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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 […]

ROANOKE, VA (May 21, 2015) – The Judicial Council of Virginia has named Gentry Locke’s Senior Counsel, Justice Cynthia D. Kinser, as the recipient of the 2014 Harry L. Carrico Outstanding Career Service Award. The Harry L. Carrico Outstanding Career Service Award is presented annually by the Judicial Council of Virginia to a Virginia judge who, over an extended career, has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the administration of the courts while exhibiting the traits of integrity, courtesy, impartiality, wisdom and humility. All appellate, circuit and district court judges are eligible for nomination. “Justice Kinser is recognized not only for her […]

ROANOKE, VA (May 1, 2015) – Gentry Locke is delighted to announce the addition of the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Cynthia D. Kinser, who will serve as Senior Counsel to the firm beginning May 5, 2015. Justice Kinser will focus on appeals, criminal matters, and government investigations. As Virginia’s first woman chief justice, Kinser spent 17 years on the Supreme Court of Virginia, with more than three of those years as Chief Justice. Prior to her service on the Supreme Court of Virginia, she worked in private practice in southwest Virginia, served a term as […]

“The VOICE of HR” – Gentry Locke’s 2015 Labor & Employment Law Symposium, was a big hit this year. Almost 200 HR professionals and business executives from Virginia and North Carolina attended the Lynchburg or Roanoke events. Gentry Locke attorneys presented updates and practical recommendations on topics including the NLRB, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, OSHA inspections, whistleblower & retaliation claims, key employee departure best practices, employee benefit data security, sexual harassment in the workplace. Here are some representative comments from attendees: This is the most beneficial HR-related training that I attend. As busy as our days are, it is not […]

Twenty-eight Gentry Locke attorneys have earned recognition as 2015 Virginia Super Lawyers and Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. For the second year in a row, Partner Brett Marston was included on the Top 100 list in Virginia, and for the third year in a row, Managing Partner Monica Monday was included among Virginia’s Top 50 Women. Monica was interviewed in an article in Super Lawyers Magazine, which was published in April of 2015. Attorneys named to the […]

Gentry Locke is pleased to note that RVLSA . . . the association for legal professionals has chosen three Gentry Locke professionals to serve in the organization’s leadership. On April 16, 2015, Kelly Hickey was installed as President, Faye Vucich was installed as Vice-president, and Monica Guilliams was installed as Secretary. This is the third time Kelly will serve as President, including a year at the state level, and she is currently Chair of the Educational Products Development Task Force at the national level. Faye is also Vice-president at the state level, and will be President at the state level […]

Gentry Locke is pleased to announce the addition of Amanda M. Morgan, who will serve Of Counsel to Gentry Locke’s Lynchburg office. Amanda will focus on civil, municipal, and business litigation. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Richmond Law School, Amanda served as an intern in the Office of the Chief Staff Attorney of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the United States Attorney’s Office, and the Virginia Office of the Attorney General in Richmond. She subsequently honed her skills in insurance defense, civil litigation, and local government matters with law firms in Danville and South Boston, Virginia. […]