Press Release

McGuireWoods’ Virginia Lawyers Named Super Lawyers "Rising Stars"

June 15, 2012

McGuireWoods LLP announced that 26 of its lawyers in its Charlottesville, Richmond and Tysons Corner offices were named Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” for 2012. “Rising Stars” recognizes top up-and-coming attorneys who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing 10 or fewer years. Attorney rating service Super Lawyers will publish this year’s survey findings in their Virginia Super Lawyers magazine, as well as in a special advertising section in the July 2012 issue of Richmond magazine and the November 2012 issue of Hampton Roads magazine.

McGuireWoods’ Charlottesville 2012 Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”:

• Meghan M. Cloud, Civil Litigation Defense
• Melissa Wolf Riley, Employment & Labor
  
  

McGuireWoods’ Richmond 2012 Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”:

• John D. Adams, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Sarah Beckett Boehm, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Tennille Checkovich, Civil Litigation Defense
• Edward M. Eakin III, Employment & Labor
• Dana G. Fitzsimons Jr., Estate & Trust Litigation
• Kristen F. Hager, Estate Planning & Probate
• Jeffrey M. Hanna, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Robert F. Holland, Employment & Labor
• Christina “Chris” Jones, Personal Injury Defense: Products
• J. Brent Justus, Antitrust Litigation
• Nathan A. Kottkamp, Healthcare
• Eric B. Martin, Employment & Labor
• Aaron G. McCollough, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Christopher M. Michalik, Employment & Labor
• Brian E. Pumphrey, Securities Litigation
• R. Brent Rawlings, Healthcare
• William I. Sanderson, Estate Planning & Probate
• Lisa M. Sharp, Business Litigation
• Joseph S. Sheerin, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Scott L. Weber, Real Estate
• Lisa M. Williams, Bonds/Government Finance
  
  

McGuireWoods’ Tysons Corner 2012 Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”:

• Sarah A. Belger, Employment Litigation: Defense
• David L. Greenspan, Employment Litigation: Defense
• Stephen Mulligan, Business Litigation
  
  

As part of the selection process, Super Lawyers identifies candidates through independent research and by inviting lawyers in each state to nominate the best attorneys they’ve observed in action. Super Lawyers attorney-led research staff evaluates candidates on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.