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Managing Partner Monica Monday is quoted in a recent Virginia Business magazine article entitled “Lawyer or Boss?”  The article details the challenges managing partners face in their dual roles of serving clients in legal matters and managing the needs of an entire law firm. The article was written by Richard Foster. In the article, Monday offers “I wouldn’t have taken the job if it had meant giving up my practice for management. I love to practice law … That’s just an important part of who I am.” Monday headed the firm’s Appellate practice for many years prior to being named Managing Partner […]

ROANOKE, VA (August 17, 2015) – Gentry Locke is pleased to announce that twenty-three of its attorneys have been named 2016 “Best Lawyers in America” by Best Lawyers. The “Best Lawyers in America” honor reflects exceptionally high marks – for talent, accomplishments and integrity – and is the product of a rigorous peer-review evaluation process conducted by Best Lawyers each year. The “Best Lawyers in America” commendation testifies to the respect earned by these practitioners from leading lawyers in that same practice within each community. In addition to the honors listed below, a special honor was given to Anthony M. Russell, who received […]

ROANOKE, VA (August 13, 2015) – Gentry Locke Partner W. David Paxton has been named the Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Group for ALFA International. This appointment occurred at the conclusion of an international labor and employment conference held in Park City, Utah on July 24, 2015. ALFA International, a global network of more than 150 independent law firms, exists to provide high-quality, cost-efficient legal services to clients which enables them to use local expertise to deliver highly effective legal solutions. ALFA International’s 80 US firms maintain offices in 95 of the top 100 largest metropolitan areas, and […]

(July 23, 2015) The U.S. Probation Office, which prepares pre-sentencing reports to help guide federal judges, has recommended a life sentence for former Peanut Corporation of America executive Stewart Parnell, according to documents filed in United States District Court by prosecutors. In an article published by The New York Times on July 23, 2015, both prosecutors and defense attorneys in the case have characterized such a recommendation as “unprecedented.” Parnell, 61, is scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge in Albany, Georgia on September 21, 2015. According to the article, “Federal judges are required to consider recommendations based on […]

June 30, 2015 (Roanoke, Va.) — Gentry Locke is very proud of attorney John Reed Thomas, Jr., who today took the oath and was promoted to the rank of Major in the United States Marine Corps. John is Gentry Locke’s point person for qui tam litigation, where whistleblowers uncover and report fraud against the government. John is also a U.S. Marine Corps judge advocate, with significant experience in prosecuting and defending courts-martial and advising commanders on the laws of war. Prior to joining Gentry Locke in 2012, John served as Marine Corps defense counsel, representing Marines and sailors at General and special […]

June 16, 2015 (Lynchburg, Va.): The official ribbon cutting ceremony and Open House for Gentry Locke’s Lynchburg office proved a great success. The downtown Lynchburg office, located at 801 Main Street on the 11th floor, was filled to the brim with clients and friends of the firm. On hand with a large, red ribbon (and what must be in the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the largest pairs of wooden scissors) were John Mastroianni and Edie Swann, representing The Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. The honors of cutting the red ribbon went to partner Brett Marston, ably […]

Gentry Locke Partner Todd Leeson was interviewed in a June 5th, 2015 news story on WSLS Channel 10 regarding the news that the Grayson County School Board might not have the money to pay its employees for the month of June. This has been an evolving story carried by Channel 10 and other news outlets for the last few days. By the 11:00 p.m. newscast on June 5th, there had been another development with the County and/or School Board reporting that they will be able to pay the teachers. According to reporter Aaron Martin’s report, “Todd Leeson, an employment and labor law […]

In May and June of 2015, Gentry Locke partner Todd Leeson presented at conferences in Virginia on the topic of campus sexual assaults. On May 1, 2015, Todd spoke at the 2015 Annual Conference for the Virginia Chapter of the College and University Professional Association for HR (CUPA-HR). Todd’s presentation was entitled “Legal Update with Focus on Campus Sexual Assault Developments.” On June 3, 2015, Todd presented a talk entitled “Campus Sexual Assault: Legal Obligations and Practical Considerations” as part of an accounting firm’s 2015 annual client seminar for private colleges, universities and not-for-profit organizations. The audience for this seminar […]

ROANOKE, VA (May 27, 2015) – Gentry Locke is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Andrew D. Finnicum, who will serve clients from our Roanoke location. Andrew will focus primarily on personal injury, medical malpractice, and workers’ compensation. A summa cum laude graduate from Liberty University’s Helms School of Government and a magna cum laude graduate of Washington & Lee University School of Law, Andrew served as a judicial extern with the 23rd Judicial Circuit in Roanoke. After graduating, he honed his skills as an attorney in Lynchburg, where he became a zealous advocate for clients in cases ranging […]