Virginia Business Magazine Names 37 McGuireWoods Lawyers to Legal Elite

December 1, 2021

McGuireWoods had 37 lawyers selected by their professional peers for inclusion in Virginia Business magazine’s 2021 Legal Elite, published in the December issue. The firm’s lawyers were honored in 15 Legal Elite categories.

McGuireWoods’ Virginia Legal Elite honorees are:

  • John D. Adams, Richmond, criminal law
  • Craig D. Bell, Richmond, taxes/estates/trusts
  • Candace Ali Blydenburgh, Richmond, environmental law
  • Sarah B. Boehm, Richmond, bankruptcy/creditors’ rights
  • M. Ann Neil Cosby, Richmond, real estate/land use
  • Richard Cullen, Richmond, criminal law
  • Michael S. Dingman, Tysons, construction law
  • David E. Finkelson, Richmond, intellectual property/IT
  • Matthew A. Fitzgerald, Richmond, appellate law
  • Ryan D. Frei, Richmond, civil litigation
  • Brian L. Hager, Richmond, business law
  • Kristen Frances Hager, Richmond, taxes/estates/trusts
  • Charles C. Harris, Richmond, health law
  • Dion W. Hayes, Richmond, bankruptcy/creditors’ rights
  • Kang He, Tysons, young lawyer
  • Richard D. Holzheimer Jr., Tysons, civil litigation
  • Robert W. Loftin, Richmond, appellate law
  • John H. Maddock III, Richmond, bankruptcy/creditors’ rights
  • Laura Colombell Marshall, Richmond, criminal law
  • George Keith Martin, Richmond, construction law
  • Charles L. Menges, Richmond, real estate/land use
  • Robert W. McFarland, Norfolk, civil litigation
  • Christopher M. Michalik, Richmond, labor/employment law
  • Scott C. Oostdyk, Richmond, civil litigation
  • Janet P. Peyton, Richmond, intellectual property/IT
  • Steven G. Popps, Richmond, business law
  • Brian C. Riopelle, Richmond, intellectual property/IT
  • Dana Rust, Richmond, labor/employment law
  • William I. Sanderson, Charlottesville, taxes/estates/trusts
  • Brandon M. Santos, Richmond, criminal law
  • Rodney A. Satterwhite, Richmond, labor/employment law
  • Brian D. Schmalzbach, Richmond, appellate law
  • Thomas J. Stallings, Richmond, health law
  • Jacquelyn E. Stone, Richmond, immigration law
  • Mary Thexton, Richmond, corporate counsel
  • Scott L. Weber, Richmond, real estate/land use
  • Gino Zaccardelli, Tysons, taxes/estates/trusts

Virginia Business publishes the Legal Elite annually in collaboration with the Virginia Bar Association. Lawyers across the state are asked to select the top attorneys across 20 practice categories.