McGuireWoods had 53 lawyers selected by their professional peers for inclusion in Virginia Business magazine’s 2025 Legal Elite, published in the December 2025 issue. The firm’s lawyers were honored in 17 Legal Elite categories.
McGuireWoods’ Virginia Legal Elite honorees include the following.
- John D. Adams, Richmond, criminal law
- Theodore F. Adams III, Richmond, administrative/government/legislative
- Erin B. Ashwell, Richmond, appellate law
- Craig D. Bell, Richmond, taxes/estates/trusts
- Jonathan T. Blank, Charlottesville, civil litigation
- Candace Ali Blydenburgh, Richmond, civil litigation
- Alexander E. Castellano, real estate/land use
- Andriana Shultz Daly, intellectual property law
- Michael S. Dingman, Tysons, construction law
- David E. Finkelson, Washington, D.C., and Richmond, intellectual property law
- Matthew A. Fitzgerald, Richmond, civil litigation
- Bryan A. Fratkin, Richmond, civil litigation
- Ryan D. Frei, Richmond, civil litigation
- Brian L. Hager, Richmond, business law
- Dion W. Hayes, Richmond, bankruptcy/creditors’ rights law
- Kang He, Tysons, real estate/land use
- Michael N. Herring, Richmond, criminal law
- Richard Dean Holzheimer Jr., Tysons, civil litigation
- Daniel E. Howell, Richmond, business law
- Meghan Gehr Hubbard, Richmond, taxes/estates/trusts
- D. Brennen Keene, Richmond, real estate/land use
- Samuel Kettering, Richmond, construction law
- C. Andrew Konia, Tysons, cybersecurity/data privacy/technology
- William Clayton Landa, Richmond, health law
- Vishwa B. Link, Richmond, administrative/government/legislative
- Robert W. Loftin, Richmond, civil litigation
- Courtney M. Malveaux, Richmond, administrative/government/legislative
- Laura Colombell Marshall, Richmond, criminal law
- George Keith Martin, Richmond, construction law
- Robert W. McFarland, Norfolk, civil litigation
- Christopher M. Michalik, Richmond, labor/employment law
- Steven M. Mikulic, Tysons, real estate/land use
- Jon G. Neal, Richmond, taxes/estates/trusts
- Christopher R. Nolen, Richmond, administrative/government/legislative
- Janet P. Peyton, Richmond, intellectual property law
- S. Virginia Bondurant Price, Richmond, appellate law
- Gregory A. Riegle, Tysons, real estate/land use
- Brian C. Riopelle, Richmond, intellectual property law
- Elaine Sanderlin Ryan, administrative/government/legislative
- William I. Sanderson, Charlottesville, taxes/estates/trusts
- Brandon M. Santos, Richmond, criminal law
- Brian D. Schmalzbach, Richmond, appellate law
- Thomas J. Stallings, Richmond, health law
- Heather Nixon Stevenson, Richmond, environmental law
- Jacquelyn E. Stone, Richmond, immigration law
- Mary Thexton, Richmond, corporate counsel
- John E. Thomas Jr., Tysons, labor/employment law
- Evan X. Tucker, Richmond, young lawyer
- Robin Cooke Vance, Richmond, intellectual property law
- Scott L. Weber, Richmond, real estate/land use
- Lucy Jewett Wheatley , Richmond, intellectual property law
- Michael B. Woodard, Richmond, business law
- 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 22 categories.