2021-01-22 06:35:26
Attorneys Harris D. Butler, Craig J. Curwood, Zev Antell, and Paul Falabella announce the formation of a new partnership, Butler Curwood, PLC. The new firm will operate out of Butler’s existing offices on the canal in Shockoe Slip in Richmond. The firm represents clients in all types of individual and class action employment litigation throughout the Commonwealth including discrimination, sexual harassment, executive compensation, overtime, retaliation, civil rights, and whistleblower claims.
Jonathan S. Gelber, formerly of Gelber & Associates, PLLC, has joined Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, P.C., in Prince William County. Gelber comes as Of Counsel with over 35 years of experience. Gelber has taught CLE courses for lawyers, lectured at the annual meetings of the Virginia Creditors Bar Association and other organizations, is a Guardian ad Litem for Incapacitated Adults in both Arlington and Fairfax counties, and has been a member of the Arlington County Judicial Bar Selection Committee in the past.
Four Sands Anderson PC attorneys have been elected shareholders:
Jesse Bausch focuses his practice on public finance with an emphasis in the areas of traditional municipal bond issuance, securities law, and state and local government law. He represents state and local issuers in financing a wide range of projects, from water and wastewater facilities to schools and court facilities. He represents underwriters and lenders in publicly offered and privately placed municipal bond issues.
Michael Bedsaul helps local governments, departments of social services, and other public agencies with their unique needs. At the intersection of government and litigation, Bedsaul is experienced in municipal litigation, local government law, employment law, and representation of local departments of social services. He works in the firm’s Christiansburg, office.
Gregory Bergethon helps businesses with corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions, jointventures, and financings. In his practice, he also provides counsel regarding tax planning and strategy. Bergethon works in the firm’s offices in Richmond and Virginia Beach.
Stephen Durbin focuses his practice on local government issues. His strengths lie in municipal litigation, taxation assessment defense and collection, eminent domain, construction law and land use issues. He also assists local governments with economic development matters, including the deployment of broadband networks. Durbin works in the firm’s Christiansburg office.
Gentry Locke has added Imani Elizabeth Sowell to the firm’s Roanoke office as an associate with the Employment & Labor team. Sowell assists with internal investigations and the defense of federal and state court cases on a broad range of matters, as well as defending employers on administrative charges of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and claims arising under new employment laws that became effective in Virginia on July 1, 2020. She will also provide advice to business owners and management on employment issues.
Pender & Coward in Virginia Beach has added Amanda Newins to the firm, focusing her practice in criminal litigation matters, including traffic and DUI offenses, and animal law. Newins served for over three years as a prosecutor with the Chesapeake Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office and has trial experience handling complex misdemeanor and felony offenses. A dedicated volunteer and advocate for animals, she now represents clients in complex animal welfare issues, and works to define legal protections for animals.
Pender & Coward has expanded its Suffolk office, adding Jeff Hunt to the firm focusing his practice in wills, trusts, estate planning, and local government matters. Hunt received his undergraduate degree from Utah State University and his Juris Doctor from William & Mary Law School.
Hirschler has added Janie Lewis Rhoads as a Fredericksburg-based partner. Rhoads adds to the firm’s nearly 20 years of experience counseling clients in real estate and various corporate law matters throughout Northern Virginia. Rhoads has diverse real estate and corporate expertise, with experience representing national and local developers in the creation of planned unit developments, mixed-use projects, and industrial, commercial, residential, and conversion condominium developments. Rhoads provides guidance to apartment owners and other housing providers on federal and local fair housing laws. She has represented schools, government entities and property owners in condemnation matters.
Former VSB Executive Director Thomas A. Edmonds has been appointed by Governor Northam as a Commissioner for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation. Edmonds was also the former Dean of the University of Richmond School of Law.
The University of Virginia School of Law remains No. 1 in Best Professors, Best Quality of Life and Best Classroom Experience, according to The Princeton Review’s annual law school rankings. As part of the 2021 rankings, the Law School is also No. 4 in Best Career Prospects, No. 5 in Best for Federal Clerkships and No. 6 in Toughest To Get Into.
Brittany R. Black has joined the law firm of Hugh E. Black, III, P.C. in Chesapeake as an associate. Black’s practice areas include criminal and traffic defense, domestic relations, and personal injury. Prior to receiving her law degree from the Appalachian School of Law, Black interned at the Chesapeake Public Defenders Office.
Bruce McLaughlin, an attorney based in Leesburg, has published He Said, She S.A.I.D. (Sexual Allegations in Divorce), an autobiography about false charges of child abuse during contentious divorce proceedings. “More than 80% of allegations that happen during a divorce prove to be false,” McLaughlin states. He Said, She S.A.I.D., tells of his arrest, trial, conviction, escape attempt, and 4-year incarceration before he was able to prove his innocence and win his freedom. McLaughlin is a retired Army JAG officer who practices across the street from the same courthouse that sentenced him to 13 years in prison.
David C. Rohrbach and Edward S. Rosenthal have formed Rohrbach Rosenthal LLP, a litigation boutique in Alexandria focused on advising and representing businesses and individuals in civil litigation matters.
Owen I. Conway has joined Herndon Law, P.C., owned and founded by Sheryl L. Herndon. Conway’s practice areas include criminal, traffic, estate planning, estate administration, and guardianship and conservatorship matters. She is a graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law.
Finnegan announces Ryan P. O’Quinn, Ph.D. is now a partner in the firm’s Reston office. O’Quinn maintains a versatile practice focusing on U.S. district court patent litigation, postgrant proceedings at the USPTO, patent prosecution, and portfolio management and counseling. His practice covers a range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, immunotherapy, medical devices, computer software, business methods, vending technologies, and mechanical systems.
Babcock & Moore, PLC announced that recent Bar member Emily M. Strak has joined the firm as a trial attorney. Babcock & Moore, PLC focuses on tort defense, particularly automobile and premises liability. The firm handles litigation for two of the largest insurance companies, as well as some private clients for tort defense and plaintiff cases. Babcock & Moore is a certified 100 percent woman-owned, operated, and controlled law firm.
PilieroMazza announces, effective January 1, 2021, Tony Franco became-Managing Partner, assuming the role held for over three decades by founding partner Pam Mazza. Commenting on the change, Mazza remarked, “Tony is a proven leader with a solid understanding of not only the practice of law, but also the business of law. He is more than capable of leading us into the future.”
Former VSB President Jon D. Huddleston has succeeded Matthew E. Cheek as president of the Virginia Law Foundation for the calendar year of 2021. “Passing the baton of the Virginia Law Foundation’s presidency to someone like Jon Huddleston is both an honor and a luxury,” said Cheek. Huddleston is a principal with Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White, P.C., where he has practiced since his admission to the Bar in 1986.
Virginia lawyer Timothy J. Lockhart has written another novel, A Certain Man’s Daughter, a thriller in which a lawyer is hired by a senator’s daughter to stifle a compromising videotape. The investigation turns to murder. Lockhart is a former U.S. Navy officer who worked with CIA, DIA, and the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Alfred Carry of the national law firm McGlinchey Stafford has been promoted to Of Counsel. Carry is a multifaceted litigator who defends clients in government investigations and consumer financial services litigation. He will practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office
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