Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Brett Marston is an experienced construction contracting, dispute resolution, and OSHA attorney. He also serves as Managing Partner at Gentry Locke and currently holds the position of the 87th President of the Virginia State Bar. As a member of the firm’s Construction Law practice group, he brings substantial expertise in negotiating and drafting construction contracts, resolving payment disputes, handling mechanic’s liens, bond claims, construction defect cases, delay claims, insurance issues, and OSHA matters. Brett represents clients in major construction cases before both federal and state courts, and in mediation and arbitration. He represents general contractors, subcontractors, owners, design professionals, and suppliers. Brett also serves as mediator and arbitrator in commercial disputes, mostly pertaining to construction matters.
Brett has been repeatedly recognized as a Virginia Super Lawyer, consistently appearing on their Virginia Top 10 and Top 100 lists. He has also received the Roanoke Lawyer of the Year for Construction Law honor from The Best Lawyers in America three times. In 2019, Brett was inducted as a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation. The previous year, Virginia Lawyers Weekly named him to its “Leaders in the Law” class of 2018.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Todd Leeson is the Chair of Gentry Locke’s Employment law practice group. He has over 35 years of experience representing and advising Virginia employers in employment and labor law matters and litigation. He regularly defends employment claims in Virginia courts and before agencies including the EEOC, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), DOL, OSHA (whistleblower and retaliation claims), and the corresponding Virginia agencies (DOLI, OCR). His experience includes the defense of companies as to alleged violations of Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FLSA, FMLA, the NLRA, and Virginia employment laws. Todd regularly drafts, enforces, and/or litigates non-compete agreements and executive employment contracts. In addition, he has considerable experience representing management in labor union matters including union avoidance campaigns, unfair labor practice charges and labor arbitrations. He also represents Virginia colleges in various student conduct matters including Title IX and sexual misconduct complaints.
Todd is rated “AV/Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, is repeatedly named one of the Best Lawyers in America in Labor & Employment Law, and has regularly been named to various lists, including Virginia Legal Elite. As recent examples, in 2022, Virginia Lawyers Weekly named Todd a “Go-To Lawyer for Employment Law, and in 2022 Best Lawyers in America named Todd the “Lawyer of the Year” (Labor law-management) in Roanoke. Todd was also honored by Virginia Lawyers Weekly in 2021 as a “Leader in the Law.”
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Paul Klockenbrink is a Partner in Gentry Locke’s Labor & Employment law group. Paul advises and represents employers throughout Virginia regarding employment law issues, as well as the litigation of non-compete agreements, and business-related claims. Paul is a frequent speaker at national and regional employment law seminars and also leads the firm’s Restaurant & Hospitality practice group. During his 30+ years with Gentry Locke, Paul has brought cases through successful jury verdicts involving discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, non-competition, defamation, and malicious prosecution. Paul is consistently noted as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Employment & Labor Law, and since 2009 he has earned a spot on the Best Lawyers in America list in Employment Law – Management. More recently, he was named to the Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2025 “Leaders in the Law” list as well as a “Go To Lawyer” for Employment Law.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Herschel Keller is a Partner with Gentry Locke, representing businesses, governmental entities, and institutions in Lynchburg and across the Commonwealth through his practice of Corporate and Business Law, Commercial Construction Law and Litigation, Complex Contract Drafting and Negotiation, and Government and Regulatory Affairs. Originally from Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Herschel now lives in Lynchburg, where he has practiced law for the past 20 years. Herschel heads up Gentry Locke’s Lynchburg office and also services clients in our Richmond office. He is active in the community, including serving as past president of the Central District Committee for the Associated General Contractors of Virginia. Prior to joining Gentry Locke, he was Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Lynchburg, and later rose to the role of a principal and an officer of a Lynchburg law firm.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Kevin W. Holt is a partner whose diverse practice includes commercial, real estate, intellectual property and ERISA litigation. Kevin represents companies and individuals in business and contract disputes, including complex financial and real estate matters. He also represents clients with cases involving intellectual property rights. He represents employers, insurance carriers and plan fiduciaries defending ERISA claims involving life, accident, and disability benefits. Since 2012 he has consistently been named to Best Lawyers in America in Commercial Litigation. Kevin is a past President of the Roanoke Bar Association and currently serves on Bar Council, the governing body of the Virginia State Bar.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Guy Harbert serves as General Counsel for Gentry Locke. For over 40 years, Guy has represented clients before trial and appellate courts throughout Virginia on insurance coverage, insurance defense, commercial litigation, and white-collar and other criminal defense matters. He is an active member of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys and a frequent lecturer and author on insurance litigation issues. Guy is consistently noted as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Personal Injury General: Defense, and since 2012 has consistently earned a spot on the Best Lawyers in America list for Insurance Law.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Greg Habeeb is the Chair of Gentry Locke’s Government and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group and also the President of Gentry Locke Consulting. Greg is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, where he served on the Courts of Justice, Rules, Commerce & Labor, Transportation and Privileges and Elections committees, and served on the Rules and Privileges & Elections committees. Greg is also a litigation partner specializing in complex business cases, representing individuals and companies in courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Bill Gust is a Senior Tax Partner with Gentry Locke located in the Roanoke, Virginia office. For more than 40 years, Bill has worked with business owners relative to tax, business transitions, employee benefits, corporate, and sophisticated estate planning matters. In addition to advising corporate boards relative to governance and fiduciary matters, Bill has assisted in the successful transition of many privately held businesses, through sales, mergers and implementation of numerous ESOPs. A member of the American College of Trust and Estates Counsel, National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) and the ESOP Association, Bill is a frequent lecturer on estate, business and tax planning as well as IRS and DOL compliance matters. As a part of his corporate practice, Bill regularly advises clients on mergers & acquisitions issues, qualified and nonqualified retirement and executive deferred compensation plans as well as the proper structure for corporate aircraft operations. He is consistently noted as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Tax Law, based on his high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement, and is consistently noted by Best Lawyers in America list for Tax and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Travis Graham joined Gentry Locke in 2007 after practicing law in Knoxville, Tennessee for a number of years. Travis represents both plaintiffs and defendants in the state and federal courts of Virginia and Tennessee, and focuses on trust and estate litigation, product liability, personal injury, and complex commercial litigation. He advises outdoor recreation groups on issues of access and liability, and is a frequent writer, lecturer, and consultant on issues of federal and state civil procedure.
Travis grew up in Virginia and attended Virginia Tech. He graduated from The University of Tennessee College of Law in 1998 as class valedictorian. He served as law clerk to the Honorable Glen M. Williams of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon, Va.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Frank Flippin specializes in the area of business planning. He has more than 50 years of experience representing management and equity owners in all facets of formation, succession planning, acquisitions and divestitures. Frank served as president of The Virginia Bar Association. He is consistently noted as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Business Law & Corporate Transactions and has been included in the Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, and Mergers and Acquisition Law since 1993.
