45 McGuireWoods lawyers have been named Rising Stars for 2009 in a recent study by Law & Politics magazine. The findings are published in this month’s edition of the publication’s Super Lawyers magazine.
As part of the selection process, Law & Politics magazine conducts a regional survey of lawyers who have been in practice for at least five years, asking them to nominate the best attorneys they’ve personally observed in action. To ensure a diverse and well-balanced list, the research staff considers factors such as firm size, practice area and geographic location.
The following McGuireWoods lawyers were named Rising Stars for 2009:
Charlottesville
- Suzanne Reed Bednar, Estate Planning & Probate
- Meghan M. Cloud, Personal Injury Defense/General
- J. Alden English, Business/Corporate
- Russell T. Schundler, Business/Corporate
Jacksonville
- Adrienne L. Conrad, Employment Litigation / Defense
- Christina Joubran Zarou, Real Estate
Los Angeles
- Cherie Y. Song, Real Estate
- Matthew F. Swanlund, Real Estate for Entertainment & Sports
- Lynn A. Whitcher Alvarez, Real Estate for Business Litigation
Norfolk
- Daniel F. Blanks, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
- Karen L. Duncan, Real Estate
Richmond
- James M. Anderson, III, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Brian C. Bernhardt, Tax
- Sarah B. Boehm, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
- Jennifer M. Campbell, Employment & Labor
- Michelle M. Christian, Antitrust Litigation
- Regina J. Elbert, Employee Benefits/ERISA
- William G. Fendley, IV, Tax
- David E. Finkelson, Intellectual Property Litigation
- Dana G. Fitzsimons, Jr., Estate & Trust Litigation
- Bryan A. Fratkin, Business Litigation
- Christian E. Henneke, Personal Injury Defense/General
- Kimberly R. Hillman, Personal Injury Defense/Products
- Robert F. Holland, Employment & Labor
- John L. Hughes, Jr., Mergers & Acquisitions
- Bryce D. Jewett, III, Business / Corporate
- J. Brent Justus, Antitrust Litigation
- D. Brennen Keene, Land Use/Zoning
- Nathan A. Kottkamp, Health Care
- Suzanne S. Long, Bonds/Government Finance
- Bethany G. Lukitsch, Civil Litigation Defense
- Christopher M. Michalik, Employment & Labor
- Perry W. Miles, IV, General Litigation
- R. Brent Rawlings, Health Care
- Jacob H. Rooksby, Intellectual Property
- Martha J. Swicegood, Personal Injury Defense/Products
- Meredith Sanderlin Thrower, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Scott L. Weber, Real Estate
- Lisa M. Williams, Bonds/Government Finance
- Michael B. Woodard, Mergers & Acquisitions
Tysons
- David L. Greenspan, Employment Litigation/Defense
- Kenneth M. Misken, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
- Anand V. Ramana, Appellate
- Gregory A. Riegle, Real Estate
- John D. Wilburn, Construction Litigation