ROANOKE, Va.— Best Lawyers in America® today announced its list of 2018 Best Lawyers in America and 36 Woods Rogers attorneys are included. More than half of the firm’s principals and of-counsel attorneys are ranked, including five attorneys who have been selected for this list for more than 25 consecutive years—Henry M. Sackett III (35); Robert C. Wood III (35); Talfourd H. Kemper Jr. (30); H. Allen Glover Jr. (25); and Heman A. Marshall III (25). Two attorneys, Thomas T. Cullen, and J. Benjamin Rottenborn, are listed for the first time. By office location and practice, the entire Woods Rogers list of Best Lawyers in America for 2018 is:
Roanoke
Thomas R. Bagby, (15), 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 (10), Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Claude D. Carter (10), Real Estate Law
Francis H. Casola (5), Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Real Estate
Agnis C. Chakravorty (10), Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
George J.A. Clemo (10), Administrative/Regulatory Law; Corporate Law; Project Finance Law; Public Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Nicholas C. Conte (10), Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
Thomas T. Cullen, Criminal Defense: White Collar
Bradley W. Fitzgerald (10), Transportation Law
Frank K. Friedman (10), Appellate Practice
Allen Glover Jr (25), Administrative/Regulatory Law; Energy Law
James W. Jennings (20), Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants; Product Liability Litigation-Defendants, Railroad Law
Neal Keesee (10), Corporate Law
Talfourd H. Kemper Sr. (30), Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates
Alton L. Knighton Jr., (20), Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Project Finance Law; Public Finance Law
Mark D. Loftis (10), Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation-Defendants; Technology Law
Heman A. Marshall III (25), Antitrust Law; Health Care Law; Litigation-Health Care
Richard C. Maxwell (10), Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Lee E. Osborne (20), Trusts and Estates
Thomas T. Palmer (10), Health Care Law
Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow (5), Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants
Matthew P. Pritts (10), Railroad Law; Transportation Law
Benjamin Rottenborn, Litigation-Patent
Alexander I. Saunders (15), Corporate Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Christopher W. Stevens (5), Insurance Law
Daniel C. Summerlin (5), Labor Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
King F. Tower (10), Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management
Thomas M. Winn III (10), Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Dudley F. Woody (5), Employment Law-Management
Charlottesville
Alden English (2), Real Estate Law
Lynchburg
Bernard C. Baldwin III (10), Corporate Law; Litigation-Trusts and Estates
John W. Francisco, Litigation-Construction
Henry M. Sackett III (35), Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
Darryl D. Whitesell (5), Tax Law
Robert C. Wood III (35), Commercial Litigation
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