McGuireWoods Achieves Several Top Rankings in Chambers USA for 2010

June 11, 2010

The 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business recognized 61 McGuireWoods attorneys and 12 practice groups. The firm’s wealth management as well as its products liability and mass torts practices were ranked among the nation’s leaders in those areas, with the wealth management practice being one of only two firms in the country receiving the band one, or highest, rank possible.

Chambers USA and its sister publications, including 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.

Banking & Finance

Boyd C. Campbell Jr. (Corporate – Charlotte)
Philip J. Perzek (Debt Finance – Chicago)

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

*Robert A. Cox Jr. (Restructuring & Insolvency – Charlotte)
Robert H. Pryor (Restructuring & Insolvency – Charlotte)
Scott P. Vaughn (Restructuring & Insolvency – Charlotte)

Employee Benefits & Compensation

Henry deVos Lawrie Jr. (Tax & Employee Benefits – Chicago)
Richard L. Menson (Tax & Employee Benefits – Chicago & Atlanta)
James P. McElligott Jr. (Tax & Employee Benefits – Richmond)

Corporate/M&A

Robert L. Burrus Jr. (Corporate – Richmond)
Boyd C. Campbell Jr. (Corporate – Charlotte)
Clifford A. Cutchins IV (Corporate – Richmond)
Larry J. Dagenhart (Corporate – Charlotte)
Scott L. Glickson (Corporate – Chicago)
E. Lynwood Mallard (Corporate – Charlotte)
David N. Oakey (Corporate – Richmond)
David B. Whelpley Jr. (Corporate – Charlotte)
Elizabeth G. Wren (Corporate – Charlotte)

Environment

Gordon R. Alphonso (Energy & Environmental – Atlanta)
David E. Evans (Energy & Environmental – Richmond)
Benne C. Hutson (Energy & Environmental – Charlotte)
John M. Lain (Energy & Environmental – Richmond)
David L. Rieser (Energy & Environmental – Chicago)
Daniel K. Slone (Real Estate & Land Use – Richmond)
James A. Thornhill (Energy & Environmental – Richmond)

Healthcare

Scott Becker (Healthcare – Chicago)
James B. Riley Jr. (Healthcare – Chicago)

Intellectual Property

Brian C. Riopelle (IP Litigation/Patents – Richmond)
Robert M. Tyler (IP Litigation/Patents – Richmond)

Labor & Employment

Jonathan P. Harmon (Business & Securities – Richmond)
Mark L. Keenan (Labor & Employment – Atlanta)
Richard E. Lieberman (IP Litigation/Patents – Chicago)
Curtis L. Mack (Labor & Employment – Atlanta)
Gary S. Marshall (Labor & Employment – Richmond)
Stephen W. Robinson (Labor & Employment – Tysons Corner)
Douglas M. Topolski (Labor & Employment – Baltimore)
W. Carter Younger (Labor & Employment – Richmond)

Litigation

J. William Boland (Business & Securities – Richmond)
Jonathan E. Buchan Jr. (Business & Securities – Charlotte)
William G. Broaddus (Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation – Richmond)
Richard Cullen (Government, Regulatory & Criminal Investigations – Richmond)
Douglas W. Ey Jr. (Financial Services Litigation – Charlotte)
David L. Hartsell (Financial Services Litigation – Chicago)
William H. King Jr. (Product & Consumer Litigation – Richmond)
Bradley R. Kutrow (Business & Securities – Charlotte)
Rosewell Page III (Product & Consumer Litigation – Richmond)
Marta A. Stein (Financial Services Litigation – Chicago)
Howard C. “Toby” Vick Jr. (Government, Regulatory & Criminal Investigations – Richmond)
J. Tracy Walker IV (Product & Consumer Litigation – Richmond)
Anne Marie Whittemore (Business & Securities – Richmond)
Steven R. Williams (Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation – Richmond)

Products Liability & Mass Torts

Steven R. Williams (Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation – Richmond)

Real Estate

John W. Bates III (Real Estate & Land Use – Richmond)
Thomas L. Becket (Real Estate & Land Use – Los Angeles)
Dorothea W. Dickerman (Real Estate & Land Use – Tysons Corner)
Nancy R. Little (Real Estate & Land Use – Richmond)
Robert W. Simmons (Real Estate & Land Use – Charlotte)

Wealth Management

Ronald D. Aucutt (Tax & Employee Benefits – Tysons Corner)
Dennis I. Belcher (Tax & Employee Benefits – Richmond)
Charles D. Fox IV (Tax & Employee Benefits – Charlottesville)

Zoning/Land Use

John V. Cogbill III (Real Estate & Land Use – Richmond)
Carson Lee Fifer Jr. (Real Estate & Land Use – Tysons Corner)
Gregory A. Riegle (Real Estate & Land Use – Tysons Corner)
Gloria L. Freye (Real Estate & Land Use – Richmond)

*denotes “Up and Coming” status