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08.17.2015 Firm News

106 Williams Mullen Attorneys named 2016 Best Lawyers in America

106 lawyers from Williams Mullen were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2016.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become a well-regarded guide. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 attorneys cast almost 6.2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel Magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” More information about the Best Lawyers rankings, including the selection process, can be found here.

The recognized attorneys, by practice area, are:

Administrative/Regulatory Law
Robert D. Perrow
 
Admiralty & Maritime Law
Daniel L. Brawley
 
Banking & Finance Law
Matthew Cheek
Howard W. Dobbins
David R. Dorton
Holmes P. Harden
Edmund D. Harllee
Monroe Kelly III
Joseph H. Latchum, Jr.
William H. Schwarzschild III
C. Grigsby Scifres
Wayne A. Whitham, Jr.
 
Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law
Paul Bliley
Holmes P. Harden
Monroe Kelly III
Joseph R. Mayes
William H. Schwarzschild III
C. Grigsby Scifres
 
Bet-the-Company Litigation
M. Keith Kapp
Stephen G. Test
 
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Edward James Coyne III
 
Commercial Litigation
William D. Bayliss
George H. Bowles
Daniel L. Brawley
Turner A. Broughton
John D. Burns
Brian Cashmere
William F. Devine
Calvin W. Fowler, Jr.
Charles E. James, Jr.
M. Keith Kapp
Gilbert C. Laite III
Elizabeth Davenport Scott
William L. Stauffer, Jr.
Stephen G. Test
John L. Walker III
Camden R. Webb
 
Construction Law
Robert K. Cox
Gilbert C. Laite III
Stephen G. Test
 
Copyright Law
Craig L. Mytelka
Robert Van Arnam
 
Corporate Law 
R. Brian Ball
Wyatt S. Beazley IV
Gregory R. Bishop
Stephen W. Burke
David L. Dallas, Jr.
Patrick C. Devine, Jr.
Howard W. Dobbins
Thomas R. Frantz
Patrick O. Gottschalk
Randolph H. Lickey
John M. Paris, Jr.
David F. Paulson, Jr.
Julious P. Smith, Jr.
Aaron G. Spencer
Albert J. Taylor, Jr.
J. Robert Tyler III
Theron M. VanDusen
M. Nicole Williams
 
Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
William D. Bayliss
Patrick R. Hanes
 
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law 
Catherine M. Marriott
Marc E. Purintun
Mark S. Thomas
 
Employment Law-Management
D. Earl Baggett
David C. Burton
Lynn F. Jacob
Michael C. Lord
James V. Meath
Douglas Nabhan
Sara Rafal
Mark S. Thomas
 
Energy Law
M. Keith Kapp
 
Entertainment Law-Music 
Philip H. Goodpasture

Environmental Law 
William A. Anderson II
Amos C. Dawson III
Channing J. Martin
Ethan R. Ware
 
Financial Services Regulation Law 
Howard W. Dobbins
Robert D. Perrow
 
Franchise Law
Sandy T. Tucker
 
Government Relations Practice 
Ralph L. Axselle, Jr.
Reginald N. Jones
Charles B. Neely, Jr.
 
Health Care Law 
Wyatt S. Beazley IV
Patrick C. Devine, Jr.
Arlene J. Diosegy
Malcolm E. Ritsch, Jr.
Lawrence R. Siegel
 
Immigration Law 
Eliot Norman
 
International Trade & Finance Law 
Thomas B. McVey
 
Labor Law-Management
David C. Burton
Lynn F. Jacob
James V. Meath
Douglas Nabhan
Mark S. Thomas
Laura D. Windsor
 
Land Use & Zoning Law 
Ralph L. Axselle, Jr.
Howard E. Gordon
Gilbert C. Laite III
Valerie Wagner Long
 
Legal Malpractice Law-Defendants 
M. Keith Kapp
 
Legal Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs 
M. Keith Kapp
 
Leisure and Hospitality Law
Alexander C. Graham, Jr.
 
Litigation – Antitrust
M. Keith Kapp
 
Litigation-Banking & Finance 
Paul Bliley
George H. Bowles
Turner A. Broughton
Calvin W. Fowler, Jr.
Holmes P. Harden
Monroe Kelly III
Gilbert C. Laite III
Robert D. Perrow
William L. Stauffer, Jr.
John L. Walker III
 
Litigation-Bankruptcy 
Paul Bliley
Holmes P. Harden
William H. Schwarzschild III
 
Litigation-Construction 
William D. Bayliss
George H. Bowles
Daniel L. Brawley
Robert K. Cox
Gilbert C. Laite III
Stephen G. Test
 
Litigation-Environmental 
Amos C. Dawson III
Channing J. Martin
Ethan R. Ware
 
Litigation-Intellectual Property
Patrick R. Hanes
Craig L. Mytelka
Robert C. Van Arnam
 
Litigation-Labor & Employment
David C. Burton
Lynn F. Jacob
Michael C. Lord
Douglas Nabhan
Sara Rafal
Laura D. Windsor
 
Litigation-Land Use & Zoning
John L. Walker III
 
Litigation-Mergers & Acquisitions
Calvin W. Fowler, Jr.
 
Litigation-Patent
Craig L. Mytelka
Patrick R. Hanes
Robert C. Van Arnam
 
Litigation-Real Estate
William D. Bayliss
George H. Bowles
Steven D. Delaney
Gilbert C. Laite III
Williams L. Stauffer, Jr.
Stephen G. Test
John L. Walker III
 
Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Robert D. Perrow
 
Litigation-Securities
George H. Bowles
 
Litigation-Trusts & Estates
George H. Bowles
Joseph A. DiJulio
Elizabeth Mason Horsley
Elizabeth Davenport Scott
W. Benjamin Pace
 
Litigation & Controversy-Tax
Charles B. Neely, Jr.
Nancy S. Rendleman
Charles L. Steel IV
 
Media Law
Philip H. Goodpasture
 
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
R. Brian Ball
Stephen W. Burke
Robert C. Dewar
Thomas R. Frantz
Lawrence R. Siegel
 
Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
Daniel L. Brawley
W.F. Drewry Gallalee
 
Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Turner A. Broughton
W.F. Drewry Gallalee
 
Public Finance Law
William W. Harrison, Jr.
R. Hart Lee
William L. Nusbaum
 
Railroad Law
Gilbert C. Laite III
 
Real Estate Law
Lawrence H. Bryant
Charles L. Cabell
Matthew Cheek
Reuben G. Clark III
Steven D. Delaney
Allison T. Domson
David R. Dorton
H. David Embree
Howard E. Gordon
Eric A. Hauser
A. Brooks Hock
Monroe Kelly III
Gilbert C. Laite III
Joseph H. Latchum, Jr.
Valerie Wagner Long
John M. Mercer
William L. Nusbaum
Ronald R. Rogers
 
Tax Law
Farhad Aghdami
Thomas R. Frantz
J. Conrad Garcia
John M. Paris, Jr.
Craig L. Rascoe
Nancy S. Rendleman
Charles L. Steel IV
Albert J. Taylor, Jr.
 
Trade Secrets Law
Craig L. Mytelka
 
Trademark Law
Craig L. Mytelka

Trusts & Estates
David D. Addison
Farhad Aghdami
Joseph A. DiJulio
Thomas R. Frantz
James Phillip Head
Julious P. Smith, Jr.
Fielding L. Williams, Jr.
 
Venture Capital Law
David L. Dallas, Jr.
 
Workers’ Compensation Law -  Employers
Edward S. Schenk III