VLW announces ‘Go To Lawyers’ for negligence law

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the “Go To Lawyers” for negligence law for plaintiffs’ and defense side, including medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability and products liability.

Now in its fifth year, the “Go To Lawyers” program recognizes top lawyers in a particular practice area. Earlier this year, we celebrated “Go To Lawyers” for employment law, business transactions and family law. In 2023, we recognized the commonwealth’s top 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 respected 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.

These outstanding negligence law attorneys will be profiled in a special section in November.

• Candace Ali Blydenburgh, McGuireWoods, Richmond
• Mark S. Brennan Sr., Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, Richmond
• Matthew W. Broughton, Gentry Locke, Roanoke
• Elliott M. Buckner, Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci, Richmond
• Peter C. Burnett, Burnett & Williams, Leesburg
• Robert W. Carter Jr., Law Offices of Robert W. Carter Jr., Appomattox
• Mark Cummings, Sher, Cummings & Ellis, Arlington
• Alexandra B. Cunningham, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Richmond
• Margaret F. Hardy, Sands Anderson, Fredericksburg
• James G. Harrison III, Marks & Harrison, Richmond
• Julie H. Heiden, Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis, Fairfax
• David Holt, Brain Injury Law Center, Hampton
• David D. Hudgins, Hudgins Law Firm, Alexandria
• Jim Hurley, Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers, Norfolk
• Jason W. Konvicka, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond
• Douglas Landau, Abrams Landau, Herndon
• Everett Lupton, Slaughter & Lupton Law, Virginia Beach
• Gary Brooks Mims, Frei, Mims & Perushek, Fairfax
• Jon A. Nichols, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Alexandria
• Michael E. Olszewski, Hancock Daniel, Fairfax
• Scott M. Perry, Breit Biniazan, Arlington
• Andrew G. Simpson, Charnoff Simpson, Vienna
• Jessica L. Sura, Blankingship & Keith, Fairfax
• Jay Tronfeld, Tronfeld West & Durrett, Richmond
• Elizabeth Kalocay Ufkes, Swartz, Taliaferro, Swartz & Goodove, Norfolk
• Jonathan T. Wren, MartinWren, Charlottesville