Williams Mullen is pleased to announce that 35 attorneys have been selected to the 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers list and 13 attorneys were selected to the 2020 Rising Stars list. No more than five percent of the lawyers in a state are named to Super Lawyers, and no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.
In addition, the following attorneys received recognition on a Top List:
The Williams Mullen attorneys named to the 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers list, sorted by office location, are:
Norfolk
George H. Bowles – Business Litigation
William F. Devine – Business Litigation
Alyssa Embree – Real Estate
Howard E. Gordon – Real Estate
Robert E. Korroch – Government Contracts
William L. Nusbaum – Real Estate
Christine Nguyen Piersall – Estate & Probate
Richmond
Farhad Aghdami – Tax (Top 50: Richmond, Top 100: Virginia)
William D. Bayliss – General Litigation
Gregory R. Bishop – Mergers & Acquisitions
Turner A. Broughton – General Litigation
W. Alexander Burnett – Construction Litigation
Matthew E. Cheek – Banking
Calvin W. Fowler, Jr. – Business Litigation (Top 50: Richmond, Top 100: Virginia)
W.F. Drewry Gallalee – Personal Injury General: Plaintiff (Top 50: Richmond, Top 100: Virginia)
Conrad J. Garcia – Tax
Phillip H. Goodpasture – Mergers & Acquisitions
Patrick R. Hanes – Criminal Defense: White Collar
A. Brooks Hock – Real Estate
Jamie Baskerville Martin – Health Care (Top 50: Women in Virginia)
Jennifer M. McLemore – Bankruptcy: Business
John M. Mercer – Real Estate
Michael D. Mueller – Bankruptcy: Business
Douglas M. Nabhan – Employment & Labor
Brendan D. O’Toole – Business Litigation
W. Benjamin Pace – Business Litigation (Top 100: Virginia)
John L. Walker, III – Business Litigation
Laura D. Windsor – Employment & Labor (Top 50: Women in Virginia)
Tysons
Brian Cashmere – Construction Litigation
Robert K. Cox – Construction Litigation
James Phillip Head – Estate & Probate
Arnie B. Mason – Construction Litigation
Virginia Beach
David C. Burton – Labor & Employment
Craig L. Mytelka – Intellectual Property
C. Grigsby Scifres – Banking
The Williams Mullen attorneys named to the 2020 Rising Stars in Virginia list are:
Richmond
Joseph Blackburn, III – Civil Litigation: Defense
Jamie Watkins Bruno – Banking
Jenny H. Connors – Tax
Patrick A. Cushing – Government Relations
Meredith M. Haynes – Business Litigation
Sean D. Hicks – Real Estate
Lee G. Lester – Securities & Corporate Finance
Jennifer Ligon – Health Care
T. Preston Lloyd, Jr. – Land Use/Zoning
Lauren W. Waller – E-Discovery
Amanda Weaver – Employment & Labor
Virginia Beach
Meagan J. Kalantar – Business & Corporate
Cartwright R. Reilly – Banking
The selections for this list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service for lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines and in leading city and regional magazines across the country.
For more information about Super Lawyers, go to www.superlawyers.com.