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| | Address | | Suite 1700, Dominion Tower, 999 Waterside Drive | | Norfolk, Virginia 23510-3300 | | (Independent City) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 757-622-3366 | Fax: 804-783-6507
Fax within area: 757-629-0660; 757-629-0700 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.williamsmullen.com | | |
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| | Williams Mullen practices in the following areas of law:
Antitrust, Aviation Law, Business Law, Commercial Banking and Finance, Communications, Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy, E-Commerce, Employee Benefits, Energy, Entertainment, Environmental, Family Law, Franchise, Government Contracts, Governmental Affairs, Health Care, Immigration, International Business and Trade, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Litigation, Loan Workouts, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mortgage Banking, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Technology and Intellectual Property, Trusts and Estates Planning and Administration. | | Year Established: 1909 | Firm Profile:
Williams Mullen provides comprehensive legal services to regional, national and international business clients. With 300 attorneys and offices throughout Virginia, North Carolina, Washington, D.C. and London, we deliver innovative solutions to support our clients' diverse business activities. Attention to clients' individualized needs and an extensive application of new technology and legal information services have been the foundation of Williams Mullen's progressive approach to law practice since the firm was founded more than 90 years ago. | | Firm Size: 300 |
Other Office Locations of Williams Mullen
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
McLean, Virginia, U.S.A.
Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.
Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.A.
London, England
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Beth Hirsch Berman (Member) born Montclair, New Jersey, July 20, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania; 1984, New Jersey; 1987, Virginia. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1980); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1983). Member: Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; The Virginia State Bar. Reported Cases: Mosher vs. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., 240 F.3d662 (7th Cir. 2001). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Intellectual Property; Business Law; Fair Credit Practices. | | John C. Bilzor (Member) born Elmira, New York, February 28, 1948; admitted to bar, 1991, Virginia. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1970); Tulane University (M.A., 1974); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1991). Order of the Coif. Editor, Administrative Law Review, 1990-1991. Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care; Distribution and Franchising. Email: John C. Bilzor | | Lawrence H. Bryant (Member) born Portland, Maine, December 9, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Virginia; 1993, Maine. Education: Washington and Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980; J.D., 1983). Member: Virginia Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Business Law). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Corporate; Business. Email: Lawrence H. Bryant | | Patrick C. Devine, Jr. (Member) born Charlottesville, Virginia, October 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Virginia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1978); T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (J.D., 1981); College of William & Mary (M.L.T., 1990). Co-Chair, Williams Mullen Health Care Section. Member, University of Richmond Law Review, 1979-1981. Editor, Virginia Health Law News (1995-1997). Author: "Hospital Acquisitions of Medical Practices," Virginia Medical Quarterly (Fall 1996) and Virginia Lawyer (July 1996); "Checklist for Avoiding Pitfalls in Business Ventures with Physicians," Virginia Lawyer, (Mar., 1992); Contributor, The Antitrust HealthCare Handbook II, (ABA, 1992); "Fraud & Abuse Safe Harbor Regulations Issues," 118 Virginia Medical Quarterly 4 (1991); "Nipun Parikh v. Family Care Center, Inc.: Non-Competition Agreements Collide with Virginia's Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine." Virginia Lawyer (February, 2008); Recent SMFP and Legislative Developments in Virginia's Certificate of Public Need Law, "Virginia Bar Association Health Law News" (Spring, 2007); "Principles of Cooperation Among Physicians and Attorneys in Virginia" Co-Chairman of Drafting Committee, (Medical Society of Virginia, Virginia Bar Association and Virginia State Bar) (October 2006); "Disciplinary Proceedings for Virginia's Health Care Practitioners," Virginia Lawyer (Virginia State Bar July 2004); "An Overview of the OIG's Physician Compliance Plan Guidelines," Health Law News (Virginia State Bar) (January 2001). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America; Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Law and Health Law; Virginia "Legal Elite"; Virginia's "Super Lawyers". Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust, Business, Tax and Health Law and VBA Health Law Section Council, 1998-present; Chairman, 2003-2005; ) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, Health Law Section, 1990-1997; Chairman, 1996-1997); National Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate; Securities; Venture Capital; Antitrust; Municipal Law; Legislative Lobbying Law. | | William F. Devine (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, April 19, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, U.S Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1986). Order of the Coif. Member, William & Mary Law Review, 1984-1986. Member, International Association of Defense Counsel. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1995-1996), Virginia, American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Commercial and Business Litigation; Employment; Land Use Litigation; Construction; Litigation Section Committees on Trial Practice, Condemnation, Land-Use and Zoning) and Federal Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, Local Government Law Section, 1998—; Secretary, 1999— Vice-Chair, 2000-2001; Chair, 2002-2003); Defense Research Institute; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Reported Cases: Seabrooke Partners vs. City of Chesapeake, 240 Va. 102, 343 S.E. 2d 191, 1990. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Land Use and Zoning Law; Business Litigation; Intellectual Property. | | H. David Embree (Member) born Hobart, Oklahoma, January 4, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Virginia. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1971); University of Virginia (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, Taxation Section, 1987—; Chairman, 1991-1992. Practice Areas: Corporation Law; Taxation Law; Real Estate Law. | | Howard E. Gordon (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, July 8, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Omicron Delta Kappa. Contributing Author to "Landlord-Tenant Law and Practice in Virginia," published by Virginia Continuing Legal Education Foundation. Law Clerk to Hon. John A. MacKenzie, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1972-1973. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth (Member, Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee, 1975-1980), Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, Real Property Section, 1980-1986, 1997—; Chairman, 1982-1983); American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Finance Law; Land Use; Zoning Law; Leases and Leasing; Landlord and Tenant Law; Partnership and Limited Liability Company Law. | | Montgomery Knight, Jr. (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, November 1, 1932; admitted to bar, 1956, Virginia; 1957, U.S. Tax Court; 1959, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Phillips Exeter Academy; College of William & Mary (A.A., 1952; A.B., 1954; J.D., 1956). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "The Preparation of a Civil Net Worth Fraud Case For Trial," Ninth Annual Tax Conference Proceedings, College of William & Mary, 1964; "A Knight in the Queen's Court," The Virginia Bar Association Journal, Winter, 1992. Co-Author: "Estate Planning and Re-planning under the Tax Reform Act of 1976" and "Estate Planning and Re-planning Under the Tax Act of 1981," Virginia State Bar, 1977 and 1981. Member, 1978-1986 and Chairman, 1985-1986, Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission of Virginia. Member, Hampton Roads Tax Forum. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Former member, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Life Member and President, 2004, U.S. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, Hampton Roads Tax Forum, 2009-2010. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth (President, 1999-2000), Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Former Member, Board of Governors, Taxation Section, 1975-1981); Tidewater Estate Planning Council (President, 1982-1983); Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee and Chairman, Tax Disputes Subcommittee, 1990—). [Col., JAG, USAFR (ret.), active duty, 1956-1959]. Practice Areas: Tax Litigation; Fiduciary Litigation; Estate Planning and Administration; Securities Arbitration; Eminent Domain. | | Linda S. Laibstain (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, July 1, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Virginia. Education: Goucher College (B.A., 1973); University of Virginia (J.D., 1976). Member, I'Anson-Hoffman Inn of Court (President, 1996-1998). Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, William and Mary School of Law, 1999—. Faculty Member, Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course, 2002-2004. Member: Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; Boyd-Graves Conference. Listed in: Virginia Business Magazine as one of the Commonwealth's "Legal Elite," Employment and Labor; Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine, Employment and Labor. Judicial Council of Virginia Ad Hoc Committee on Local Rules, Appointed by Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia, 1999-2000. Member, Civil Procedures Committee. Member: Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association; Virginia Bar Association (Member, Judiciary Committee, 2001-2003); American Bar Association; Virginia State Bar (Chairman, Board of Governors, Litigation Section, 1990; Second District Committee, 1983-1986); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Virginia Board of Examiners (Member, Character and Fitness Subcommittee, 1995—; Bench Bar Committee, 1998-2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law. | | Robert C. Nusbaum (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, February 23, 1924; admitted to bar, 1948, Virginia; 1957, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit; 1958, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Harvard College; University of Virginia (LL.B., 1948). Member, Norfolk City Board of Zoning Appeals, 1985-1990. Chairman, 1990-1991, Virginia State Library Board. President, 1986, Virginia Commission on Women and Minorities in the Legal System. Listed in The Best Lawyers of America (Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates). Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth (President, 1975), Virginia (Regional Vice President, 1966-1967; Member, Executive Committee, 1981-1984) and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel; American Bar Foundation; U.S. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Corporations; Non-Profit Organizations. | | William L. Nusbaum (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, July 29, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1976); University of Virginia (J.D., 1980). Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, Real Property Section); National Association of Bond Lawyers; International Council of Shopping Centers; Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate. Practice Areas: Industrial Development; Multi Family Housing; Empowerment Zone; Economic Development Incentives; Commercial Real Estate; Leasing and Development; Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Law. Email: William L. Nusbaum | | William A. Old, Jr. (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, August 14, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., 1975; M.S., 1977); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1980). Order of the Coif; Beta Alpha Psi. Member, William & Mary Law Review, 1978-1980. Member: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Society of Corporate Secretaries. Chairman: Old Dominion University Tax Conference, 1989; Board of Directors, Hampton Board Tax Forum, 1992. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Listed "Virginia Legal Elite," Virginia Business. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth Virginia and American (Member: Business Section and Taxation Section; Negotiated Acquisitions Committee) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Transactions: Representation of Management in Tarmac America-Anglo American, plc and Tarmac America-Titan Atlantic LLC acquisitions, 2000; FTC Pre-Merger Approval of Goodings Supermarkets-Winn Dixie acquisition, 2000; $600,000,000 underwritten public stock offering by Dollar Tree Stores, 2000; Merger of Dollar Express and Dollar Tree Stores, 2000; Sale of Safety/Online.com to VerticalNet.Inc., 1999; Debt and Equity Private Placement by Coastal Training Technologies to Albion Alliance Mezzanine Fund, L.P., 1999; Public Stock offerings by Dollar Tree Stores, 1995-1998; Step Ahead Investments - Dollar Tree Stores Merger, 1998; Acquisition of Dollar Bills, Inc. by Dollar Tree Stores, 1996; Sale of Colonial Auto Group to Hendrick Automotive Group, 1994; Purchase of Worsham Sprinkler Co. from Amec Holdings, 1993; Equity Private Placement to SGK Equity Fund, L.P., by Only One Dollar, Inc. 1993; Sale of K&K Toys to Kay-Bee Toys/Melville, 1991; Sale of Dominion Tower to Zell/Merrill Lynch Limited Partnership, 1989. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Taxation. Email: William A. Old, Jr. | | Stanley L. Samuels (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, April 25, 1938; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute (B.S. in C.E., 1961); Drexel Institute of Technology; University of Virginia (LL.B., 1967). Commissioner in Chancery, Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk. Escheator, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Commonwealth of Virginia, 2002—. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth (Member, Law Office Management Committee, 1995-1998), Virginia (Section on Wills, Trusts and Estates, Member of Council, 1988-1991, Legislative Committee, 1991-1997) and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Attorneys for Family Held Enterprises. American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Virginia Law Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Organizations Law; Real Estate Law; Estate Planning and Administration; Automotive Dealership Law. | | Jeffrey A. Sanborn (Member) born Oswego, New York, April 22, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 1990); Wake Forest University (J.D., cum laude, 1996; M.B.A., with distinction, 1996). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Theta; Echols Scholar. Member, 1994-1996 and Articles Editor, 1995-1996, Wake Forest Law Review. Author: "The Rise of "Shareholder Derivative Arbitration": in re Salomon, Inc.," 31 Wake Forest L. Rev. 337 (1996). Co-Author: "Securities Arbitration Law," Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation of the American Bar Association (2004). Editorial and Research Assistant, Alan R. Palmiter, Securities Regulation, Examples and Explanations (Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1998). Member, Board of Directors, Chesapeake Law Library, 2006-2009. Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Business Law. Email: Jeffrey A. Sanborn | | Maria S. Stefanis (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, March 27, 1956; admitted to bar, 1991, Virginia. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S. in Accounting, 1977); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1991). Adjunct Faculty Member, Old Dominion University, Masters of Taxation Program, Deferred Compensation, 1998-2001. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: ERISA; Federal Income Taxation Law; HSR Premerger Approval. Email: Maria S. Stefanis | | OF COUNSEL | | Thomas F. McPhaul (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., January 9, 1931; admitted to bar, 1958, Virginia. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 1954); Georgetown University (LL.B., 1958). Commissioner in Chancery, Circuit Courts of Norfolk and Chesapeake. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth (President, 1991-1992), Virginia and American Bar Associations. Virginia Law Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate Law. | | ASSOCIATES | | Adam Casagrande (Associate) born New York, N.Y., December 6, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Virginia. Education: James Madison University (B.A., 1995); William & Mary School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Adam Casagrande | | Christian R. Eriksen (Associate) born Washington, D.C., 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1998); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Senior Business Editor, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, 2004-2005. Author, "Cable Broadband: Did the Ninth Circuit Beat the FCC to the Punch in Last Mile Regulation?" 6 Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 283 (2004). Member: Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; James Kent Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation. | | Andrew J. Huige (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia. Education: Grand Valley State University (B.S., 2001); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Oralist, 2002-2003 and Senior Judge, 2003-2004, Moot Court. Recipient: Raymond L. Krell Scholarship, 2002; Faculty Award, 2002; Walter Nussbaum Award, 2003. Bronze Key Certificate Honoree, 2002. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Andrew J. Huige | | Kendra J. Jarrell (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2003, Virginia. Education: Toccoa Falls College (B.S., cum laude, 1996); Regent University (J.D., 2003). Managing Editor, Regent University Law Review. Recipient, Beazley Scholar, 2002-2003. Listed in Who's Who American Law Students, 2003. Co-Author: "Take This Job and ... Sign Here: What Every Employer Should Consider Before Entering into an Employment Agreement," published in the Virginia CLE 13th Annual Employment Law Update by the Virginia Law Foundation, 2004. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Federal and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law. | | Lamont D. Maddox (Associate) born Norfolk, Virginia, 1970; admitted to bar, 2006, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1992); College of William & Mary (J.D./M.B.A., 2006). Member: Norfolk, Portsmouth and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance; Business Law; Taxation; Real Estate. Email: Lamont D. Maddox | | William Rueger Poynter (Associate) born Richmond, Virginia, June 2, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia; 2003, District of Columbia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., 1998; B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); University of Virginia (J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa. Robert E. Lee Scholar, Washington & Lee University. Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Tax Review, University of Virginia, 2001-2002. Member, Board of Directors, Virginia Opera. Vice President, Tidewater Chapter, Washington & Lee University Alumni Association. Member: Virginia State Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; Federal Circuit, Virginia and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; James Kent American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: William Rueger Poynter | | Shane L. Smith (Associate) born Littlefield, Texas, 1965; admitted to bar, 2006, Virginia. Education: West Texas A&M University (B.B.A., 1988); College of William & Mary (J.D., 2006). Author: "Gone in a Blink: The Overlooked Privacy Problems Caused by Contactless Payment Systems," The Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, Winter 2007. Member: Norfolk, Portsmouth and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Kirsten R. Watson-Robinson (Associate) born Bath, Maine; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., cum laude, 2000); University of Miami (J.D., 2005). Member: Virginia Bar Association. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Richmond, Virginia Office: Two James Center, 1021 East Cary Street, PO Box: 1320, 23218-1320. Telephone: 804-643-1991. Fax: 804-783-6507.
Washington, D.C. Office: 1666 K Street, NW, Suite 1200, 20006. Telephone: 202-833-9200. Fax: 202-293-5939.
Durham, North Carolina Office: 4721 Emperor Boulevard, Suite 400, 27703. Telephone: 919-361-4900. Fax: 919-361-2262.
Raleigh, North Carolina Office: 3200 Beechleaf Court, Suite 500, 27604. Telephone: 919-981-4000. Fax within area: 919-981-4300.
Wilmington, North Carolina Office: 300 North Third Street, Suite 420, 28401. Telephone: 910-256-5135. Fax within area: 910-256-6451.
Charlottesville, Virginia Office: 321 East Main Street, Suite 400, 22902-3200. Telephone: 434-851-5700. Fax: 804-783-6507. Fax within area: 434-817-0977.
McLean, Virginia Office: 8270 Greensboro Drive, Suite 700, 22102. Telephone: 703-760-5200. Fax: 804-783-6507. Fax within area: 703-748-0244.
Newport News, Virginia Office: Fountain Plaza Three, Suite 200, 721 Lakefront Commons, 23606-3324. Telephone: 757-249-5100. Fax: 804-783-6507. Fax within area: 757-249-5109.
Portsmouth, Virginia Office: 355 Crawford Street, Suite 600, 23704. Telephone: 757-391-3366. Fax: 804-783-6507. Fax within area: 757-391-3363.
Virginia Beach Office: 222 Central Park Avenue, Suite 1700, 23462-3035. Telephone: 757-499-8800. Fax: 804-783-6507. Fax within area: 757-473-0395.
London, England Office: The Lanterns, Bridge Lane, SW 11 3AD. Telephone: +(011-44-207) 978-7748. Fax: +(011-44-207) 350-0156.
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