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ROANOKE, Va. (October 25, 2018) – The Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke is pleased to announce that Roanoke partner K. Brett Marston was named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s 2018 class of “Leaders in the Law” and Roanoke partner Daniel R. Sullivan was named to the publication’s 2018 class of “Up & Coming Lawyers.” All 2018 recipients were formally honored during an awards ceremony on October 25. Now in its 13th year, Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s Leaders in the Law program recognizes attorneys who are setting the standard for other practitioners in Virginia. Leaders are named for changing the law, serving the community, changing practice, or […]

Orus Ashby Berkley, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. (FERC)   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mia Yugo, Yugo@gentrylocke.com, 540.983.9444 Thomas J. Bondurant, Jr., Bondurant@gentrylocke.com, 540.983.9389 ROANOKE, Va. (October 24, 2018): Landowners in Virginia and West Virginia filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. The Petition seeks to appeal the judgment of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. It seeks reversal by the nation’s highest Court on the lower courts’ subject matter jurisdiction to hear Petitioners’ constitutional challenges. According to Mia Yugo, Gentry Locke attorney for the Landowners, “This case is […]

ROANOKE, Va. (September 30, 2018) – The Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke is pleased to announce that Caley A. DeGroote has joined the firm’s Roanoke office as an associate on the Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice teams, where she will assist with complex litigation matters. Before joining Gentry Locke, Caley researched criminal and civil legal issues in preparation for hearings and trials as a law clerk for the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit Court. Prior to that, she analyzed legal issues and helped create opinions and legal orders as a summer intern for The Honorable J. Michelle Childs at the U.S. District […]

The laws for restaurants regarding “tip pooling” (and other pay practices) can be complex and confusing. For example, did you know that the almost 900-page Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, which took effect March 23, 2018, contained a passage that also amended the “tip pooling” laws?  Moreover, the statutory remedies for a violation of the “tip pooling” laws can be harsh, even for innocent mistakes. In 2018 alone, the following restaurants paid large settlement amounts in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage-hour collective action cases for allegedly violating tip pooling (and other FLSA) laws:  Bob Evans ($3 Million); P.F. Chang’s ($2.65 […]