50 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business magazine’s 2016 ‘Legal Elite’
Williams Mullen is pleased to announce that 50 attorneys have been named among the “Legal Elite” for 2016 by Virginia Business magazine, including eight who were named for the first time. Virginia Business asked attorneys throughout the state to nominate attorneys in 18 categories. Roughly a quarter of the nominees made the final list. The following Williams Mullen attorneys in Virginia, sorted by their home region, have been named to the “Legal Elite”:
Charlottesville
David Dallas – Business Law
Valerie Wagner Long – Real Estate/Land Use
Norfolk
Pat Devine – Health Law
Alyssa Embree – Real Estate/Land Use
Howard Gordon – Real Estate/Land use
Christine Nguyen Piersall – Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law
Sara Rafal – Labor/Employment
Richmond
Farhad Aghdami – Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law
Ralph “Bill” Axselle, Jr. – Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative
Brian Ball – Corporate Counsel
William Bayliss – Construction
Wyatt Beazley – Health Law
Greg Bishop – Business Law
Paul "Chip" Bliley – Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights
Turner Broughton – Civil Litigation
Lynn Brugh, IV – Civil Litigation
Jamie Watkins Bruno – Real Estate/Land Use
Alex Burnett – Construction
Jenny Connors – Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law
John Davis – Criminal Law
Will Dickinson – Intellectual Property
Woody Fowler – Civil Litigation
Conrad Garcia – Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law
Patrick Hanes – Intellectual Property
Brooks Hock – Real Estate/Land Use
Chuck James – Criminal Law
Hal Johnson – Young Lawyer (Under 40)
Meagan Kalantar - Business Law
Lee Lester – Young Lawyer (Under 40)
Jennifer Ligon – Health Law
Preston Lloyd – Real Estate/Land Use
Jamie Baskerville Martin – Health Law
Channing Martin – Environmental Law
James Meath – Alternative Dispute Resolution
John Mercer – Real Estate/Land Use
Andy Nea – Legal Services/Pro Bono
Brendan O’Toole – Civil Litigation
Ben Pace – Civil Litigation
Katie Payne – Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative
Henry “Speaker” Pollard, V – Environmental Law
Joe Pope – Appellate Law
Tracy Schwarzschild – Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights
Laura Windsor – Labor/Employment
Tysons
Brian Cashmere – Construction
Bob Cox – Construction
Virginia Beach
David Burton – Labor/Employment
Tom Frantz – Business Law
Craig Mytelka - Intellectual Property
Cart Reilly – Real Estate/Land Use
Steve Test – Alternative Dispute Resolution
More about Virginia Business’s 2016 “Legal Elite” rankings can be found here.