McGuireWoods Partners Named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Lawyers of the Year

August 15, 2013

McGuireWoods LLP announced today that 16 of the firm’s partners from six different offices have been named “Lawyers of the Year” for 2014 by Best Lawyers in America.

  • Donald D. Anderson, Jacksonville Litigation – Environmental “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • William G. Broaddus, Richmond Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • Richard Cullen has been named the Best Lawyers’ 2014 Richmond Criminal Defense: White-Collar “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • Clifford A. Cutchins IV, Richmond Mergers & Acquisitions Law “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • David E. Evans, Richmond Water Law “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • Harrison L. Marshall Jr., Charlotte Venture Capital Law “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • J. Dickson McLean, Wilmington, N.C., Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • Emery B. McRill, Baltimore Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • David L. Richardson, Richmond Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • Alexander H. Slaughter, Richmond Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • Bruce M. Steen, Charlotte Litigation – ERISA “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • Catherine E. Thompson, Charlotte Litigation – Securities “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • James H. Walsh, Richmond Litigation – Antitrust “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • Anne Marie Whittemore, Richmond Bet-the-Company Litigation “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • R. Craig Wood, Charlottesville Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year.”
  • Elizabeth G. Wren, Charlotte Securities / Capital Markets Law “Lawyer of the Year.”

Best Lawyers designates “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal practices across several large cities. Only one lawyer in each community is recognized in each category. Those named received particularly high ratings in surveys by earning a high level of respect and positive feedback among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 20th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2014) is based on 4.4 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.