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| | Address | | Troutman Sanders Building, 1001 Haxall Point | | Richmond, Virginia 23219 | | (Ind. City; Seat of Henrico Co.) | | | |
| | | Troutman Sanders LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Commercial Development and Real Estate Investments, Commercial Leasing, Community Association Law, Compensation and Employee Benefits, Complex Litigation, Construction, Corporate and Securities, Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, Financial Institutions, Governmental, Government Business Transactions, Healthcare, International, Labor and Employment, Lending and Structured Finance, Media and Entertainment, Multifamily Housing, Nuclear Regulation, Products Liability, Project Development and Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate Finance, Special Investigations, Tax, Technology and Intellectual Property, Technology and Intellectual Property Litigation, Telecommunications and E-Commerce, Tort Liability, Transportation, Trusts and Estates. | Firm Profile:
Troutman Sanders LLP, founded in 1897, is an international law firm with over 600 attorneys serving clients from offices in Atlanta, Hong Kong, London, New York, Newark, Norfolk, Raleigh, Richmond, Shanghai, Tysons Corner, Virginia Beach and Washington, D.C. The full-service firm provides advice and counsel in over 30 legal practice areas and is committed to delivering professional service throughout all its locations. | | Firm Size: 600 | Law Firm Affiliations:
STATE CAPITAL GLOBAL LAW FIRM GROUP; TERRALEX |
Other Office Locations of Troutman Sanders LLP
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
McLean, Virginia, U.S.A.
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.A.
Hong Kong, China
Shanghai, China
London, England
| | PARTNERS | | Susan Stoops Ancarrow (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Virginia; 1998, Delaware. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1992); University of Virginia (J.D., 1997). Clerk to the Hon. William B. Chandler III, Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1997-1998. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Susan Stoops Ancarrow | | Robert A. Angle (Partner) born Charlottesville, Virginia, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Virginia; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1991; J.D., 1994). Law Clerk to the Honorable James C. Cacheris, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1994-1995). Co-Author: "Traps For The Unwary: Litigating Intellectual Property Cases In The Rocket Docket" (Mealey's Litigation Report: Intellectual Property, April 2003); "Ex Parte Interviews of Corporate Employees in Virginia" (Virginia State Bar Litigation Section's Litigation News, Winter 1995-1996). Speaker, "Hot Topics: Recent Decisions of the Supreme Court of Virginia" (Virginia State Bar, Professional Development Conference, March 2002). Member: Virginia State Bar; Virginia Bar Association. Reported Cases: City of Martinsville v. Commonwealth Boulevard Associates, LLC, 268 Va. 697, 604 S.E.2d 69 (2004); Haisfield v. Lape, 264 Va. 632, 570 S.E.2d 794 (2002); United Leasing Corporation v. Resource Bank, 58 Va. Cir. 96 (Cir. Ct. City of Richmond 2002); Moseman v. Van Leer, 263 F.3d 129 (4th Cir. 2001), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 1148 (2002); ITT Hartford Group, Inc. v. Virginia Financial Associates, Inc., 258 Va. 193, 520 S.E.2d 355 (1999); Ward v. NationsBank, 256 Va. 427, 507 S.E.2d 616 (1998). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Trademark Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Patent Litigation; Complex Litigation; Civil Appeals; Business Litigation. Email: Robert A. Angle | | David Neal Anthony (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Virginia; Virginia Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A., 1987); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1990). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta; Pi Sigma Alpha. Member, Moot Court Board. Law Clerk, Honorable William T. Prince, U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1990-1991. Member: Virginia State Bar (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Local Government Law; Construction Law and Public Contracts); Virginia Bar Association (Chair, Civil Litigation Section, 2005 and 2006—; Member: Construction and Public Contracts Law; Commission on Professionalism, 2007; Pro Se Litigation Planning Committee, 2001-2002; Professionalism Task Force, 2001-2002; Chair, Young Lawyers Division, 2001); Federal Bar Association (Treasurer, Richmond Chapter, 2006—; Member, Sections of Federal Litigation and State and Local Government Relations); Richmond Bar Association (Chair, Pro Bono Committee, 2006-2007); Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc. Practice Areas: Consumer Law: Multi-State Trade Regulation Investigations, Litigation and Counseling. Email: David Neal Anthony | | Susan C. Armstrong (Partner) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Virginia. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., cum laude, 1974); University of Virginia (J.D., 1979). Chair, Domestic Relations Section Council, Virginia Bar Association, 1997—. Practice Areas: Railroad Law; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Litigation; Transportation; Toxic Torts; Family Law. Email: Susan C. Armstrong | | R. Mason Bayler, Jr. (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia. Education: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (B.A., 1990); Tulane University (J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif. Member, Tulane Law Review. Law Clerk, Honorable U.S. District Judge Robert R. Merhige, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Practice Areas: Securities and Capital Markets. Email: R. Mason Bayler, Jr. | | Coburn R. Beck (Partner) born Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1998). Order of the Coif. Member, William and Mary Law Review. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Coburn R. Beck | | Pamela Smith Belleman (Partner) born Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Virginia. Education: University of Richmond (B.S.B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Member, University of Richmond Law Review. Co-Chair, Workouts, Foreclosures and Bankruptcies Committee of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Cogeneration; Leasing; Zoning; Land Use; Workouts; Foreclosures; Mechanics Liens; Construction Contracts. Email: Pamela Smith Belleman | | Robert L. Brooke (Partner) born Bronxville, New York, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia; 1996, South Carolina. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); University of Virginia (J.D., 1984). Notes Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1983-1984. Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1994-1995, Virginia Bar Association. Virginia Membership Chair, 1995— and Vice-Chair, Business Torts Subcommittee of Commercial Torts Committee, TIPS, 1997—, American Bar Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Libel Defense; Defamation; Securities; Intellectual Property; Technology and Science; Commercial Law; Media Law; Government Contracts; Contracts; Business Law; Corporate Law; Litigation. Email: Robert L. Brooke | | John K. Burke, Jr. (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1974; J.D., 1977). Law Clerk to Justice George M. Cochran of the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1977-1978. Human Relations Commission of the City of Richmond, 1992-1997. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 2000—; "Legal Elite," Virginia Business Magazine. Member: Bar Association of the City of Richmond; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain; Environmental Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Antitrust; Business Law; Commercial Law. Email: John K. Burke, Jr. | | James W. C. Canup (Partner) born Washington, D.C., 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia; 1987, Maryland and District of Columbia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1980); Washington & Lee University, School of Law (J.D., 1984); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Taxation, 1992). Chair, Corporate Affiliates, College Savings Plan Network/National Association of State Treasurers. Member, Government Relations Committee, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Member, Mortgage-Backed Securities Industry Group. President, Board of Directors, Seven Hills School. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Corporate Law; Securities; Lender Law; Structured Finance; Education Law. Email: James W. C. Canup | | Dabney J. Carr, IV (Partner) born Arlington, Virginia, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Virginia; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1983); University of Virginia (J.D., 1988). Winner, Lile Moot Court Competition and Stephen Traynor Award for Best Oral Advocate, University of Virginia School of Law, 1988. Law Clerk to the Hon. James R. Spencer, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1988-1989. Co-Author: with Robert A. Angle, "Traps for the Unwary: Litigating Intellectual Property Cases in the Rocket Docket," Mealey's Litigation Report: Intellectual Property, April 2003; Gary J. Spahn, et al., "Virginia Law of Products Liability," West Publishing, 2002; "After Kumho Tire: Challenging Non-Scientific Experts," For the Defense, Vol. 41, No. 6, June 1999. Co-Chair, "Current Issues in Medical Device Litigation", ABA Section of Litigation Products Liability Committee, September 23, 2004. Speaker: "The Class Action Fairness Act, Sum and Substance, IADC Annual Meeting, July 2005; "Expert Testimony After Kumho Tire," 13th Annual MEDMARC Seminar, June 2000. Member: Virginia State Bar; Virginia Bar Association; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Intellectual Property Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense. Email: Dabney J. Carr, IV | | David M. Carter (Partner) born Hardwick, Vermont, April 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1974); University of Virginia (Ph.D., 1981; J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Securities and Capital Markets. Email: David M. Carter | | Bernice H. Cilley (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., 1979); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1987). Member: American Bar Association; American College of Mortgage Attorneys; Mortgage Bankers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Multi-Family Housing Finance. Email: Bernice H. Cilley | | David S. Cohn (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania; 1973, Virginia. Education: University of Pennsylvania (A.B., 1967); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1971); Harvard Business School (Special Student, 1970-1971). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2005. Named to Virginia's Legal Elite, Real Estate/Construction, 2003. Member: Governor's Regulatory Reform Advisory Board, 1983-1985; Governor's Commission on Efficiency In Government, 1986-1988; Virginia Historic Landmarks Board, 1988-1989; Regulatory Climate Workgroup, Governor's Economic Recovery Commission, 1991; Organizational Structure Team, Governor's Commission on Efficiency and Effectiveness, 2002. Member, Virginia Voluntary Formulary Board, 1989-2003. Chairman, Board of Trustees, Science Museum of Virginia, 2003—. Member: Virginia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Chairman, Affordable Housing Committee, 1991-1997). Chairman, Governmental Assistance for Real Estate Committee, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, American Bar Association, 1989-1993. (Also at New York, New York Office). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate; Leases and Leasing. Email: David S. Cohn | | David E. Constine, III (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980); University of Virginia (J.D., 1983). Law Clerk to Judge Albert V. Bryan, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1983-1984. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: David E. Constine, III | | John W. Daniel II (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Virginia. Education: St. Andrew's Presbyterian College (B.A., 1972); T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (J.D., 1975). Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1986. Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1986-1990. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Legislative Lobbying; Government Relations. Email: John W. Daniel II | | Bradfute W. Davenport, Jr. (Partner) born 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Virginia; U.S. Supreme Court; Supreme Court of Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1969); University of Virginia (J.D., 1972). Co-Author: "Retrospective Rating Plans: A Joint Management Process," The Risk Management Letter, 1999; "A Litigious Industry Endorses the Use of ADR," Virginia Business Law Journal, Sept. 1997; "Changing the General Conditions: The 1997 Edition of AIA Document A201," IADC Newsletters-Construction Law & Litigation Committee, Nov. 1997; "Ex Parte Interviews of Corporate Employees in Virginia" Virginia State Bar Litigation Section's Litigation News, Winter 1995-96; "Think Ahead to Avoid Retro Policy Pitfalls" Business Insurance, Dec. 1995; "Minimizing the Surety's Loss Through Effective Use of Selected Provisions Contained in General Indemnity Agreements," The Pursuit of Subrogation and Indemnity Claims, Defense Research Institute, Volume 1991, Number 3. Member: CPR Institute Center for Dispute Resolution (Panel of Distinguished Neutrals); American Arbitration Association (Virginia Mediation Panel; Construction Industry and Commercial Disputes Arbitrator). Member: Richmond and Virginia (Member, Construction and Public Contracts Law Section; Member, Environmental and Civil Litigation Sections) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Sections on: Construction and Public Contracts Law; Bankruptcy; Environmental Law; Litigation). Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Construction Law; Surety Law; Environmental Litigation; Fraud and Deceit; Legal Ethics; Contracts; Professional Liability; Business Law. Email: Bradfute W. Davenport, Jr. | | William R. Derry, Jr. (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Virginia. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1967); University of Virginia (J.D., 1974). Co-Author: "Tax Exempt Financing of Hospital Facilities and Medical Office Buildings," Perspective; "Tax Exempt Maniacal Leasing," Virginia Review. Achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Public Finance Law since 2003, 2007. Named as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Bonds/Government Finance Law (2006). Member: Richmond and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. [1st Lieut., U.S. Army, 1969-1972]. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Municipal Finance; Securities. Email: William R. Derry, Jr. | | Thomas E. duB. Fauls (Partner) born Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (A.B., 1983; J.D., 1986). Chief Justice, Moot Court Board, 1985-1986. Member: Virginia (Member, Sections on: Business Bankruptcy; Business Law) and American (Member: Secured Creditors Subcommittee, Business Bankruptcy Committee; Secured Transactions Subcommittee, Uniform Commercial Code Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Finance; Banks and Banking; Consumer Credit Compliance; Bankruptcy. Email: Thomas E. duB. Fauls | | Malcolm Pitt Friddell (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Virginia. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1975); University of Virginia (M.A., 1978; J.D., 1978). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2000. Chair, Board of Governors of Trusts and Estates Section, Virginia State Bar, 1993-1994. Fellow, American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Malcolm Pitt Friddell | | Jeffrey M. Gill (Partner) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia. Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.A., 1981); University of Virginia (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Business; Corporate Finance; Commercial Lending; Capital Markets; Finance. Email: Jeffrey M. Gill | | Carter Glass, IV (Partner) born Lynchburg, Virginia, 1950; admitted to bar, 1978, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1972); University of Virginia (J.D., 1976). Law Clerk to Judge Albert J. Engel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1976-1978. Chair, Board of Governors, Local Government Law Section, 1990-1991 and Chair, Access to Legal Services Committee, 1995-1997, Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Local Government Law; Public Utility Law; Civil Litigation; Zoning Law; Land Use. Email: Carter Glass, IV | | Thomas A. Grant (Partner) born New York, New York, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1975, Virginia. Education: Villanova University (B.E.E., 1968); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1972). Member, Catholic University Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: Richmond, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Health Care; Employment Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities Law. Email: Thomas A. Grant | | Steven D. Gravely (Partner) born Martinsville, Virginia, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1977); Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University (M.H.A., 1980); T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (J.D., 1983). Author: "Health Care Law— The Annual Survey of Virginia Law," 22 University of Richmond Law Review, Summer, 1988; "Health Care Law: The Annual Survey of Virginia Law," 26 University of Richmond Law Review 4, 1992. Practice Areas: Health Care; Administrative Law; Litigation. Email: Steven D. Gravely | | John Owen Gwathmey (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, December 1, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Virginia. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1985); University of Virginia (J.D., M.B.A., 1990). Order of the Coif (Virginia Chapter). President, Board of Trustees, Historic Richmond Foundation. President, Board of Directors, Aylett Country Day School. Member: Virginia (Chairman, Business Organizations Committee) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities and Capital Markets; International Law. Email: John Owen Gwathmey | | Elizabeth G. Hester (Partner) born Charlottesville, Virginia, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Virginia. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1979; M.B.A., 1980); University of Virginia (J.D., 1983). Member: Virginia (Council, Business Law Section, 1994—; Vice Chair, 2003—) and American (Business Law Section, Committee on Partnerships and Unincorporated Organizations; Subcommittee on Limited Liability Companies; Chair, Subcommittee on Limited Partnerships, 1996-1999; Advisor to National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Drafting Committee for Uniform Limited Liability Partnership Act) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Board of Governors, Business Law Section, 1993-2004). Practice Areas: Partnership Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Elizabeth G. Hester | | William H. Hurd (Partner) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth and Federal Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., in Government, 1973; J.D., 1977). State Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1999-2004. Senior Counsel to the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1998-1999. Deputy Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1994-1998. Private Practice, Chesterfield County, 1981-1994. Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1979-1981. Member: Richmond and Virginia Bar Associations; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; Supreme Court Historical Society; Federalist Society (Virginia Chapter). Reported Cases: More than 30 oral arguments before state and federal appellate courts, including two successful First Amendment cases before U.S. Supreme Court: Virginia v. Black (2003) and Virginia v. Hicks (2003) Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate; First Amendment. Email: William H. Hurd | | Brian J. Iwashyna (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, Virginia. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1997); College of William & Mary (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance. Email: Brian J. Iwashyna | | F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr. (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia. Education: Princeton Univ. (A.B., 1964); Univ. of Virginia (LL.B., 1967). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2000. Co-Chair, Joint Bar Committee on Revision of Virginia Stock Corporation Act, 1983-1985. Adjunct Prof. of Law, Corporate, Univ. of Richmond. President, 1990 and Chair, Business Law Committee, Virginia Bar Association. Delegate, House of Delegates, American) Bar Association1992-1998. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Virginia Law Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1991-1994); Association of the Bar of the City of N.Y. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr. | | Neil S. Kessler (Partner) born Kansas City, Missouri, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1969); George Washington University (J.D., 1973). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Chair, Real Estate Section, Virginia State Bar, 1990-1991. Committee Chair, Design Construction Committee, 1997-2003, and Property, Casualty and Other Non-Title Insurance Committee, 2004—, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association. Fellow: American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Program Committee, 1992—); Virginia Commonwealth University Real Estate Circle of Excellence. Member: International Council of Shopping Center; Real Estate Counsel Group, American Land Title Association; Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Practice Areas: Commercial Leasing; Finance; Construction Law; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Neil S. Kessler | | Edward B. Kidd (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Virginia. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., 1975); University of Virginia (J.D., 1978). Member: Richmond and Virginia (Chairman, Real Estate Section, 1988-1989) Bar Associations; Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate (Member, Board of Directors, 1996-2001; President, 2000). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: Edward B. Kidd | | Matthew B. Kirsner (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Virginia; 2000, District of Columbia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A.); George Mason University School of Law (J.D.). Practice Areas: Litigation; Communications and Media; Utility Law; Antitrust; Class Actions; Securities Arbitration. Email: Matthew B. Kirsner | | Clark H. Lewis (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia; admitted to bar, 1990, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985) Phi Beta Kappa; Univ. of Virginia (J.D., 1990). Co-Author, "Think Ahead to Avoid Retro Policy Pitfalls," Business Insurance . Author, "Race-Neutral Peremptory Strikes," Virginia State Bar Litigation News . [Capt. U.S. Army Reserve]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Clark H. Lewis | | Jacob Andrew Lutz, III (Partner) born Radford, Virginia, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Virginia; 1987, Tennessee. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.S., 1978); College of William and Mary (J.D., 1981). Senior Regional Attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia Region, 1984-1987. Attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 1981-1984. (Managing Partner, Richmond Office, 1999—). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Taxation; Securities. Email: Jacob Andrew Lutz, III | | Andrew G. Mauck (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1959; admitted to bar, 1991, Colorado; 1993, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A.); University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A.); University of Virginia (J.D.). Member: Richmond (Member, Environmental Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section Environmental Subcommittee) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Sections on: Environmental and Litigation). Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental Law; Property Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Law; Contracts; Business Law. Email: Andrew G. Mauck | | M. Kevin McCusty (Partner) born Charlottesville, Virginia, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); University of Virginia (M.B.A., 1984; J.D., 1984). (Also at McLean Office). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Loans; Banking Law; Banks and Banking; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Real Estate; Finance; Mortgages; Leases and Leasing. Email: M. Kevin McCusty | | David I. Meyers (Partner) born Mt. Kisco, New York, September 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., with distinction, 1992; J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Articles Review Board, Virginia Law Review. Member: Richmond, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Governance; Public Corporations; Securities; Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities and Capital Markets. Email: David I. Meyers | | Richard A. Minardi, Jr. (Partner) born Mobile, Alabama, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Virginia. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1965; LL.B., 1968). Chairman, Committee on Professional Corporations, Virginia State Bar, 1991-1996. Member: Richmond, Virginia and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Business Law Section). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Closely Held Business Law. Email: Richard A. Minardi, Jr. | | Kevin W. Mottley (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A.); University of Virginia (J.D.). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law. Email: Kevin W. Mottley | | James M. Nolan (Partner) born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, New York; 1989, Virginia. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979; J.D., 1982). Member, American Criminal Law Review, 1981-1982. Author: "The History and Purpose of Bankruptcy Law," Bankruptcy Practice in Virginia , Virginia CLE, 2004; "Domestic Relations and Bankruptcy," Virginia Lawyer , April 1995; "Partners and Partnerships in Bankruptcy," Virginia Lawyer , Nov. 1992. Chair, Bankruptcy Section, Virginia State Bar, 1994-1995. Member: Bar Association of the City of New York; Richmond, New York State and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights. Email: James M. Nolan | | Stephen A. Northup (Partner) born New York, New York, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania; 1977, Virginia; 1992, District of Columbia. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., maxima cum laude, 1967); Harvard University (LL.B., cum laude, 1974). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2004. Law Clerk to Judge William J. Nealon, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1974-1976. [U.S. Army, 1968-1971]. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Complex Litigation; Truth in Lending; Banks and Banking; Bank Collections; Bank Fraud; Check Fraud; Lender Liability; Energy Industry Disputes; Corporate Shareholder Disputes. Email: Stephen A. Northup | | Stephen D. Otero (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1989); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1995). Member, William and Mary Law Review, 1994-1995. Member, William and Mary Moot Court Bar. Law Clerk to the Hon. John A. MacKenzie (E.D. Va., 1995-1996). Assistant Treasurer, J. P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York, N.Y., 1989-1992. Co-author: Spahn, Gary J., et al., Virginia Law Products Liability, 2d. ed. Harrison 2002; "Challenging Non-Scientific Experts after Kumho Tire," For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, June, 1999. Co-author and presenter, "The Daubert Trilogy Under Attack: A Study of the Parlodel Litigation," Defense Research Institute Drug & Medical Device Committee Seminar, May, 2002. Author, "The Case Against FIFRA Preemption: Reconciling Cipollone's Preemption Approach with Both the Supremacy Clause and Basic Notions of Federalism," 36 William and Mary Law Review 783, 1995. Member: Virginia (Chair, 2003, and Member, Executive Committee, 1999-2003, Young Lawyers Division) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Litigation Section); Defense Research Institute (Member: Drug and Medical Device Committee; Products Liability Committee; Young Lawyers Committee). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Insurance Coverage and Defense; Intellectual Property. Email: Stephen D. Otero | | Donald G. Owens (Partner) born Norfolk, Virginia, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Virginia; 1972, District of Columbia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1971). Member of Staff, William & Mary Law Review, 1970-1971. Staff Attorney, Divisions of Corporation Finance and Corporate Regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1971-1976. Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, 1976-1979. Associate General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, State Corporation Commission of Virginia, 1979-1984. Author: Insurance and Securities Sections of the Virginia Administrative Law and Justice Handbook. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Insurance; Utility Law; Securities; Communications and Media; Government. Email: Donald G. Owens | | Fred W. Palmore, III (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (A.B., 1967); University of Richmond (J.D., 1973). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2000. Member, Editorial Board, University of Richmond Law Review, 1972-1973. Lecturer: Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management, McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia. Outside Counsel, Virginia Bankers Association. Former Chair: Business Law Section, Virginia State Bar; Bankruptcy Section, Richmond Bar Association; Bankruptcy Section, Virginia Bar Association. [Lt. USNR, Vietnam War]. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Bankruptcy; Mortgage Banking Law; Commercial Real Estate; Finance. Email: Fred W. Palmore, III | | Russell V. Palmore, Jr. (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Virginia; 1981, District of Columbia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1969); University of Virginia (J.D., 1973). Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. President: Richmond Bar Association, 1990-1991; Virginia Law Foundation, 1992-1993. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA); Professional Malpractice; Insurance; Products Liability; Personal Injury. Email: Russell V. Palmore, Jr. | | C. Cotesworth Pinckney (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1939; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1961); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1967). Order of the Coif. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1965-1967. Author: "Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code," The Virginia Lawyer ; "Other Statutory Liens, Statutory Exemptions, and Fraudulent and Voluntary Conveyances," Enforcement of Liens and Judgments in Virginia . Member: Virginia and American (Member, Banking Law Committee and Commercial Financial Services Committee, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Finance; Banks and Banking; Debtor and Creditor; Commercial Law; Insurance Insolvency; Agricultural Law. Email: C. Cotesworth Pinckney | | Roseleen P. Rick (Partner) born New York, New York, 1941; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia. Education: Virginia Commonwealth University (B.A., 1976); University of Richmond (J.D., 1980). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Property I and II. Author: "Cellular Tower Leases," The Practice Lawyer (ALI-ABA, 1997); "Use and Exclusive Restrictions," ABA Real Property Probate and Trust, 1995. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Low Income Housing; Tax Credits; Leasing. Email: Roseleen P. Rick | | James C. Roberts (Partner) born Taylorsville, North Carolina, 1932; admitted to bar, 1957, Virginia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College; University of Richmond (LL.B., 1957). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1983—; Chambers U.S.A., 2003. President, Virginia State Bar, 1980-1981. President: Richmond Bar Association, 1977; Founding President Richmond Inn of Court, 1991. Member: Commission on the Future of Virginia's Judicial System; Supreme Court Historical Society. Fellow: Virginia Law Foundation; American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Antitrust; Insurance; Criminal Law; Appellate Practice; Utility Law; Personal Injury. Email: James C. Roberts | | Nancy Newton Rogers (Partner) born Roanoke, Virginia, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Virginia. Education: Hollins College (B.A., 1982); University of Virginia (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1999—; Virginia's Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine, December 2001. Member: Richmond and Virginia (Member and Council Member, Wills, Trusts and Estates Legislative Committee) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Richmond Estate Planning Council. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Wills; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Probate. Email: Nancy Newton Rogers | | Stephen D. Rosenthal (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Virginia; 1977, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1976). Notes and Comments Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review, 1975-1976. Attorney General of Virginia, 1993-1994. Member: Virginia State Bar; Virginia and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Society of Attorneys General Emeritus. Practice Areas: Health Care; Professional Licensing; Government Relations; Legislative; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Insurance; Medicare and Medicaid. Email: Stephen D. Rosenthal | | James E. Ryan, Jr. (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.Ch.E., 1968); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1971). Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, 1973-1976. Deputy Attorney General of Virginia, 1976-1980. Author: Virginia Environmental Handbook , Second Ed., Governmental Institutes, 1992. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Governmental Law; Health Care. Email: James E. Ryan, Jr. | | George L. Scruggs Jr. (Partner) born Lynchburg, Virginia, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Virginia; 1984, District of Columbia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1983). Attorney, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1983-1985. Member: Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, Local Government Law Section, 1996-1999); National Association of Bond Lawyers; Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Corporate; Banking; Housing. Email: George L. Scruggs Jr. | | Robert D. Seabolt (Partner) born Newport News, Virginia, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Virginia (J.D., 1980). Editor, "Antitrust Law in Virginia: A Comprehensive Digest of Federal and State Antitrust Decisions and Developments," 1980-1988. Adjunct Professor, University of Richmond, 1983-1992. Newsletter Editor, Virginia State Bar Antitrust Law Section, 1981-1985; Chairman, Antitrust Law Section, 1987-1988, Virginia State Bar. Graduate, Leadership Metro Richmond, 1998. Member: Virginia Bar Association. Fellow, American Bar Association. (Firmwide Administrative Partner, 2003—); (Managing Partner, Virginia Operations, 2001—); (Managing Partner, Mays & Valentine, L.L.P., 1993-2000) (Administrative Partner) (Also at Atlanta, Georgia Office). Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Business Litigation; Antitrust; Commercial Law. Email: Robert D. Seabolt | | Mark S. Shiembob (Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1978; J.D., 1982). Chair, Multifamily Lending Committee, American Bar Association, 1996-2000. Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 1994—. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Mortgage Finance; Affordable Housing. Email: Mark S. Shiembob | | Charles P. Shimer (Partner) born Exeter, New Hampshire, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., with high honors, 1978); Boston College (M.B.A., 1982; J.D., magna cum laude, 1982). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Boston College Law Review, 1981-1982. Adjunct Professor, University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law, 1989-1994. Member: Virginia State Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Privatization; Trustee Counsel. Email: Charles P. Shimer | | George A. Somerville (Partner) born Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania; 1982, Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (A.B., 1973); University of Virginia (J.D., 1980). Virginia Law Review. Law Clerk to Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert, U.S. Third Circuit, 1980-1982. Author: "Developing Water Supplies: Navigating Federal Regulatory Requirements," Water Law: Trends, Policies and Practice , 1995. Member: American Bar Association; American Water Works Association. Reported Cases: Forest Hills Early Learning Center, Inc. v. Grace Baptist Church, 846 F.2d 260 (4th Cir. 1988); Roanoke River Basin Association v. Hudson, 991 F.2d 132 (4th Cir. 1993); Marex Titanic, Inc. v. Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel, 2 F.3d 544 (4th Cir. 1993); State of North Carolina v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 112 F.3d 1175 (D.C. Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 1108 (1998); Holly Hill Farm Corp. v. Rowe, 241 Va. 425, 404 S.E.2d 48 (1991) Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Constitutional Law; Environmental Law; Historic Preservation; Litigation; Natural Resources; Government. Email: George A. Somerville | | Gary J. Spahn (Partner) born New York, New York, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Virginia. Education: Long Island Univ. (B.A., 1971; M.A., 1976); Univ. of Richmond (J.D., 1975). Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1975-1977. Co-Author, Virginia Law of Products Liability . Co-Chair, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Subcommittee, Products Liability Committee, American Bar Association, 1996. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Product Safety; Insurance Litigation; Commercial Torts; Personal Injury. Email: Gary J. Spahn | | Harold E. Starke, Jr. (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Virginia; 1981, District of Columbia. Education: Randolph-Macon College (B.A., 1967); University of Richmond (J.D., 1971); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1973). McNeill Honor Society. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Editor, University of Richmond Law Review, 1970-1971. Chairman, Taxation Section, Virginia State Bar, 1985-1986. Fellow: American College of Tax Counsel; American College of Tax Counsel. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Estate Planning; Tax Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: Harold E. Starke, Jr. | | Wallace M. Starke (Partner) born Norfolk, Virginia, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., Accounting, 1969; J.D., 1972); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1973). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2000. Law Clerk to Judge Samuel B. Sterrett, U.S. Tax Court, 1973-1975. Adjunct Professor, Pension, Profit Sharing and Other Deferred Compensation, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1984-1999. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation; Corporate Law; Taxation. Email: Wallace M. Starke | | Edward H. Starr, Jr. (Partner) born Greenwich, Connecticut, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Duke University (B.A., cum laude, 1975); University of Richmond (J.D., 1979). Articles Editor, University of Richmond Law Review, 1978-1979. Member, McNeill Honor Society, 1978-1979. Member: Virginia and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Toxic Torts; Personal Injury. Email: Edward H. Starr, Jr. | | Ashley L. Taylor, Jr. (Shareholder) born Washington, D.C., 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.A., 1990); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1993). Member, Troutman Sanders Executive Committee. Law Clerk to the Honorable David A. Faber, U.S. District Court Judge, 1993-1995. Formerly with Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk, Virginia, 1995-1998. Deputy Attorney General of Virginia, 1998-2001. Member: Virginia (Member, Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Division) and American Bar Associations. (Co-Chair, National Regulatory Affairs Team). Reported Cases: State Health Comm'r v. Sentara Norfolk Gen. Hosp., 206 Va. 267 (2000); In Re: Gregory D. Murphy, Va. Supreme Court, Record No. 011057 (2001); Commonwealth of Virginia v. Huynh, 262 Va. 165 (2001). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Legislative; Administrative; Regulatory Law; Employment Litigation. Email: Ashley L. Taylor, Jr. | | Evelyn Small Traub (Partner) born Suffolk, Virginia, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Richmond (B.S.B.A., 1977; J.D., 1979); Georgetown University (M.L.T., 1983). Author: "Compensation Arrangements and Fringe Benefits," Virginia CLE-Corporations in Virginia Vol. 1 (2001); "Employment Taxes Increase on Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation and Supplemental Retirement Benefits," Benefits Law Journal, Winter 1993-1994; "Retirement Plan Options," Journal of Accountancy , July 1995. Member: Virginia and American (Member, Taxation Section, Employee Benefits Committee) Bar Associations; National Association of Public Pension Attorneys; National Council on Teachers Retirement. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; Executive Compensation; Retirement Benefit Plans; Governmental Retirement Plans. Email: Evelyn Small Traub | | Anthony F. Troy (Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Virginia; 1972, District of Columbia. Education: St. Michael's College (B.A., 1963); University of Richmond (LL.B., 1966). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1999—. Attorney General of Virginia, 1977-1978. Lecturer in Antitrust, College of William & Mary, 1984-1987; Adjunct Prof. of Law, Univ. of Richmond, 1998-2000. Past Chair: Antitrust Section; Municipal Law Section, Virginia State Bar. Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation and American Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar (U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding applicability of antitrust laws to state bar regulations); Gwaltney v. Smithfield (U.S. Supreme Court case regarding citizens' suits under the Clean Water Act); Virginia Board of Pharmacy (U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding first amendment commercial speech doctrine. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Administrative Law; Environmental; White Collar Crime; Legislative; Government. Email: Anthony F. Troy | | Christopher Evans Vinyard (Partner) born Fort Lee, Virginia, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude); University of Virginia (J.D.). Practice Areas: Finance; Business Law; Corporate Law; Public Finance; Real Estate. Email: Christopher Evans Vinyard | | D. Eugene Webb, Jr. (Partner) born Roanoke, Virginia, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1975). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2002. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Unfair Competition; Contracts. Email: D. Eugene Webb, Jr. | | John S. West (Partner) born Springfield, Virginia, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Virginia. Education: Furman University (B.A.); University of Virginia (J.D.). Member: Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Government; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: John S. West | | Alan D. Wingfield (Partner) born Lynchburg, Virginia, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia. Education: University of Missouri (A.B./B.J., 1981); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Articles Editor, Duke Law Journal, 1986-1987. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Consumer Law; Fraud and Deceit; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Unfair Competition; Trade Secrets; Trademarks. Email: Alan D. Wingfield | | ASSOCIATES | | Carl H. Bivens (Associate) born Roanoke, Virginia, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Virginia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.S., 1992); University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member: Richmond (Member, Real Estate Section), Virginia and American Bar Associations. Transactions: Representation of Developers and National Retailers in Major Retail Shopping Center Developments; Closed Multi-Million Dollar Financing for Multi-Family Housing Developments; Representation of REITs in Acquisition and Sale of Real Estate Properties. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Retail Development; Commercial Leasing; Real Estate Finance; Zoning Law; Land Use. Email: Carl H. Bivens | | Alonso Cisneros (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia. Education: University of Florida (B.S., Mathematics, 1994); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Multi-Family Housing. Email: Alonso Cisneros | | Edwin Carr Cox (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia. Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.A.); University of Virginia (J.D.). [First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1990-1994; Major, Virginia Army National Guard, 1994—]. Practice Areas: Multifamily Housing; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Edwin Carr Cox | | Lynda M. Crouse (Associate) born Fort Pierce, Florida, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Florida; 1995, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1996, District of Columbia; 1997, Mississippi. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Florida State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits. Email: Lynda M. Crouse | | Clayton A. De Arment (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; Virginia Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 2000; J.D., 2006). Member, Executive Editor, Articles Editor, Executive Editor and Articles Editor, Articles Review Board, Virginia Environmental Law Journal, 2005-2006. Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Securities and Corporate Governance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Business Ventures. Email: Clayton A. De Arment | | Jonathan Downs (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Virginia. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 2003); Northwestern University (J.D., 2007). Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Securities and Corporate Governance. Email: Jonathan Downs | | Paige S. Fitzgerald (Associate) born Beaufort, South Carolina, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Virginia. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1989); University of Virginia (J.D., 1992); Marshall-Wythe School of Law (LL.M., 1996). Practice Areas: Governmental Law. Email: Paige S. Fitzgerald | | Jeanne E. Floyd (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia. Education: Mary Washington College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); University of Richmond (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Compensation and Employee Benefits. Email: Jeanne E. Floyd | | Brian D. Fowler (Attorney) born Newport News, Virginia, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 2001, District of Columbia; 2004, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia. Education: Virginia Tech (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996); Duke University (J.D., 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Duke Journal of Law and Contemporary Problems. Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert G. Doumar, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Virginia, 1999-2000. Member: Richmond, Virginia and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Torts; Commercial Litigation. Email: Brian D. Fowler | | Miae Nora Garcia (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 2003); College of William & Mary (J.D., 2007). Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Multifamily Housing. Email: Miae Nora Garcia | | Heather H. Lockerman (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Virginia; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1997); University of Richmond (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: Virginia Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Torts; Products Liability. Email: Heather H. Lockerman | | Bryan M. Haynes (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia; 1999, District of Columbia; U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of Virginia and District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Fourth, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A., 1993); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). George Mason Law Review, 1996-1998. Law Clerk to the Honorable Diane Gilbert Sylpolt, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1998-1999. Email: Bryan M. Haynes | | Joshua D. Heslinga (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1998); College of William & Mary (J.D., 2006). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Order of the Barristers. Robert E. Lee Honors Scholar. Member, William and Mary Moot Court Team. Associate Articles Editor, William and Mary Law Review, 2005-2006 Member: Virginia Bar Association; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Consumer Law: Multi-State Trade Regulation Investigations, Litigation and Counseling; Electronic Discovery and Data Management. Email: Joshua D. Heslinga | | Hank J. Heyming (Associate) born Riverside, California, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, California; 2007, Virginia. Education: University of California, Riverside (B.A., 1995); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1999). Member, Vanderbilt Law Review. Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Business Ventures; Securities and Corporate Governance. Email: Hank J. Heyming | | William G. Homiller (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Virginia Bar Association; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Development; Real Estate Investments. Email: William G. Homiller | | Jon S. Hubbard (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia. Education: James Madison University (B.A., 2001); University of Richmond (J.D., 2005). Member, McNeil Law Honor Society. Manuscript Editor, University of Richmond Law Review, 2004-2005. Member: Virginia Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation. Email: Jon S. Hubbard | | Mark W. Jones (Associate) born Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia. Education: University of Tennessee, Knoxville (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); University of Virginia (J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa. Whittle Scholar. Harvey Cross Dillard Scholar. Member, Virginia Journal of International Law. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Mark W. Jones | | Anne Leigh Kerr (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A.; J.D.). Member: Virginia State Bar; Virginia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Government. Email: Anne Leigh Kerr | | Michael E. Lacy (Associate) born Richmond, Virginia, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., Government, 1999) William & Mary School of Law (J.D., 2002). Recipient, Dean's Award for Excellence in Leadership, 2002. Law Clerk to Honorable Lynn N. Hughes, District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2002-2004. Editor in Chief, William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, 2001-2002. Member: Richmond Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael E. Lacy | | A. Tevis Marshall (Associate) born Roanoke, Virginia, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., Economics, 1998); College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member, National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2002. Member: Richmond Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: A. Tevis Marshall | | John D. McPhaul, II (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 2001); University of Richmond (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004). McNeill Law Honor Society. Recipient: J. Westwood Smithers Award for Graduating First in the Class of 2004; CALI Book Awards in Property, Environmental Law, Lawyering Skills I and III, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate Finance. Lead Articles Editor, University of Richmond Law Review, 2003-2004. Member: Richmond, Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Lending; Structured Finance. Email: John D. McPhaul, II | | John Thomas Miller, Jr. (Associate) born Richmond, Virginia, April 12, 1973; admitted to bar, 2003, Virginia. Education: Mary Washington College (B.A., 1995); College of William & Mary Marshall Wythe School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member, William and Mary Law Review. Police Officer, Chesterfield County Police, 1996-1998. Deputy, Hanover County Sheriff's Office, 1998-2000. Practice Areas: Commercial Development; Real Estate Investments. Email: John Thomas Miller, Jr. | | Matthew J. Murcko (Associate) born Buffalo, New York, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, Maryland; 1996, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: St. Bonaventure University (B.B.A., 1986); University of South Carolina (M.B.A., Corporate Finance, 1988); University of Baltimore (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance. Email: Matthew J. Murcko | | Brenna K. Newman (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: James Madison University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2002); University of Richmond School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Vice-President, McNeill Law Society. Member: Moot Court Board; University of Richmond Law Review. Member: Richmond, Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability. Email: Brenna K. Newman | | Shannon VanVleet Patterson (Associate) born Fort Hood, Texas, March 4, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1999); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Moot Court Board. Volunteer Reading Program, Westover Hills Elementary School. Member: Chesterfield County Bar Association; Virginia State Bar (Young Lawyers Conference). Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Governance. Email: Shannon VanVleet Patterson | | Stephen C. Piepgrass (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia. Education: Duke University (A.B., Political Science, cum laude, 1999); University of Virginia (J.D., 2005). Law Clerk to the Hon. James H. Michael, Jr., Senior Federal District Judge, Western District of Virginia, 2003. Revisor and Editor, "America's Promise: Civil Society and the Renewal of American Culture," Don E. Eberly, Author. Legislative Correspondent, U.S. Representative Joseph R. Pitts, Pennsylvania, 1999-2000. Deputy Press Secretary, U.S. Sentaor Sam Brownback, Kansas, 2000-2001. Communications Director, U.S. Representative Mike Pence, Indiana, 2001-2002. Member: Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation. Email: Stephen C. Piepgrass | | Bernard G. Pike (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Drexel University (B.S., 1984; M.S., 1984); University of Richmond (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Chemical Patents; Mechanical Patents; Intellectual Property. Email: Bernard G. Pike | | Megan C. Rahman (Associate) born Teaneck, New Jersey, May 5, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1995); University of Richmond (J.D., 1998). Law Clerk to the Honorable James R. Spencer, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Member: Richmond and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; White Collar Crime. Email: Megan C. Rahman | | Lynne F. Rhode (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., with highest honors, 2000); University of Virginia (J.D., 2004); London School of Economics, London, England (M.Sc., 2005). Editor, The Virginia Eagle, 2003. Legal Intern, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, 2002. Fisheries Biologist, Dominion Virginia Power, 2000-2001. Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Natural Resources. Email: Lynne F. Rhode | | Nicole A. Skinner (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia. Education: Towson State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2000); University of Virginia (J.D., 2004). Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Governance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Start-Ups. Email: Nicole A. Skinner | | Ashante L. Smith (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Multi-Family Housing. Email: Ashante L. Smith | | Katherine Tanner Smith (Associate) born Lynchburg, Virginia, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.S.N., 1996); University of North Carolina, Greensboro (J.D., 2003). Member: Virginia Bar Association (Administrative Law Associate Liaison, Chair, Young Lawyers Division Advance Directives Day Committee); Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Government. Email: Katherine Tanner Smith | | Andrea M. Sullivan (Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, Virginia; 1999, District of Columbia; Virginia |
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