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ROANOKE, Va. (July 12, 2017) – Justice Cynthia D. Kinser, the first woman chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and senior counsel at the Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke, was honored by having her portrait hung at the Supreme Court of Virginia on June 9. Kinser spent 17 years on the Supreme Court of Virginia, with more than three of those years as chief justice. She retired from the bench in 2014. In 2015, she joined Gentry Locke as senior counsel, where she focuses on appeals, criminal matters and government investigations. “An accomplished legal scholar, Justice Cynthia Kinser is a pioneer in her […]

July 7, 2017 (Roanoke, Va.) – Gentry Locke was pleased to appear in a recent Roanoke Times article regarding our role in helping to ensure that Blue Ridge Legal Services can fully fund a second attorney to serve the needs of our community. Gentry Locke’s donation will be paired with an equal donation from one other large law firm to total $15,000, along with expected generosity from the 100 local firms that were contacted to aid in this endeavor. Monica Monday, our Managing Partner, was quoted in the article as saying “Blue Ridge did not ask us to do this, […]

On June 15, 2017, Brown Edwards held its annual seminar for private colleges and not-for-profit organizations. Gentry Locke partner Todd Leeson was invited to speak in a presentation entitled: “Employment and Student Conduct Legal Issues College Administrators Should Know.” Todd educated college administrators on issues including sexual misconduct under Title IX, union organizing, rights of LGBTQ persons, violence on campus, and upcoming priorities for the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the EEOC in the Trump Administration.

 ROANOKE, Va. (June 12, 2017) – Gentry Locke celebrated the accomplishments of highly esteemed partner J. Rudy Austin for his 50th anniversary at the firm at an event on June 12. “We are proud of Rudy’s contributions to Gentry Locke, his generous role as mentor and partner, and of the honorable way that he has practiced law for 50 years,” said Monica Taylor Monday, managing partner of the firm. “Rudy exemplifies what is best in Virginia lawyers. He is wise, is courteous to everyone with whom he deals, maintains the highest standards of professionalism and ethics, and is fiercely committed […]

ROANOKE, Va. (June 19, 2017) – Gentry Locke is very pleased to announce that partner Kevin Walker Holt has assumed the role of president of the Roanoke Bar Association (RBA). Kevin follows a distinguished line of Gentry Locke attorneys who have served as RBA President, including J. Rudy Austin, K. Brett Marston, William R. Rakes and Charles L. Williams. Former partners Wilburn Dibling, Fred Gentry, John Locke, Mike Pace, and Roy Rush also served in this capacity. In addition, Gentry Locke partner Christen C. Church currently serves on the organization’s board of directors. Kevin focuses his practice on commercial, employment, ERISA […]

ROANOKE, Va. (June 7, 2017) – Gentry Locke has been recognized as a leading Virginia law firm for commercial litigation by Chambers USA 2017: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, a prestigious annual ranking of law firms and attorneys. Additionally, Chambers USA recognized Managing Partner Monica Monday as a “Leading Individual,” with an “outstanding reputation,” for her appellate work. In the law firm ranking, Chambers USA praised the firm’s “renowned expertise in civil dispute resolution and personal injury plaintiff cases” and its work in “white-collar criminal and government investigations, and appellate, medical and insurance matters.” This was Monday’s first year of […]

  May 25, 2017 – Gentry Locke was pleased to be a Ruby and Red Carpet Sponsor for the 2017 American Heart Association “Go Red for Women” luncheon, which was held at The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. Gentry Locke’s Managing Partner Monica Monday co-chaired the event and conveyed a moving, personal connection to heart disease in her speech to attendees. In addition to learning about heart attacks and eating heart-healthy, delicious food, a fashion show featured models who are health care workers serving on the front lines of traumatic heart issues. Shown are some of images of this very red, […]

ROANOKE, Va. (May 19, 2017) – Gentry Locke is pleased to announce it has been named Best Law Firm in Southwest Virginia by Virginia Living in the 2017 Best of Virginia issue, published on May 18. This year marks the first time the firm has been named to the list. Virginia Living’s sixth annual Best of Virginia issue is a guide of all that is ‘best’ in Virginia. More than 1,500 winners from the annual Best of Virginia Readers’ Survey are featured in 106 categories covering the best in arts, culture & entertainment, living & recreation, shopping, services and food & […]

  Once again, Gentry Locke attorneys and staff have demonstrated their generosity and love of a great charitable campaign by winning the 2017 Legal Food Frenzy to benefit Feeding America Southwest Virginia. The Legal Food Frenzy is a project of The Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. It pits law firm against law firm in an effort to stock and support our local food pantry. While last year Gentry Locke elected a Food Czar — Paul Klockenbrink — this year’s organizers whipped the firm into a competitive frenzy with a campaign to elect an “Official Furry Friend of the Legal […]