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 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 […]

ROANOKE, Va. (May 5, 2017) – Gentry Locke has been named Best Law Firm, Platinum by the Roanoker magazine in its 2017 annual reader poll. The platinum award is the highest honor in each category. The award is part of the magazine’s annual “Best of Roanoke” reader poll, which tabulates more than 68,000 individual votes by readers in more than 125 categories. The “Best of” issue, which is in its 30th continuous year, was published on May 5. Headquartered in Roanoke, VA, the Roanoker magazine has published for 43 years, making it the longest continuously running local magazine in Virginia. LeisureMedia360, which […]

April 28, 2017 – Gentry Locke Partner John R. Thomas, Jr., who represents clients with whistleblower, qui tam claims and False Claims Act litigation, was quoted in two recent articles discussing the recent settlement between the U.S. government and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, resolving allegations that the hospital fraudulently obtained federal grant money. The Boston Globe article, entitled, “Partners, Brigham and Women’s to pay $10m in research fraud case,” is available in a PDF or online here. In addition, Thomas was quoted in a Retraction Watch article entitled, “Harvard teaching hospital to pay $10 million to settle research misconduct allegations.” The […]

Gentry Locke is pleased to announce that 28 of the firm’s attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2017 Virginia Super Lawyers® list, a national legal ranking. Attorneys were nominated by their peers and recognized for their outstanding professional achievement in several legal practice areas, including civil litigation, appellate law, criminal defense, business litigation, business/corporate law, construction litigation, employment & labor law and litigation, personal injury, professional liability, and tax law. Of those selected, 17 of the firm’s attorneys are from the Roanoke and Lynchburg offices and were named as Virginia Super Lawyers, while 11 attorneys were selected as Virginia […]