81 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” for 2025
Williams Mullen is pleased to announce that 81 of its attorneys have been named among Virginia’s “Legal Elite” for 2025 by Virginia Business magazine. Virginia Business annually polls more than 14,000 attorneys and more than 50 law firms in the Commonwealth, asking them to select from their peers the best lawyers in each practice category.
Williams Mullen President and CEO Woody Fowler (Civil Litigation, Richmond) is one of three Williams Mullen attorneys to have been named to Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite” every year since the list’s inception in 2000. He is joined by William D. Bayliss (Civil Litigation, Richmond) and Thomas R. Frantz (Business Law, Virginia Beach).
The following Williams Mullen attorneys in Virginia, sorted by their home office, have been named to the “Legal Elite”:
Charlottesville
Thomas F. Bergert – Intellectual Property
Valerie Wagner Long – Real Estate/Land Use
Amy G. Pruett – Entertainment Media Sports Law
Lori H. Schweller – Real Estate/Land Use
Richmond
Farhad Aghdami – Taxes/Estates/Trusts
Matthew T. Anderson – Labor/Employment
D. Earl Baggett – Immigration Law
James T. Bailey – Business Law
Jeremy A. Ball – Health Law
William D. Bayliss – Civil Litigation
Wyatt S. Beazley, IV – Health Law
William J. Benos – Immigration Law
Anna T. Birkenheier – Construction
Gregory R. Bishop – Business Law
Turner A. Broughton – Civil Litigation
Lynn K. Brugh – Bankruptcy Creditors Rights
W. Alexander Burnett – Construction
Matthew E. Cheek – Real Estate/Land Use
Janet W. Cho – Intellectual Property
Matthew M. Cobb – Health Law
Jenny H. Connors – Taxes/Estates/Trusts
Anna K. Derewenda – Taxes/Estates/Trusts
Daniel J. Durst – Taxes/Estates/Trusts
Justin S. Feinman – Civil Litigation
Stefanie A. Felitto – Health Law
Calvin W. "Woody" Fowler, Jr. – Civil Litigation
Elizabeth Scott “Scottie” Fralin – Young Lawyer
J. Conrad Garcia – Taxes/Estates/Trusts
Phillip H. Goodpasture – Entertainment Media Sports Law
Meredith M. Haynes – Civil Litigation
Sean D. Hicks – Real Estate/Land Use
John A. “Jack” Irvin – Young Lawyer
Charles E. “Chuck” James, Jr. – Criminal Law
Harold E. Johnson – Civil Litigation
Stephanie P. Karn – Labor/Employment
Nathan A. Kottkamp – Health Law
David M. Lay – Business Law
Jennifer Ligon – Health Law
T. Preston Lloyd, Jr. – Real Estate/Land Use
Jamie Baskerville Martin – Health Law
Channing J. Martin – Environmental Law
Jennifer McLain McLemore – Bankruptcy/Creditors Rights
Michael D. Mueller – Bankruptcy/Creditors Rights
Tom C. Narvaez – Immigration Law
G. Andrew Nea, Jr. – Legal Services/Pro Bono
R. Joseph Noble – Real Estate/Land Use
John P. O’Malley – Business Law
Brendan D. O'Toole – Civil Litigation
W. Benjamin Pace – Civil Litigation
Laurence V. Parker, Jr. – Business Law
Henry R. “Speaker” Pollard V. – Environmental Law
Courtney Reigel – Intellectual Property
Sara E. Southward – Young Lawyer
Sean M. Sullivan – Environmental Law
Amanda M. Weaver – Labor/Employment
Edward T. White – Intellectual Property
Michael K. Wilgus – Young Lawyer
Laura D. Windsor – Labor/Employment
Kyle H. Wingfield – Taxes/Estates/Trusts
Tysons
David B. Albo – Administrative/Government/Legislative
Anthony H. Anikeeff – Administrative/Government/Legislative
Brian Cashmere – Construction
Arnie B. Mason – Construction
Cari Lyn B. Pierce – Business Law
Virginia Beach
George H. Bowles – Civil Litigation
David C. Burton – Labor/Employment
Elizabeth S. Chapman – Real Estate/Land Use
Alyssa Carducci Dangler – Real Estate/Land Use
Thomas R. Frantz – Business Law
Patrick R. Hanes – Appellate Law
Meagan J. Kalantar – Business Law
Yiorgos L. Koliopoulos – Labor/Employment
Gabriel L. McCoy – Business Law
Scott C. Miller – Business Law
Christine Nguyen Piersall – Taxes/Estates/Trusts
Grady A. Palmer– Real Estate Land Use
John M. Paris, Jr. – Business Law
Cartwright R. "Cart" Reilly – Real Estate/Land Use
Stephen R. Romine – Real Estate/Land Use
Tyler J. Rosá – Young Lawyer
Julia A. Rust – Civil Litigation
More about Virginia Business’ 2025 “Legal Elite” rankings can be found here. A subscription may be required.
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