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

Christopher M. Gill
Christian & Barton
Richmond

Howard E. Gordon
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

David A. Greer
Law Offices of David A. Greer
Norfolk

Callaghan S. Guy
Christian & Barton
Richmond

Gifford R. Hampshire
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Hunter Hanger
Hanger Law
Virginia Beach

David C. Hannah
Hirschler
Tysons

Adam Nelson Harrell Jr.
Harrell & Chambliss
Richmond

Lisa Anne Hawkins
Hawkins Law
Bridgewater

Kang He
McGuireWoods
Tysons

Peter L. Henderer
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Sean D. Hicks
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Katja H. Hill
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Edward F. Hodges Jr.
Davenport Energy/ First Piedmont Corp.
Chatham

Will L. Holt
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

William G. Homiller
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

David S. Houston
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Robert W. Hughes
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

Barry W. Hunter
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Nicole F. Ingle
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Brian K. Jackson
Hirschler
Richmond

Thomas G. Johnson Jr.
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Donnie Brennen Keene
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Kimberly A. Keith
Keith & Keith
North Chesterfield

Thomas Moore Lawson
Thomas Moore Lawson PC
Winchester

Benjamin D. Leigh
Troxell Leigh
Leesburg

Vincent Leon-Guerrero
Leon Guerrero PLLC
Herndon

Preston Lloyd
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Valerie W. Long
Williams Mullen
Charlottesville

Gregory D. Lydon
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Christopher Mackenzie
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Sara V. Mariska
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

John F. McManus
Hirschler
Fredericksburg

Andrew R. McRoberts
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Steven A. Meade
Carney Patterson Meade
Newport News

Steven M. Mikulic
McGuireWoods
Tysons

Jack Morgan
DLA Piper
Washington, D.C.

Jennifer D. Mullen
Roth Jackson Gibbons Condlin
Richmond

Shane M. Murphy
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

Lisa M. Murphy
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Adam R. Nelson
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

V. Rick Nishanian
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

R.J. Nutter II
Troutman Pepper
Virginia Beach

Carrie Hallberg O’Malley
Hirschler
Fredericksburg

Grady A. Palmer
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Susan M. Pesner
PesnerLaw
Tysons

Sarah Louppe Petcher
S & T Law Group
Falls Church

Stephen C. Price
McCandlish Lillard
Leesburg

Evan E. Pritchard
Cozen O’Connor
Washington, D.C.

Harry R. Purkey Jr.
Harry R. Purkey Jr. PC
Virginia Beach

Erin C. Quinn
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Faisal S. Qureshi
Chaplin & Qureshi
Glen Allen

Scott M. Raney
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Cartwright Rixey Reilly
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

John Watt Richardson
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Gregory A. Riegle
McGuireWoods
Tysons

James B. Rixey
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Matthew G. Roberts
Hirschler
Richmond

Stephen R. Romine
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

Jeremy B. Root
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Charles H. Rothenberg
Hirschler
Richmond

Ehsan Sanaie
Reed Smith
McLean

Lawrence M. Schonberger
Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Lori H. Schweller
Williams Mullen
Charlottesville

Roy Shannon Jr.
Shannon & Wright
Alexandria

William H. Shewmake
Woods Rogers
Richmond

Mark A. Short
Kaufman & Canoles
Newport News

Olaun Simmons
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Jeffrey M. Stedfast
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Heather R. Steele
Altmiller Melnick DeMers Steele & Rosati
Tysons

Brandt H. Stitzer
Hirschler
Richmond

Theodora Stringham
Kramer Elias
Fairfax

Howard R. Sykes Jr.
Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy
Virginia Beach

Leonard C. Tengco
Tengco Law
Fairfax

Michael H. Terry
Hirschler
Richmond

James W. Theobald
Hirschler
Richmond

Brett B. Thompson
Thompson Law Group
Virginia Beach

Timothy O. Trant II
Kaufman & Canoles
Newport News

Nathaniel P. Tyler
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Michael R. Vanderpool
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Mark M. Viani
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Robin E. Walker
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Danielle Wang
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Leslie R. Watson
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Scott Weber
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Elizabeth L. White
Sands Anderson
Williamsburg

Kedrick Whitmore
Venable
Tysons

James L. Windsor
Kaufman & Canoles
Virginia Beach

Clark H. Worthy
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Minturn Wright IV
Shannon & Wright
Alexandria

Jeremiah M. Yourth
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

Legal Elite 2024: Construction Law

Stephan F. Andrews
O’Hagan Meyer
Richmond

D. Stan Barnhill
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Wilfredo Bonilla Jr.
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

Stephen W. Brewer
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Shannon J. Briglia
Smith Currie & Hancock
Tysons

Kelly J. Bundy
Hirschler
Richmond

Kristan B. Burch
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

William Alexander Burnett
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Brian B. Cashmere
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Tara Chadbourn
Reaves GovCon Group
Chesapeake

Kevin J. Cosgrove
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Michael S. Dingman
McGuireWoods
Tysons

Dannel C. Duddy
Harman Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Mark E. Feldmann
Glenn Feldmann Darby & Goodlatte
Roanoke

Juanita F. Ferguson
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

John W. Francisco
Woods Rogers
Lynchburg

Christian B. Franklin
Parrish Snead Franklin Simpson
Fredericksburg

Randolph Frostick
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Andrew Owen Gay
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Jeffrey G. Gilmore
Akerman
Washington, D.C.

Jesse B. Gordon
Reaves GovCon Group
Chesapeake

David C. Gutkowski
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

James R. Harvey
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Brett C. Herbert
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Richmond

Christopher G. Hill
The Office of Christopher G. Hill
Glen Allen

Timothy R. Hughes
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Joshua C. Johnson
MichieHamlett
Roanoke

Samuel Francis Kettering
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Scott W. Kowalski
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

William A. Lascara
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Robert H.J. Loftus
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Neil S. Lowenstein
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

J. Barrett Lucy
Freeman Dunn Lucy & Coates
Lynchburg

K. Barrett Luxhoj
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

David C. Mancini
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Brett B. Marston
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

George Keith Martin
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Arnie B. Mason
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Andrew O. Mathews
Williams Mullen
Richmond

William R. Mauck
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Michael A. Montgomery
Eckert Seamans, Cherin & Mellott
Richmond

R. Webb Moore
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Alison R. Mullins
Cipriani & Werner
Fairfax

John S. Norris
Norris & St. Clair
Virginia Beach

Gretchen Marie Ostroff
Dragados USA
Norfolk

John Pachter
Haynes and Boone
Tysons

Courtney Moates Paulk
Hirschler
Richmond

W. Ryan Snow
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

Gregory T. St. Ours
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Nathaniel L. Story
Hirschler
Richmond

Christopher R. Tate
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Brian Vella
Haynes and Boone
Tysons

Charles E. Wall
Seyfarth Shaw
Washington, D.C.

A. Michelle West
Fox Rothschild
Washington, D.C.

Spencer M. Wiegard
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Thomas M. Wolf
O’Hagan Meyer
Richmond

Gibson S. Wright
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

On pins and needles

If you’re one of the 140,000 federal workers living in Virginia, you might be updating your résumé or thinking about whether you want to relocate to a different state.

In his campaign platform, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to move as many as 100,000 civilian federal jobs to states outside the Washington, D.C., region, as well as strip civil service protections from 50,000 career workers. The Department of Education could be gone, and federal workers have voiced strong concerns over their jobs in national media.

Trump’s repeated rhetoric aimed at so-called “rogue bureaucrats” — the federal workers he claims thwarted his agenda in his first term — indicates how serious the stakes are for civil servants as he lays the groundwork for his second term.

In November, Trump tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE, a nod to “first buddy” Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency). The duo are charged with bringing about “drastic” cuts to federal government by America’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. For his part, Musk has said he aims to cut $2 trillion, or about a third, from the federal budget. Ramaswamy, who has called for the immediate elimination of the Department of Education, the IRS and the FBI, favors cutting federal personnel by 75% via mass layoffs.

Two days after the election, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner cautioned that Trump’s federal workforce plans would hurt Virginia “worse than any other state.” Beyond federal employees who live and spend money in Northern Virginia, if Trump “takes an axe” to cut government programs that impact technology and national security, Hampton Roads would also suffer economic fallout, Warner says.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and Warner, along with U.S. House Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Fairfax County, have co-sponsored legislation to oppose Trump’s re-enactment of Schedule F, which would take away civil protections for some federal workers, leaving them more vulnerable to firing.

Outside the government, too, the mood is shifting.

Before the election, an organization financially backed by the conservative Heritage Foundation started the “DHS Bureaucrat Watch List,” a public website listing what it calls “America’s most subversive immigration bureaucrats,” aka a few dozen federal employees in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Justice and the Office of Management and Budget.

The site shows public information about these workers such as their salaries, social media posts and political donations — all listed under a tab labeled “Targets.” The site’s founder, Tom Jones, told The Washington Post that he and his staff have contacted federal employees to ask them to refer names of colleagues they think would not support another Trump promise: mass deportations.

Obviously, there are a few caveats: Trump is known for changing his mind. According to a New York Times article, several federal workers interviewed “strained to imagine a 78-year-old man with a notoriously fleeting attention span poring over employee manifests and organizational charts.”

Also, well-placed Trump loyalists from states that could be impacted heavily — maybe Gov. Glenn Youngkin, if he’s appointed to a Cabinet post — may try to protect some federal jobs from moving or being cut. (Though Youngkin has talked up the “fabulous opportunities” Virginia offers for federal workers to find replacement gigs.)

There’s also the “it takes time to turn around the big ship” view of the federal government, in which it matters little who the captain is because nothing changes quickly.

Jerry McGinn, executive director of George Mason University’s Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting, subscribes to that view. He says the Trump administration’s moves probably won’t have an immediate, dramatic impact on Virginia’s economy. He doesn’t anticipate large government contractors moving their headquarters out of Northern Virginia, and says Trump could even spend more on defense, which could translate into a financial boost for some Virginia government contractors.

If the Department of Education is eliminated — ceding all education responsibilities to states — “it would have an impact,” McGinn says, but he notes that such a move would require action and that the overall DOE funding would “probably be redistributed elsewhere.”

So, like Virginia’s federal workers, we will wait to see what happens. 

Legal Elite 2024: Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Hon. Michael C. Allen (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

The Hon. Joanne F. Alper (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

James W. Barkley
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Craig J. Franco
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

William E. Franczek
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Jeanne Franklin
Franklin Solutions
Arlington County

The Hon. J. Michael Gamble (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

B. Page Gravely
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

The Hon. Catherine Currin Hammond (ret.)
Juridical Solutions
Richmond

Grayson P. Hanes
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Wayne E. Holcomb
Holcomb
Newport News

William H. Hoofnagle III
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

The Hon. Thomas B. Hoover (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Cynthia E. Hudson
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Vernon E. Inge Jr.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Jonathan L. Kales
Kales & Kales
Fairfax

John A.C. Keith
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Kevin L. Keller
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Stanley P. Klein
The McCammon Group
Richmond

David B. Lacy
Christian & Barton
Richmond

John B. McCammon
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Terence  Murphy
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Alan B. Rashkind
Furniss, Davis, Rashkind and Saunders
Norfolk

The Hon. Jane Marum Roush (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Mark E. Rubin
The McCammon Group
Richmond

The Hon. Thomas S. Shadrick (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Andrew T. Shilling
Parks Zeigler
Chesapeake

Michael L. Sterling
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

The Hon. F. Bradford Stillman (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Diane McQuade Strickland
Dispute Resolution
Roanoke

The Hon. Winship C. Tower (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Douglas A. Winegardner
Sands Anderson
Richmond

P. Marshall Yoder
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

Legal Elite 2024: Business Law

E.G. Allen III
Roth Jackson Gibbons Condlin
Richmond

Joseph B. Allen
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Hannané Amanpour
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Christopher Ambrosio
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Joel Ankney
Ankney
Virginia Beach

James T. Bailey
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Eric E. Ballou
Kaufman & Canoles
Richmond

David M. Bastiaans
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Mark R. Baumgartner
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Seth Berenzweig
Berenzweig Leonard
McLean

David F. Bernhardt
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

Joel Michael Birken
Rees Broome
Tysons

Gregory R. Bishop
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Jonathan T. Blank
McGuireWoods
Charlottesville

Rebecca C. Bowen
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Jeff Breeser
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Steven Brinker
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Norfolk

W. Ashley Burgess
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Benton Burroughs Jr.
Reed Smith
McLean

John David Carroll
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Beverley L. Crump
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

David M. Delpierre
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Dustin H. DeVore
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

Darrell Austin Drinkwater
M. Richard Epps
Virginia Beach

Tricia Dunlap
Dunlap Law
Richmond

S. Brian Farmer
Reed Smith
Richmond

Humes J. Franklin III
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Staunton

Thomas R. Frantz
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

Ronald M. Gates
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Megan Martz Gilliland
Kaufman & Canoles
Richmond

Ann F. Gillooly
Gillooly Law
McLean

Jacob L. Glasser
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Robert C. Goodman Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles
Virginia Beach

Philip H. Goodpasture
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Allen C. Goolsby
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Michael C. Guanzon
Christian & Barton
Richmond

Richard S. Guy
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

John Owen Gwathmey
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

Steven M. Haas
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Brian L. Hager
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Ryan A. Hanson
Kaleo
Virginia Beach

Lisa J. Hedrick
Hirschler
Richmond

Stephen T. Heitz
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

Michael J. Hertz
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

John C. Hodges
Dunton Simmons & Dunton
White Stone

Kathleen B. Horne
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Eric F. Horvitz
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

Thomas C. Inglima
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Kristen R. Jurjevich
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Meagan J. Kalantar
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

Roger Neal Keesee Jr.
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Ray W. King
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Alton L. Knighton Jr.
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

David W. Kuhnsman
Protorae Law
Tysons

David M. Lay
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Andrew M. Lohmann
Hirschler
Richmond

Edward B. Lumpkin
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Daniel P. Lyon
McCandlish Lillard
Leesburg

Lamont D. Maddox
Guidance Law Firm
Norfolk

Vincent J. Mastracco Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

John M. McCormick
McCormick Law & Consulting
Norfolk

Gabriel L. McCoy
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Timothy J. McEvoy
Cameron/McEvoy
Fairfax

Charles Vincent McPhillips
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

John A. McWilliams
Reed Smith
McLean

David Meyers
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

G. Wythe Michael
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Nicholas A. Mirra
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Gregory J. Montero
Inman & Strickler
Virginia Beach

John P. O’Malley
Williams Mullen
Richmond

John M. Paris
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

Laurence V. Parker
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Eric C. Perkins
Perkins Law
Glen Allen

Nathaniel R. Pierce
Pierce Jewett
Norfolk

Michael D. Pierce
O’Hagan Meyer
Richmond

Brian R. Pitney
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Albert Poole
Poole Brooke Plumlee
Virginia Beach

Todd J. Preti
Midgett Preti Olansen
Virginia Beach

Brian C. Purcell
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Jon Puvak
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Thomas F. Quinn
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

Alfred Magill Randolph Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Jeffrey L. Rhodes
McInroy, Rigby & Rhodes
Arlington County

Laura Rixey
Kaufman & Canoles
Virginia Beach

William Quinton Robinson
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

John M. Scheib
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Norfolk

John C. Selbach
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Conway H. Sheild III
Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly
Newport News

Roderick W. Simmons
Hirschler
Richmond

Colin Frederic Smith
The Law Firm of Colin F. Smith
Manassas

George P. Snead
Parrish Snead Franklin Simpson
Fredericksburg

Eric J. Sorenson Jr.
Woods Rogers
Lynchburg

John (Mac) Stuckey
CarMax Enterprise Services
Richmond

William Tew
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

William R. Van Buren III
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Autumn R. Visser
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Mark C. Watson
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

J. Britton Williston
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

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