Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. Wood is an experienced trial lawyer who has taken more than 100 cases to trial in the areas of management-side employment, education, commercial and professional liability law. He served from 2000 to 2009 as the Office Managing Partner in McGuireWoods' Charlottesville office. His peer reviews include an AV rating in Martindale Hubbell and inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America" since 1993.

Mr. Wood regularly defends businesses, colleges and school boards in a variety of employment and regulatory compliance matters. He conducts training on union avoidance, manages union campaigns for employers, and handles labor disputes. He tries cases in state and federal courts in Virginia, and handles appeals in the Virginia and U.S. Supreme Courts, and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.

He is a highly regarded lecturer and author. He regularly speaks at the annual meetings of the National School Boards Association and the Education Law Association, and lectures on litigation matters for Virginia CLE and other state and national organizations. He teaches Trial Advocacy at the University of Virginia School of Law, Higher Education Law at Washington and Lee Law School, and is on the faculty of the National Institute on Trial Advocacy. He has taught legal ethics for the professionalism courses of the Virginia State Bar.

Mr. Wood is active in state and national leadership positions. He has served as chairman of the Litigation Section of the Virginia State Bar, chairman of the Council of School Attorneys of the Virginia School Boards Association, and president of the Education Law Association. He was president of the Thomas Jefferson Chapter of the American Inns of Court, and has served on the boards of directors of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, the Council of School Attorneys of the National School Boards Association, Albemarle First Bank, and the Board of Trustees of Covenant College.