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11.30.2022 Firm News

65 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2022

Williams Mullen is pleased to announce that 65 of its attorneys have been named among Virginia’s “Legal Elite” for 2022 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
David L. Dallas Jr. - Business Law
Valerie Wagner Long - Real Estate Land Use
Amy G. Pruett - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Lori H. Schweller - Real Estate Land Use
Caroline W. “Carrie” Stanton - Business Law

Norfolk
George H. Bowles - Civil Litigation
Elizabeth S. Chapman - Real Estate Land Use
Alyssa Carducci Dangler - Real Estate Land Use
Howard E. Gordon - Real Estate Land Use
Patrick Hanes - Appellate Law
Grady A. Palmer - Real Estate Land Use
Christine Nguyen Piersall - Taxes Estates Trusts

Richmond
Farhad Aghdami - Taxes Estates Trusts
Matthew Anderson - Labor Employment
D. Earl Baggett - Immigration Law
James T. “Jim” Bailey - Business Law
Jeremy A. Ball - Health Law
William D. Bayliss - Civil Litigation
Wyatt S. Beazley IV - Health Law
William J. Benos - Immigration Law
Gregory R. Bishop - Business Law
Turner A. Broughton - Civil Litigation
Lynn K. Brugh - Civil Litigation
W. Alexander Burnett - Construction
Janet W. Cho - Intellectual Property
Jenny Connors - Taxes Estates Trusts
Patrick A. Cushing - Administrative Government Legislative
Anna K. Derewenda - Taxes Estates Trusts
Calvin W. "Woody" Fowler Jr. - Civil Litigation
J. Conrad Garcia - Taxes Estates Trusts
Sean D. Hicks - Real Estate Land Use
Charles E. “Chuck” James Jr. - Criminal Law
Nathan Kottkamp - Health Law
David M. Lay - Business Law
Jennifer Ligon - Health Law
T. Preston Lloyd Jr. - Real Estate Land Use
Channing J. Martin - Environmental Law
Jamie Baskerville Martin - Health Law
Jennifer McLain McLemore - Bankruptcy Creditors Rights
Michael D. Mueller - Bankruptcy Creditors Rights
G. Andrew Nea, Jr. - Legal Services Pro Bono
R. Joseph Noble - Real Estate Land Use
Brendan D. O'Toole - Civil Litigation
Laurence V. Parker Jr. - Business Law
Henry R. “Speaker” Pollard V - Environmental Law
Amanda M. Weaver - Labor Employment
Edward T. White - Intellectual Property
Kyle H. Wingfield - Taxes Estates Trusts
Laura D. Windsor - Labor Employment

Tysons
David B. Albo - Administrative Government Legislative
Anthony H. Anikeeff - Administrative Government Legislative
Brian Cashmere - Construction
Arnie B. Mason - Construction
Kevin D. Pomfret - Cybersecurity Data Privacy Technology

Virginia Beach
David C. Burton - Labor Employment
Thomas R. Frantz - Business Law
Ryan A. Hanson - Young Lawyer
Meagan J. Kalantar - Business Law
Yiorgos L. Koliopoulos - Labor Employment
Craig L. Mytelka - Intellectual Property
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

More about Virginia Business’ 2022 “Legal Elite” rankings can be found here.