‘Go To Lawyers’ for business transactions announced

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the “Go To Lawyers” for business transactions.

Now in its fifth year, the “Go To Lawyers” program recognizes top lawyers in a particular practice area. Last year, we celebrated “Virginia’s Go To Lawyers” for business litigation, appeals, commercial real estate and medical malpractice, for both plaintiffs’ and defense side.

A “Go To Lawyer” is:

• A lawyer who is an expert in his or her field, well-versed in the nuances of the case law, statutes and regulations clients will encounter.
• A lawyer who is experienced and enjoys a record of success, with many cases and/or transactions that give testimony to the quality advice he or she can provide.
• A lawyer to whom other lawyers make referrals because of his or her expertise and accomplishments.
• A lawyer who can think creatively and identify all options for a client.
• A lawyer you would name when a friend from another state calls and says she has a client who needs some legal help in a given part of the commonwealth.

Please join us in congratulating these outstanding lawyers specializing in all aspects of business transactions:

• Joel M. Birken, Rees Broome
• Jonathan Bliley, Williams Mullen
• Lindsey A. Carney, Carney Patterson Meade
• Beverley L. Crump, ThompsonMcMullan
• Joan B. Davis, Schroder Davis Law Firm
• Ronald M. Gates, Wolcott Rivers Gates
• Steven M. Haas, Hunton Andrews Kurth
• Thomas C. Inglima, Willcox Savage
• Milton C. Johns, Executive Law Partners
• Joanne Katsantonis, McGuire Woods
• Andrew M. Lohmann, Hirschler
• Ellen D. Marcus, Holmes, Costin & Marcus
• Joel Nied, Price Benowitz
• V. Rick Nishanian, Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian
• J. Thomas “Tom” O’Brien Jr., Spotts Fain
• Connie D. Phelps, Berenzweig Leonard
• Jonathan “Jon” D. Puvak, Gentry Locke Attorneys
• John M. Ramirez, Troutman Pepper
• Wm. Quinton Robinson, Blankingship & Keith
• Jennifer O. Schiffer, Bean, Kinney & Korman
• L. Scott Seymour, Kaufman & Canoles
• Robert B. Webb III, Miles & Stockbridge

Profiles of the honorees will be published in April.

We welcome nominations for the remaining Go To Lawyers categories in 2024: employment law, family law and negligence law, for plaintiffs’ and defense side, including medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability and products liability.