Lawyers / Professionals

 
Jonathan T. Blank       
Partner
Court Square Building, 310 Fourth Street, N.E., Suite 300
P.O. Box 1288
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-1288
T: 434.977.2509
F: 434.980.2258
jblank@mcguirewoods.com
 

Mr. Blank is the vice chair of McGuireWoods' Energy Litigation Group. His energy focus is on natural gas litigation including shale, coalbed methane, conventional, and propane. He has litigated mineral rights, royalty, transportation, construction, consumer protection, antitrust, fraud and other complex litigation in this arena. He has tried dozens of bench and jury trials, and has appeared in district, circuit and federal courts across Virginia and Maryland, as well as in AAA arbitrations. He has been reported in two cases in the Virginia Supreme Court, one in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and one in the U.S. Supreme Court.

He focuses on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on energy, construction, real estate and fiduciary duty litigation as well as the coordination and management of large document reviews and production. Since 2000, cases representative of his practice include:

  • AAA multiday breach of contract cogeneration arbitration involving multimillion-dollar cross claims.
  • AAA multiweek energy power plant construction arbitration involving multimillion-dollar cross claims.
  • Virginia Circuit Court waste injunction action for energy sector client.
  • Virginia Circuit Court multiday quiet title bench trial.
  • Virginia Circuit Court cases involving corporate dissolution.
  • Maryland patent litigation involving synthetic horse track surface.
  • U.S. Department of Justice investigation regarding accounting issues related to revenue collection involving interviews of hundreds of employees, and collection of millions of pages of hard and electronic documents.

    • In 2005 through 2009, he was voted as a member of Virginia's Legal Elite for Civil Litigation, as selected through a vote of Virginia lawyers conducted by Virginia Business magazine and the Virginia Bar Association.


    Practices & Industries
    Firm Management
    • Managing Partner, Charlottesville Office
    • Co-chair, Real Estate and Construction Marketing Team

    Honors
    • AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
    • Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2009-2011
    • Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," Business Litigation, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2008-2009
    • Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," Law & Politics, 2007-2010
    • Named One of Virginia's "Legal Elite," Virginia Business, 2004-2009
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Raven Society
    • IMP Society

    Speaking Engagements
    • Toxic Mold "A Billion Dollar Problem: Myth or Reality?" Co-sponsored by Lockton, Sussex Environmental Health Consultants, Marcor Remediation, Inc. and McGuireWoods LLP, Ocean City, Maryland, March 19, 2003
    • Public Housing Issues Facing Virginia Judges, Voluntary District Court Judges Conference, Sponsored by the Supreme Court of Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia, April 22-23, 2002

    Professional Affiliations
    • Virginia Bar Association
      • Boyd-Graves Conference, 2006, 2007, 2008
    • Board Member, Virginia State Board of Corrections, 2009-Present
    • Board Member, Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Board, 2006-2009
    • University of Virginia Alumni Association
      • Class of 1992 5th Year Reunion Fundraising Chair
      • Class of 1992 10th Year Reunion Chair
      • Class of 1992 15th Year Reunion Committee
      • Young Alumni Council, Founding Member and Communications Chair
      • Ernest Mead Foundation
    • Charlottesville Democratic Committee
      • Committee Co-Chair, 2008-Present
      • Vice Chair for Publicity, 2007-2008
    • Board Member, Central Virginia Legal Aid, 2008-Present
    • Board Member, Legal Aid Justice Center, 2008-Present
      • Audit Committee
    • Board Member, Madison House, 2008-Present
      • Board Development Committee
    • Tzedakah Committee, Congregation Beth Israel
     

    EDUCATION

    University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, J.D., 1995

    • University of Virginia Journal of Law and Politics, 1992-1995

    University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, B.A., with High Distinction, 1992

     

    FRATERNITIES OR SORORITIES

    Delta Tau Delta

     

    ADMITTED

    Virginia Supreme Court 1995

    Maryland Court of Appeals 2001

    District of Columbia Superior Court 2002

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 2002

    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 1996

    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia 2005

    U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland 2002

    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 2003

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1998

    U.S. Supreme Court 2003

     

    PLACE OF BIRTH

    Richmond, Virginia