Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Charlie Williams joined Gentry Locke in 1970 and as a senior partner he heads the firm’s Environmental Law practice. His work includes advising corporate and municipal clients in the areas of environmental compliance, including enforcement and environmental tort litigation. He has extensive experience in contaminated land renewal and the management of environmental aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Charlie has consistently been recognized among the Best Lawyers in America for Environmental Law since 2006.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Spencer Wiegard is a Partner with Gentry Locke Attorneys. He is the Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group as well as the firm’s Construction Law practice group. Spencer focuses his practice in the areas of construction law, construction litigation, business litigation, occupational health and safety matters, government contracts, administrative law, and regulatory matters. He represents general contractors, subcontractors, trade contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, developers, and design professionals. Spencer is a past the Chair of the Construction Law and Public Contracts Section of the Virginia State Bar, and previously served multiple terms on the section’s Board of Governors.
Spencer is a former member of both the Board of Directors and a current member of the Legislative Committee for the Associated General Contractors of Virginia (“AGCVA”). He serves on the Executive Committee for the Roanoke District of the AGCVA and served as the AGCVA Roanoke District President from 2017-2019. Spencer has been recognized by “Virginia Super Lawyers” in Commercial Litigation. Spencer has also been recognized by Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” list in the area of Construction Law.
Spencer counsels and advises his clients concerning a range of legal issues, including contract drafting and negotiation, mechanic’s liens, surety bond claims, professional and occupational licensing issues, and OSHA compliance claims and business disputes. Spencer’s construction litigation practice involves breach of contract disputes, payment disputes, claims, construction defect disputes, design defect disputes, mechanic’s lien enforcement actions, payment bond claims, OSHA enforcement actions, professional licensure, and regulatory matters.
Spencer’s occupational health and safety practice involves overseeing health and safety audits and gap analysis, reviewing health and safety programs, policies, and procedures, assisting with OSHA inspections and investigations, health and safety incident response, and representing clients in response to OSHA citations. Spencer’s clients include employers from the construction industry, manufacturing industry, and general industry.
Spencer also represents retailers and manufacturers of manufactured homes in litigation, alternative dispute resolution, licensing, and regulatory matters. Spencer serves as counsel to and registered lobbyist for the Board of Directors for the Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Bruce Stockburger is a Partner in the firm with 49 years of experience providing business owners with sophisticated tax and business advice, including multi-generation wealth preservation techniques such as family limited partnerships, grantor trusts, generation-skipping trusts, charitable remainder and lead trusts, qualified personal residence trusts and business succession plans. He has served as counsel to many physician group practices, including the largest multi-specialty physician organization in Virginia for 15 years.
In addition, Bruce has represented numerous municipalities, not for profit organizations, and private developers in structuring state and federal tax credit financing transactions (historic rehabilitation, low-income housing, and New Markets tax credits) and handles tax-exempt financing of manufacturing facilities, tax-free and taxable mergers and acquisitions, and structuring sales of substantial assets.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Trey Smith is a Partner at Gentry Locke who focuses his practice on the representation of individuals and families effected by catastrophic loss. Over his 30 plus years with Gentry Locke, Trey has taken to trial cases involving medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability, private and commercial motor vehicle accidents, defamation, malicious prosecution, and toxic exposure, among others.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Scott Sexton, Senior Litigation Partner, is always neck-deep in some large and complicated lawsuit. He is truly at home in the courtroom, and his work ethic is unsurpassed. His partners and clients value his creative energy, hard work, persistence and ability to communicate complicated issues in simple terms. Scott practices law with the fundamental belief that there are many paths to victory, and most are not obvious or easy. For him, “no” is not an answer, just an invitation to find another way – or try harder.
Scott’s cases include complex commercial litigation, products liability, toxic torts, significant property disputes, mineral cases, catastrophic injuries, mass torts, and multi-district litigation. He chairs the firm’s Mineral, Energy and Natural Resources section, has been recognized by his peers as a Leader in the Law for his role in developing the law in Virginia, is a charter member of the International Institute of Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Law, a member of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, and a Senior Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America. Combining an understanding of business and industry with decades of experience in the law, Scott is known as an aggressive but fair advocate for his clients’ positions. He is frequently called on by his law partners and lawyers outside the firm for assistance and advice with challenging cases. And, he is consistently voted by his peers as a Virginia Super Lawyer, and ranked as one of Virginia’s Legal Elite and one of the Best Lawyers in America.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
William Rakes is Senior Counsel with Gentry Locke. During Bill’s more than 50 years of service at Gentry Locke, with more than 20 serving as Managing Partner, the firm grew from nine attorneys to its current scale of more than fifty-five. Bill’s practice largely consists of advising banks and other financial entities on governance, regulatory and securities matters, and handling commercial litigation matters for a wide range of businesses. Bill is a Fellow in The American College of Trial Lawyers and in The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. He has served as President of the Virginia State Bar and on the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association. Bill is consistently noted as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Business Litigation and is recognized among the Best Lawyers in America in several categories, including Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Banking and Finance Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, and Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Julie Perry practices in the area of plaintiff’s personal injury. She has been representing plaintiffs primarily in medical malpractice actions for over twenty years. Julie is also experienced in the field of alternative dispute resolution, and she serves as a mediator or arbitrator in a wide variety of litigated matters.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
David Paxton advises and represents businesses, business owners, and executives in the areas of labor & employment law, complex litigation, shareholder disputes and whistleblower claims. He regularly advises businesses and non-profits in connection with governance issues, nondisclosure agreements, and noncompete agreements, and represents parties in litigation involving claims of breach of contract, unfair competition and trade secrets. As the demand for internal investigations has grown, David has been engaged by businesses, financial institutions, colleges and universities, local government agencies and non-profits to lead and conduct investigations into allegations of misconduct or unlawful activities, and he works closely with the firm’s white-collar practice.
David serves as the key contact for the firm’s Chambers’ rated Labor & Employment Practice Group team, and has been a leader in ALFA International, the premier global legal network since 1988. He is a frequent guest speaker at national and regional employment law seminars and has consistently been named to Best Lawyers in America for Labor & Employment law since 2001. In 2021, David was named by Virginia Lawyers Weekly as one of Virginia’s “Go To Lawyers for Employment Law.”
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Roberts Moore practiced law for over 50 years with Gentry Locke, retiring after a remarkable and distinguished career as a trial lawyer. During that time, Roberts exemplified the best of what it means to be a Virginia lawyer, adhering to the highest levels of professionalism, ethics, and courtesy. Driven by a strong work ethic, Roberts handled over 200 jury trials, earning a reputation as a fearless and compassionate advocate who would not back down from an unpopular cause. He was recognized as one of the leading trial lawyers in the Commonwealth of Virginia by Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers in America, and Virginia Super Lawyers. Rabbit’s career is marked by his commitment to equal justice and access to justice, as well as his role as a wise mentor to countless young lawyers at Gentry Locke. Among his many accolades, he has received the Roanoke Bar Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, is a member of the Virginia Lawyers’ Weekly Hall of Fame, and has been a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Monica Monday heads the firm’s Appeals and Critical Issues practice. Monica represents her clients in Virginia’s state and federal appellate courts across a wide variety of cases, including commercial and business disputes, healthcare, property, personal injury, local government matters, domestic relations and more. In 2015, Monica was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers — only the fifth Virginia attorney to be so honored. Monica is ranked (Band 1) in Chambers USA, Virginia, for Appellate and General Commercial Litigation. She has been described by Chambers USA as having “a commanding reputation as ‘one of the go-to practitioners’ for appellate work” (2018), as being “held in high esteem as a leading appellate lawyer” (2022), and as being “the dean of Virginia Supreme Court litigation” (2023). She has been recognized among Virginia’s Top 10 Lawyers, Virginia’s Top 50 Women Lawyers, and Virginia’s Top 100 Lawyers by the Thomson Reuters’ Virginia Super Lawyers, and on the Best Lawyers in America and Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite lists. She was a “Leaders in the Law” honoree and named a “Go To Lawyer for Appellate” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
Monica frequently lectures and writes on appellate issues. She has served as Chair of The Virginia Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Section Council, the Appellate Practice Committee of the Virginia State Bar Litigation Section, and the Fourth Circuit Rules Advisory Committee.
Monica served as Managing Partner of the firm from 2013-2022, and now serves as Chair of Gentry Locke’s Executive Board.
Before joining Gentry Locke, Monica clerked for the Honorable Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., who served as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, and as a Justice and Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
