Greg St. Ours concentrates his practice in: • Civil litigation, including employment, insurance defense, professional malpractice and errors and omissions (contractors, directors, officers, design professionals and lawyers), lender liability, construction, land use and zoning, insurance coverage, personal injury and wrongful death, antitrust and business torts, intellectual property and health care; • Business counseling and commercial transactions, including commercial contracts, small business governance, finance and mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate, development and construction, employment, franchising, antitrust and trade regulation, business torts, insurance coverage, land use and zoning, eminent domain, licensing, risk management, supplier and vendor contracts and copyright and trademark; and • Health care including medical staff bylaws, medical staff rules and regulations, credentialing, peer review, patient care and associated policies and forms. Upon graduation from the University of Virginia School of Law in May 1983 until December 1985, Greg practiced at a large firm in Washington, D.C. (principally antitrust litigation). Greg joined Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver as a litigation and health care associate that December and has served the firm as a partner since January 1989. He has practiced before federal and state Courts in Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia and argued appeals before the Supreme Court of Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Greg has served on professional boards and sections of the Virginia Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar, including a three-year term on the VBA Board of Governors, terms as Vice Chair and Chair of the governing bodies of the VSB antitrust and VBA health law sections, a term as liaison to the VBA real estate section, a term as Secretary, Vice Chair and Chair of the VSB construction law section and an extended term as a member of the VSB Professionalism Faculty for new Virginia attorneys. Greg is currently Immediate Past Chair of the VSB construction law section. Greg is a member of the VSB Professionalism Faculty for law school first year students. Greg holds a Virginia Class A Contractors License, No. 2705 095593A. He has some seven years of experience in residential and commercial construction and brings this experience to bear in advising and defending contractors, engineers, architects, surveyors, developers and lenders.
Memberships & Awards
Virginia's Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine
Best Lawyers in America
Super Lawyers Magazine
AV Rated with Martindale-Hubbell
Local Bar Leader of the Year 2001, Virginia State Bar
Member, Augusta County Urban Service Overlay District Committee
Member and Past Section Chair(s), Virginia State Bar
Past Faculty, VSB First Year Professionalism and Bar Leaders Institute
Faculty, Virginia State Bar Law School Professionalism
Member, Past Governor and Past Section Chair and Liaison, Virginia Bar Association
Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation
Member and Past President, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Bar Association
Director, Harrisonburg Education Foundation
Member and Past President, Harrisonburg Lions Club
Immediate Past President and Member, Augusta Home Builders Association
Member, Shenandoah Valley Home Builders Association
Member, Home Builders Association of Virginia
Member, National Association of Home Builders
Director, Blue Streaks Boosters
Director, American Shakespeare Center
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Areas of Law
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Appellate Practice
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Business Law 1
- Business Litigation
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Litigation 1
- Civil Litigation
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Commercial Law
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Corporate Law 1
- Corporate Governance
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Construction Law
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Insurance Defense
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Professional Liability
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Other 6
- Employment Law
- Insurance Coverage
- Litigation (Fiduciary, Estate, & Trust)
- Patent & Intellectual Property
- Professional Malpractice Defense, Licensure and Certification
- Real Estate Law
Practice Details
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1983, District of Columbia
1984, Virginia
2002, West Virginia
MembershipsVirginia State Bar (Member, Construction Law & Public Contracts Board, 2003-2011
Immediate Past Chair, 2010-2011
Chair, 2009-2010
Vice Chair 2008-2009
Secretary, 2007-2008
Editor, Construction Law Handbook/CD, 2003-2007
Fall Program Committee, 2009-2001
Antitrust, Franchise & Trade Regulation Board, 1995-2008
Chair, 2003-2004
Vice Chair, 2002-2003
Professionalism Faculty, 1999-2008
Law School Professionalism Faculty, 2000-2011
Health Law Board, 1998-1999
Bar Leaders' Institute Faculty, 1997, 1999, 2005
Executive Committee, CLBA, 1995-1999
Conference Representative, CLBA, 1995-1999
Pro Bono Committee, Early 1990s
CLE Panel Member)
Virginia Bar Association (Member, Acting Chair, 2010
Board of Governors, 2001-2003
Chair, Membership, 2002-2003, Vice Chair, Membership, 2004
Health Law Council, 2003
Chair, Blue Ridge Region, 2003-2004
Vice Chair, Blue Ridge Region, 2005
Federal Judgeships W.D.Va., 2002-2011
Property Law Council, 2001-2003
Chair, Health Law Council, 1998-1999
Health Law Council, 1993-2000
VA Commissions and Appellate Courts, 1990s
Access to Legal Services, late 1980s
CLE Panel Member)
District of Columbia Bar Association (Member: Antitrust Section
Health Law Section)
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Bar Association (President, 1995-1996
Bench-Bar Relations Committee
Judicial Nominations Committee
Ad Hoc Judicial Nominations Committee
Social/Picnic Committee, Augusta Home Builders Association: Board, 2006
President, 2009
Vice President, 2008
Co-Chair, Legislative Committee, 2008
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of Virginia
Class of 1983
J.D.
Other EducationUniversity of Virginia
Class of 1974
B.A.
Economics
University of Virginia
Class of 1974
B.A.
with distinction
George Mason University
Class of 1980
M.B.A.
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1952
Baltimore, Maryland, March 8, 1952
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What law school did this attorney attend?Gregory T. St. Ours attended University of Virginia.
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What year was this attorney's law firm established?Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC was established in 1845.