Chambers and Partners has recognized McGuireWoods LLP attorneys 76 times and firm practice areas 23 times in its 2013 guide, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Individual and practice group recognitions include:
Antitrust
Amy B. Manning (Antitrust and Trade Regulation – Chicago)
Banking & Finance
Boyd C. Campbell Jr. (Securities – Charlotte)
Hilary P. Jordan (Debt Finance – Atlanta)
Philip J. Perzek (Debt Finance – Chicago)
Neil W. Rust (Debt Finance – Los Angeles)
Gary D. Samson (Debt Finance – Los Angeles)
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Robert H. Pryor (Restructuring and Insolvency – Charlotte)
Scott P. Vaughn (Restructuring and Insolvency – Charlotte)
Corporate/M&A
Robert L. Burrus Jr. (Securities – Richmond)
Boyd C. Campbell Jr. (Securities – Charlotte)
Clifford A. Cutchins IV (M&A and Cross Border Transactions – Richmond)
Larry J. Dagenhart (M&A and Cross Border Transactions – Charlotte)
E. Lynwood Mallard (Specialty Corporate Practices – Charlotte)
David N. Oakey (Securities – Richmond)
David B. Whelpley Jr. (Specialty Corporate Practices – Charlotte)
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (Nationwide)
Todd Mullins (Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations – Washington)
Noel Symons (Regulatory and Compliance – Washington)
Environment
Gordon R. Alphonso (Regulatory and Compliance – Atlanta)
David E. Evans (Regulatory and Compliance – Richmond)
Benne C. Hutson (Regulatory and Compliance – Charlotte)
John M. Lain (Regulatory and Compliance – Richmond)
Daniel K. Slone (Real Estate and Land Use – Richmond)
James A. Thornhill (Regulatory and Compliance – Richmond)
Government: Political Law
Elliot Berke (Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations – Washington)
Healthcare
Scott Becker (Healthcare – Chicago), also recognized in Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide) and Healthcare: Transactional (Nationwide)
James B. Riley Jr. (Healthcare – Chicago)
Insurance
J. Mark Lawless (Financial Services Litigation – Austin)
Intellectual Property
David E. Finkelson (IP Litigation/Patents – Richmond)
Janet Peyton (Specialty Corporate Practices – Richmond)
Brian C. Riopelle (IP Litigation/Patents – Richmond)
Robert M. Tyler (IP Litigation/Patents – Richmond)
Labor & Employment
Jonathan P. Harmon (Business and Securities Litigation – Richmond)
Curtis L. Mack (Labor and Employment – Atlanta)
Gary S. Marshall (Labor and Employment – Richmond)
Stephen W. Robinson (Labor and Employment – Tysons Corner)
Joel Spitz (Labor and Employment – Chicago)
Bruce M. Steen (Labor and Employment – Charlotte)
W. Carter Younger (Labor and Employment – Richmond)
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
James P. McElligott Jr. (Tax and Employee Benefits – Richmond)
Litigation: First Amendment
Jonathan E. Buchan (Business and Securities Litigation – Charlotte)
Litigation: General Commercial
J. William Boland (Business and Securities Litigation – Richmond)
William G. Broaddus (Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation – Richmond)
Richard Cullen (Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations – Richmond)
Douglas W. Ey Jr. (Financial Services Litigation – Charlotte)
David L. Hartsell (Financial Services Litigation – Chicago)
Bradley R. Kutrow (Business and Securities Litigation – Charlotte)
Robert A. Muckenfuss (Complex Commercial Litigation – Charlotte)
Rosewell Page III (Product and Consumer Litigation – Richmond)
Marta A. Stein (Financial Services Litigation – Chicago)
Litigation: Healthcare & Medical Malpractice
Mark Anderson (Product and Consumer Litigation – Raleigh)
Litigation: Products Liability
Terrence Bagley (Product and Consumer Litigation – Richmond)
William H. King Jr. (Product and Consumer Litigation – Richmond)
J. Tracy Walker IV (Product and Consumer Litigation – Richmond)
Steven R. Williams (Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation – Richmond), also recognized in Products Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide)
Litigation: Securities
Jacks C. Nickens (Business and Securities Litigation – Houston)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
John Adams (Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations, Richmond)
Kenneth D. Bell (Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations – Charlotte)
Richard Cullen (Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations – Richmond)
Howard C. “Toby” Vick Jr. (Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations – Richmond)
Real Estate
Thomas L. Becket (Real Estate and Land Use – Los Angeles)
Dorothea W. Dickerman (Real Estate and Land Use – Tysons Corner)
Nancy R. Little (Real Estate and Land Use – Richmond)
Robert W. Simmons (Real Estate and Land Use – Charlotte)
Kenneth W. Wire (Real Estate and Land Use – Tysons Corner)
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
John V. Cogbill III (Real Estate and Land Use – Richmond)
Gloria L. Freye (Real Estate and Land Use – Richmond)
Gregory A. Riegle (Real Estate and Land Use – Tysons Corner)
Technology & Outsourcing
Steve Gold (Specialty Corporate Practices, Chicago)
Wealth Management: Eastern Region (Nationwide)
Ronald D. Aucutt (Tax and Employee Benefits – Tysons Corner)
Dennis I. Belcher (Tax and Employee Benefits – Richmond)
Charles D. Fox IV (Tax and Employee Benefits – Charlottesville)
John O’Grady (Tax and Employee Benefits – Richmond)
Michele McKinnon (Tax and Employee Benefits – Richmond)
National Rankings:
Products Liability & Mass Torts
Wealth Management*
State Rankings:
Antitrust (Illinois)
Banking & Finance (North Carolina)
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (North Carolina*)
Corporate/M&A (North Carolina, Southern Virginia*)
Environment (North Carolina, Virginia*)
Healthcare (Illinois)
Intellectual Property (Southern Virginia)
Labor & Employment (Georgia, Maryland, Illinois, Virginia*)
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)
Litigation: General Commercial (Illinois, North Carolina*, Virginia*)
Litigation: Products Liability (Virginia*)
Real Estate (North Carolina, Northern/Southern Virginia*)
*Achieved Band 1 ranking
Nine McGuireWoods practice areas achieved a Band 1 ranking: Wealth Management (National), Bankruptcy/Restructuring (North Carolina), Corporate/M&A (Southern Virginia), Environment (Virginia), Labor & Employment (Virginia), Litigation: General Commercial (North Carolina), Litigation: General Commercial (Virginia), Litigation: Products Liability (Virginia), and Real Estate (Southern Virginia). The firm’s Private Wealth Services group was one of only two in the nation to achieve a Band 1 ranking.
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