ROANOKE, Va., (August 16, 2018)—Thirty-nine Woods Rogers attorneys from across Virginia are included on the 2019 list of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Best Lawyers® announces its annual list after conducting thorough research surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers evaluate their peers. Recognition in Best Lawyers is considered a significant honor by both legal professionals and their clients.
This year, more than half of Woods Rogers’ principals and of-counsel attorneys are ranked in 37 diverse categories from Intellectual Property Litigation to Health Care Law. Five attorneys have been selected for this list for at least 25 consecutive years: Henry M. Sackett III (36 selections), Robert C. Wood III (36 selections), Talfourd H. Kemper Jr. (32 selections), H. Allen Glover Jr. (25 selections), and Heman A. Marshall III (27 selections). For the first time, attorneys Tim Kelsey and John Byrum are listed as a Best Lawyer.
The entire Woods Rogers list of Best Lawyers in America for 2019 is:
Roanoke, Va
Thomas R. Bagby (18): Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Stan Barnhill (20): Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Neil V. Birkhoff (10): Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Victor O. Cardwell (13): Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Claude D. Carter (13): Real Estate Law
Francis H. Casola (8): Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Real Estate
Agnis C. Chakravorty (13): Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
George J.A. Clemo (11): Administrative / Regulatory Law; Corporate Law; Project Finance Law; Public Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Nicholas C. Conte (13): Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
Bradley W. Fitzgerald (11): Transportation Law
Frank K. Friedman (14): Appellate Practice
Allen Glover, Jr. (26): Administrative / Regulatory Law; Energy Law
James W. Jennings, Jr. (24): Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Railroad Law
Neal Keesee, Jr. (13): Corporate Law
Talfourd H. Kemper, Sr. (32): Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates
Alton L. Knighton, Jr. (24): Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Project Finance Law; Public Finance Law
Mark D. Loftis (14): Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Technology Law
Heman A. Marshall III (28): Antitrust Law; Health Care Law; Litigation – Health Care
Richard C. Maxwell (14): Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Lee E. Osborne (24): Trusts and Estates
Thomas T. Palmer (13): Health Care Law
Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow (7): Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Matthew P. Pritts (10): Railroad Law; Transportation Law
Benjamin Rottenborn (1): Litigation – Patent
Alexander I. Saunders (18): Corporate Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Christopher W. Stevens (8): Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance
Daniel C. Summerlin III (7): Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
King F. Tower (10): Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Thomas M. Winn III (14): Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Dudley F. Woody (6): Employment Law – Management
Richmond, Va
John K. Byrum, Jr. (1st): Administrative / Regulatory Law
Lynchburg, Va
Bernard C. Baldwin III (13): Corporate Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
John W. Francisco (6): Litigation – Construction
Henry M. Sackett III (36): Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Darryl D. Whitesell (6): Tax Law
Robert C. Wood III (36): Commercial Litigation
Charlottesville, Va
Alden English (3): Real Estate Law
Timothy I. Kelsey (1st): Real Estate Law