Firm News

9/22/2008

158 McGuireWoods Partners Recognized in Best Lawyers in America

McGuireWoods LLP announced today that Best Lawyers in America has recognized more attorneys from the firm than ever before. In Best Lawyers’ 2009 survey, 158 lawyers from across the firm were listed, an increase of 20 from the previous year.

McGuireWoods’ lawyers have long been recognized by Best Lawyers. On this year’s list, 22 lawyers from the firm have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for at least 10 years, nine for 20 years, and seven for 25 years.

Published by Woodward/White, Inc., Best Lawyers in America is widely regarded as one of the leading referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Lawyers are selected for inclusion on the list through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the United States confidentially evaluate their peers.

The following McGuireWoods partners were listed as best lawyers for their respective practice areas:

Alternative Dispute Resolution

• John S. Barr

Antitrust

• Howard Feller
• James H. Walsh

Appellate Law

• William G. Broaddus
• E. Duncan Getchell, Jr.

Banking Law

• Robert W. Cramer
• Larry J. Dagenhart
• John C. Fennebresque
• Stanley M. Franklin
• R. Malloy McKeithen

• Arthur B. Muir

• Gary D. Samson

Bankruptcy & Credit-Debtor Rights Law

• Robert A. Cox
• Mark E. Freedlander
• Douglas M. Foley
• Dion W. Hayes
• Robert H. Pryor
• Lawrence E. Rifken
• Robert G. Sable
• Scott P. Vaughn

Bet-the-Company Litigation

• Peter J. Covington
• Douglas W. Ey, Jr.
• David M. Wells
• Anne Marie Whittemore

Charities Law

• Michele A. W. McKinnon

Commercial Litigation

• E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr.
• Jonathan T. Blank
• J. William Boland
• William G. Broaddus
• John H. Cobb
• Peter J. Covington
• Richard Cullen
• Douglas W. Ey, Jr.
• William H. King, Jr.
• C. Ralph Kinsey, Jr.
• Henry L. Kitchin, Jr.
• Bradley R. Kutrow
• Ava E. Lias-Booker
• Leonard J. Marsico
• Robert W. McFarland
• Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr.
• Scott C. Oostdyk
• Rosewell Page III
• Robert Plotkin
• Gilbert E. Schill, Jr.
• Thomas E. Spahn
• Catherine E. Thompson
• David M. Wells
• Anne Marie Whittemore
• Warren E. Zirkle
  

Corporate Governance & Compliance Law

• Thomas C. Brown, Jr.
• Robert L. Burrus, Jr.
• Boyd C. Campbell, Jr.
• Clifford A. Cutchins IV

Construction Law

• George Keith Martin
• David M. Wells

Corporate Law

• John C. Beane
• Robert L. Burrus, Jr.
• Boyd C. Campbell, Jr.
• Joseph C. Carter III
• Clifford A. Cutchins IV
• Larry J. Dagenhart
• J. Kevin Dougherty
• Leslie A. Grandis
• Kurt J. Krueger
• E. Lynwood Mallard
• William B. Marianes
• Harrison L. Marshall, Jr.
• Halcyon E. Skinner
• R. Gordon Smith
• Elizabeth G. Wren

Education Law

• R. Craig Wood

Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law

• William G. Broaddus

Employee Benefits Law

• Jeffrey R. Capwell
• Robert M. Cipolla
• Sally Doubet King
• Steven D. Kittrell
• Henry deVos Lawrie, Jr.
• James P. McElligott
• Richard L. Menson

Energy Law

• James C. Dimitri
• Edward L. Flippen
• Stephen H. Watts II

Environmental Law

• Gordon R. Alphonso
• Donald D. Anderson
• David E. Evans
• Benne C. Hutson
• Daniel K. Slone
• James A. Thornhill

Equipment Finance Law

• Gary D. Samson

First Amendment Law

• E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr.
• Jonathan E. Buchan

Gaming Law

• Mary D. Baril
• William B. Marianes

Government Relations

• Frank J. Donatelli

Healthcare Law

• Scott Becker
• Thomas C. Brown, Jr.
• Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr.
• R. Gordon Smith
• Thomas J. Stallings

Immigration Law

• David Z. Izakowitz

Information Technology Law

• Donald A. Rea
• Rodney A. Satterwhite

Insurance Law

• L. D. Simmons II
• Alexander H. Slaughter

Intellectual Property Law

• John W. Burke III
• Brian C. Riopelle
• Robert M. Tyler

International Trade & Finance Law

• Mark Brzezinski
• Richard T. Greenberg
• David P. Pusateri

Labor & Employment Law

• Scott S. Cairns
• Johnathan P. Harmon
• David Z. Izakowitz
• Richard E. Lieberman
• Gary S. Marshall
• James P. McElligott
• Paul M. Navarro
• Stephen W. Robinson
• Dana Rust
• Rodney A. Satterwhite
• Douglas M. Topolski
• R. Craig Wood
• W. Carter Younger

Land Use & Zoning Law

• John V. Cogbill III
• Carson Lee Fifer, Jr.
• Gloria L. Freye
• Jonathan P. Rak

Mass Tort Litigation

• Douglas W. Ey, Jr.
• Philip Goldstein
• Deborah M. Russell
• Samuel L. Tarry, Jr.
• Steven R. Williams

Medical Malpractice Law

• Mark E. Anderson

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Boyd C. Campbell, Jr.
• Clifford A. Cutchins IV
• Donald E. King
• E. Lynwood Mallard

Municipal Law

• George Keith Martin

Non-Profit

• Michele A. W. McKinnon

Personal Injury Litigation

• Mark E. Anderson
• Stephen D. Busch
• Richard J. Cromwell
• J. Brian Jackson
• William H. King, Jr.
• C. Ralph Kinsey, Jr.
• Bradley R. Kutrow
• Rosewell Page III
• Deborah M. Russell
• Samuel L. Tarry, Jr.
• R. Craig Wood

Product Liability Litigation

• Terrence M. Bagley
• Douglas W. Ey, Jr.
• J. Brian Jackson
• William H. King, Jr.
• Bradley R. Kutrow
• Rosewell Page III
• Samuel L. Tarry, Jr.
• J. Tracy Walker IV
• Steven R. Williams

Professional Malpractice Law

• Mark E. Anderson

Public Finance Law

• Arthur E. Anderson II
• Alan C. Cason
• Stephen L. Cordell
• J. Kevin Dougherty
• Kevin P. Downes
• Renee B. Fain
• Bonnie M. France
• Josiah C. T. Lucas
• Emery B. McRill
• Lloyd Richardson
• David L. Richardson

• William J. Strickland

• Ernest G. Wilson

Real Estate Law

• John V. Cogbill III
• Paul E. Fisher
• Gloria L. Freye
• Alan B. Gordon
• T. Craig Harmon
• David E. Huffine
• Kenneth M. Keefe, Jr.
• Nancy R. Little
• George Keith Martin
• William F. Potts, Jr.
• Jonathan P. Rak
• Robert Wayne Simmons
• Charles R. Swartz
• Mark D. Williamson

Securities Law

• William J. Strickland
• Elizabeth G. Wren

Tax Law

• Ronald D. Aucutt
• Craig D. Bell
• W. Birch Douglass III
• Charles D. Fox IV
• E. Graham McGoogan, Jr.
• John B. O’Grady
• Robert G. McElroy
• Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr.
• Thomas P. Rohman
• J. Michael Wilson

Trust & Estates

• Maureen C. Ackerly
• Ronald D. Aucutt
• Dennis I. Belcher
• Lucius H. Bracey, Jr.
• Herbert H. Browne, Jr.
• W. Birch Douglass III
• Charles D. Fox IV
• Julie A. King
• John B. O’Grady
• E. Graham McGoogan, Jr
• Thomas S. Word, Jr.
• Gino Zaccardelli

Transportation Law

• John D. Padgett
  

Venture Capital Law

• Steven J. Keeler
• Harrison L. Marshall, Jr.

Water Law

• David E. Evans
• John M. Lain

White Collar Criminal Defense

• Richard Cullen
• Howard C. Vick, Jr.
• Anne Marie Whittemore

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