Professional Notices Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has added Matthew R. McGuire as counsel in the issues and appeals practice in its Richmond offi ce. McGuire McGuire most recently served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General and executive division counsel in the Virginia Attorney General’s offi ce. McGuire joins two other alumni of the Virginia Attorney General’s appellate team in the practice group: the former Solicitor General and former Acting Solicitor General. counsel; Kenneth T. Stout as an associate; and Jason F. Goldsmith as a law graduate. Baker Donelson has added four lawyers from LeClairRyan to the fi rm’s Washington, D.C. and Falls Church offi ces. In Teskin Washington, D.C., share-holder Robin L. Teskin focuses her practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on the biotechnol-ogy, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. She provides intellectual property advice to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, and medical device companies, research institutions, hospitals and universities throughout the world. Kenneth J. Kalafus, Ph.D , a shareholder, is an experienced attorney in the biotech/life sciences indus-try and concentrates his Kalafus practice on U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, coun-seling, and post-grant opposition. Dr. Kalafus assists clients with all phases of biotechnology patent procurement, in-cluding evaluation of invention disclo-sures, patentability studies, and patent application drafting and prosecution. His practice includes preparation of patent applications for prosecution (and potential enforcement) internationally. Gretchen A. Jackson joins the fi rm’s Product Liability and Mass Tort Group in the Falls Church offi ce as a shareholder. She Jackson focuses her practice on transportation litigation, tort defense, business litigation and construction law. She has extensive trial experience across many areas of both civil and criminal litigation. Peter Zuk joins the Washington, D.C. offi ce as an attorney, concentrating in white collar criminal de-fense and civil litigation. He Zuk has experience representing clients in cases involving tax evasion, wire fraud, contract disputes and prem-ises liability. Eckert Seamans added three attorneys from LeClairRyan to its Richmond and Washington, D.C. offi ces. Christopher L. Perkins will join the Richmond offi ce as a partner in the fi rm’s bank-ruptcy & restructuring and Perkins commercial litigation prac-tices. Perkins focuses his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, business reorgani-zations, workouts, and commercial liti-gation. He represents Chapter 11 debt-ors, lenders, and other secured creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, receivers, lessors, and vendors. In his commercial litigation practice, he handles cases in-volving the Uniform Commercial Code, lender liability, fraudulent conveyance and business torts, landlord-tenant disputes, construction and mechanic’s lien litigation, real estate litigation and commercial broker lien disputes, insur-ance coverage, and malpractice actions. Gerald F. Ragland Jr. (not pictured) will join the Washington, D.C., offi ce as of counsel in the professional and prod-ucts liability litigation practices. Ragland has more than 40 years of experience practicing before judges and juries in various state and federal forums in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. In addition to trials, he has been involved in negotiations, al-ternative dispute resolution, mediations and arbitrations. He has also handled numerous appeals in federal and state courts. Brendan C. Horgan will join the Richmond offi ce as an associate in the fi rm’s labor & employment and commercial litigation Horgan practices. Horgan focuses his practice on employment litigation, commercial litigation, and insurance defense. Eckert Seamans also added Shannon A. Kapadia as an associate in the Richmond offi ce Litigation Division. She Kapadia concentrates her practice on complex commercial litigation, 59 (l–r): Goldsmith, Robb, Wolf, Byrd, Schwertz, and Stout Miles & Stockbridge , a Baltimore-founded fi rm with more than 230 law-yers in the mid-Atlantic area has opened a Richmond offi ce with a litigation team from LeClairRyan. Trial lawyer Thomas M. Wolf , who specializes in commercial litigation and construction law and litigation will lead the offi ce. Wolf is an adjunct professor of construction law at the University of Richmond School of Law; past president of the International Alliance of Law Firms; and served on Governor Tim Kaine’s Transition Committee and on the Board of Commissioners of the Virginia Port Authority. The team also will include John MacDonald Robb III , who is join-ing as a principal. Robb is a former LeClairRyan partner who has spent the last two years as chief operating offi cer and chief legal offi cer of HMR Funding LLC in Richmond. Carl R. Schwertz will now reside in the fi rm’s new Richmond offi ce. Schwertz focuses his practice on products liability and mass torts and has tried more than 200 cases to verdict in his career. Additionally, Gretchen C. Byrd will join as a principal; Joseph M. Rainsbury (not pictured) will join as www.vsb.org Vol. 68 | October 2019 | VIRGINIA LAWYER