Rick has more than 23 years of experience representing and advising companies and individuals throughout Virginia in the areas of business, corporate, securities, banking, and health law.
He has extensive experience with business clients in industries including banking, consumer products, health care, higher education, and manufacturing.
Rick has represented private, public, and nonprofit entities in mergers and acquisitions and has represented a publicly-traded company in a follow-on stock offering. He handles regulatory issues, business formations, mergers and acquisitions, sales, loans and financing transactions, contracts, and workouts.
He also provides counsel on debt offerings under Regulation D and has provided advice and guidance regarding ’33 Act and ’34 Act filings.
Rick is a cum laude graduate of the Washington and Lee University School of Law, where he served as administrative editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review.
Rick has been named to Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite in Business and Corporate law and has been selected as one of Lynchburg’s Top Lawyers by Lynchburg Business magazine. He holds a Distinguished® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®. For several years, Rick taught both undergraduate and graduate business law as an adjunct professor at the Lynchburg College School of Business.
Rick joined Edmunds & Williams in 1994. He became part of the Woods Rogers’ team of attorneys when the two firms merged in October of 2016.
Rick lives in Lynchburg with his wife, Sarah, and their three children, Sallie, Jack, and Aggie. He is an avid runner and his hobbies include photography and reading.
Attorney Perspectives
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Standstill Agreements Can Preserve Business Relationships During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus and the Law)
April 29, 2020 -
CARES Act Provisions and Other Coronavirus Issues Affecting Financial Institutions (Coronavirus and the Law)
April 2, 2020 -
SEC Simplifies Disclosure Requirements
December 4, 2018
Recognition
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70 WRVB Attorneys Named to 2022 “Legal Elite”
November 29, 2022 -
Nine Woods Rogers Attorneys Named Lynchburg “Top Lawyers”
January 12, 2022 -
26 Woods Rogers Attorneys Named “Legal Elite” or “Rising Stars”
December 1, 2021 -
Eight Woods Rogers Attorneys Named Lynchburg “Top Lawyers”
January 7, 2021 -
31 Woods Rogers Attorneys Listed as “Legal Elite” and “Rising Stars”
November 30, 2020 -
Ten Woods Rogers Attorneys Named Lynchburg “Top Lawyers”
January 10, 2020 -
“Legal Elite” Ranking Lists 30 Woods Rogers Attorneys
December 10, 2019 -
Virginia Business Names 26 Woods Rogers Attorneys as 2018 “Legal Elite”
December 5, 2018 -
Twenty-four Woods Rogers Attorneys Named by Virginia Business as 2017 “Legal Elite”
December 1, 2017