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Lawyers in the News

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: June 15, 2009

New Associations

Lesley Whitcomb Fierst has joined the Tysons Corner office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice.

Douglas R. Burtch has joined the Richmond law firm of Macaulay & Burtch.

Kristina H. Vaquera has joined the Norfolk office of Jackson Lewis as a partner.

Lori L. King has joined the Virginia Beach law firm of McKenry, Dancigers, Dawson & Lake.

Carlos E. Iturregui has joined the Washington office O’Neill and Associates as senior vice president.

Patrick Rowan has joined the Washington office of McGuireWoods as a partner.

Andrew R. McRoberts, former Goochland County attorney, has joined the Richmond office of Sands Anderson Marks & Miller.

Megan E. Burns has joined the Virginia Beach office of Troutman Sanders as of counsel.

Bradford A. King has joined the Richmond law firm of ThompsonMcMullen as a partner.
Whit Ellerman has joined the Roanoke law firm of Whitlow & Youell as an associate.

Promotions

Martin Fletcher has assumed the position of managing partner of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston.

Jennifer S. Joffe has been promoted to shareholder of Colten Cummins Watson & Vincent in Fairfax.

Law Firms

Jackson Lewis has opened a new office in the Dominion Tower Building in Norfolk.

Troutman Sanders has ranked as the top legal advisor in GlobalData’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Financing Trends Alternative Energy 2008 report.

Bar Groups

Vanessa L. Jones is the new president of the Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association for 2009 -2010. Other new officers for the MRWBA include:
• Jayne A. Pemberton, President-Elect
• Ali S. Fannon, Vice President
• Barbara J. Balogh, Secretary
• Colleen M. Quinn, Treasurer
• Tracy H. Spencer, Past-President

Stanley P. Wellman, a partner at the Richmond law firm of Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman, was recently inducted as president of the Henrico County Bar Association.

The following members were elected to serve as officers of the Salem Roanoke County Bar Association for the 2009-2010 term:
• Leisa K. Ciaffone, President
• Compton M. Biddle, 1st Vice President
• Matthew J. Pollard, 2nd Vice President
• Ann McGee Green, Secretary/ Treasurer
• Lora A. Keller, Judge Advocate
• John S. Koehler, Immediate Past President (ex officio)

Professional and Community Groups

The John Marshall Inn of Court has elected its 2009-2010 officers:
• Michael L. Goodman, President
• Hon. Michael C. Allen, Immediate Past President
• Jay O. Millman, Vice President
• Hon. M. Hannah Lauck, Secretary/Treasurer
• Braxton Hill, Program Committee Chair
• Jim Cosby, Social Committee Chair
• Lisa Sharp, Reporting Committee Chair
• Prof. W. Hamilton Bryson, Liaison Committee Chair

Awards and Honors

Erica A. Leatham, a principle with Meyers, Eisler & Leatham, has recently become Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certified and has been elected chairman of the Commercial Real Estate Women National Capital Committee.

Andrew J. Reinhardt, a partner with the Richmond law firm of Kerns, Kastenbaum & Reinhardt, was listed as one of the LexisNexis “Workers’ Compensation Notable People for 2008.”


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