SENIOR COUNSEL
Robert C. Stackhouse (Senior Counsel) born Medford, New Jersey, October 10, 1923; admitted to bar, 1950, Virginia, and Supreme Court of Virginia; 1954, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1965, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Haverford College; College of William & Mary (A.B., 1949; J.D., 1951). Author: "What Constitutes Doing Business in the State of Virginia," William & Mary Review of Virginia Law, 1950. Commissioner in Chancery for the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk, 1956. President, Marshall Wythe School of Law Foundation, College of William and Mary, 1983-1985. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth (President, 1983-1984), Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Banking Law; Bankruptcy Law.Email: Robert C. Stackhouse
R. Clinton Stackhouse, Jr. (Senior Counsel) born Norfolk, Virginia, December 5, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit. Education: Guilford College (B.S., 1975); George Mason University (J.D., 1980). Lecturer, Secured Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy, Basic Bankruptcy Law. Member, Panel of U.S. Bankruptcy Trustees, Chapter 11 Trustee, Eastern District of Virginia, 1982. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth and Virginia Bar Associations (Member, Nominating Committee, Bankruptcy Bar Section); Virginia State Bar; Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association (Director; Past President; Bankruptcy Bar/Clerk Liaison Committee, Three terms). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Business and Commercial Law; Litigation; Commercial Bankruptcy; Consumer Bankruptcy.Email: R. Clinton Stackhouse, Jr.
MEMBERS
William W. Nexsen (Member) born Lynchburg, Virginia, July 20, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Virginia and Supreme Court of Virginia; 1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1974); University of Richmond (J.D., 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to Chief U.S. District Judge John A. MacKenzie, Eastern District of Virginia, 1978-1979. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Federal and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: General Negligence Trials and Appeals; Workers Compensation Law; Equal Employment Law; Wills; Probate.Email: William W. Nexsen
J. Derek Turrietta (Member) born Quantico, Virginia, June 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1989); University of Richmond (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; The McNeill Law Society. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Worker's Compensation Defense Litigation.Email: J. Derek Turrietta
COUNSEL
Rachel VanHorn (Counsel) born Norfolk, Virginia; admitted to bar, 2008, Virginia and Supreme Court of Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., Economics and Sociology, 2005); Florida State University of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: Norfolk, Portsmouth and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense(85%); Workers Compensation(10%); Corporate Law(5%).Email: Rachel VanHorn
Jeffrey Partington (Counsel) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2008, Virginia; Supreme Court of Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., Government, 2005); University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Order of the Barristers. Recipient, Medical Malpractice and Agency & Partnership, CALI Awards, 2008. Member: Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense(10%); Corporate Law(10%); Workers Compensation(80%).Email: Jeffrey Partington