McGuireWoods LLP announced today that the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business includes 59 firm attorneys, the highest number of McGuireWoods lawyers ever listed in the publication. Thirteen attorneys were recognized for the first time and the firm’s Wealth Management and Products Liability practices were ranked among the nation’s leaders in those areas.
“We are pleased that so many of our partners were included in Chambers,” said Richard Cullen, Chairman of McGuireWoods. “These results show why so many businesses and institutions trust McGuireWoods with their most critical litigation and transactional matters.”
Banking & Finance
Boyd Campbell, Jr. (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Charlotte)
Arthur Muir (Capital Markets – Chicago)
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Robert Pryor (Bankruptcy & Insolvency – Charlotte)
Scott Vaughn (Bankruptcy & Insolvency – Charlotte)
Benefits & Compensation
Henry Lawrie (Tax & Employee Benefits – Chicago)
Richard Menson (Tax & Employee Benefits – Chicago and Atlanta)
James McElligott (Tax & Employee Benefits – Richmond)
Corporate/M&A
Robert Burrus (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Richmond)
Boyd Campbell, Jr. (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Charlotte)
Clifford Cutchins IV (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Richmond)
Larry Dagenhart (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Charlotte)
Leslie Grandis (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Richmond)
E. Lynwood Mallard (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Charlotte)
David Oakey (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Richmond)
David Whelpley, Jr. (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Charlotte)
Elizabeth Wren (M&A, Securities and Corporate Services – Charlotte)
Environment
Gordon Alphonso (Land Use & Environmental – Atlanta)
David Evans (Land Use & Environmental – Richmond)
James Harrington (Land Use & Environmental – Chicago)
Benne Hutson (Land Use & Environmental – Charlotte)
John Lain (Land Use & Environmental – Richmond)
David Rieser (Land Use & Environmental – Chicago)
Daniel Slone (Land Use & Environmental -Richmond)
James Thornhill (Land Use & Environmental -Richmond)
Health Care
Scott Becker (Health Care – Chicago)
James Riley, Jr. (Health Care – Chicago)
Intellectual Property
Brian Riopelle (IP Litigation/Patents – Richmond)
Robert Tyler (IP Litigation/Patents – Richmond)
Labor & Employment
Jonathan Harmon (Labor & Employment – Richmond)
Richard Lieberman (Labor & Employment – Chicago)
Curtis Mack (Labor & Employment – Atlanta)
Gary Marshall (Labor & Employment – Richmond)
Mark Keenan (Labor & Employment – Atlanta)
Stephen Robinson (Labor & Employment – Tysons Corner)
Douglas Topolski (Labor & Employment – Baltimore)
W. Carter Younger (Labor & Employment – Richmond)
Litigation
Jonathan Buchan, Jr. (Business & Securities Litigation – Charlotte)
William Broaddus (Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation – Richmond)
Peter Covington (Financial Services Litigation – Charlotte)
Richard Cullen (Government Investigations – Richmond)
Douglas Ey, Jr. (Financial Services Litigation – Charlotte)
David Hartsell (Financial Services Litigation – Chicago)
William King, Jr. (Product & Consumer Litigation – Richmond)
*Bradley Kutrow (Business & Securities Litigation – Charlotte)
Rosewell Page, III (Product & Consumer Litigation – Richmond)
Marta Stein (Financial Services Litigation – Chicago)
David Wells (Complex Commercial Litigation – Jacksonville)
Anne Marie Whittemore (Business & Securities Litigation – Richmond)
Steven R. Williams (Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation – Richmond)
Products Liability
Steven R. Williams (Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation – Richmond)
Real Estate
John Bates III (Real Estate – Richmond)
T. Craig Harmon (Real Estate – Richmond)
Nancy Little (Real Estate – Richmond)
Robert Simmons (Real Estate – Charlotte)
Wealth Management
Ronald Aucutt (Tax & Employee Benefits – Tysons Corner)
Dennis Belcher (Tax & Employee Benefits – Richmond)
Charles Fox IV (Tax & Employee Benefits – Charlottesville)
Zoning/Land Use
John Cogbill III (Land Use & Environmental – Richmond)
Carson Lee Fifer Jr. (Land Use & Environmental – Tysons Corner)
Gregory Riegle (Land Use & Environmental – Tysons Corner)
Gloria Freye (Land Use & Environmental – Richmond)
*denotes “Up and Coming” status
Chambers USA and its sister publications Chambers UK, Chambers Global, and Chambers Student are published by Chambers & Partners. The publications list the top lawyers in 175 countries, based on 14,000 interviews conducted by Chambers researchers.