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On October 18, 2017, Gentry Locke associate Andrew Gay presented on “From Project Manager to Attorney at Law: Things I wish I knew when I managed construction projects” to attendees at the 2017 Annual SW Virginia/Tennessee Construction Conference. The event took place in Abingdon, Virginia at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center.

Gentry Locke Senior Counsel Partner Cynthia D. Kinser will be Keynote Speaker as well as a panelist at an upcoming event for attorneys offered by the Virginia State Bar on Friday, October 13, 2017. The “Solo & Small-Firm Practitioner Forum” event takes place at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and provides up to seven hours of CLE credit. Justice Kinser’s keynote speech is entitled “Solo and Small Firm Practitioners – Guardians of the Rule of Law.” The Virginia State Bar’s Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations is presenting the conference in cooperation with the Supreme Court of […]

On September 15, 2017, Gentry Locke partner Kathy Wright presented a CLE seminar with J. Duncan Pitchford to attendees of an event presented by The Virginia Bar Association’s Real Estate Section. The event took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. The one-hour course was designed to help real estate and general practitioners navigate Virginia’s dam regulations and dam ownership obligations, including dam maintenance, inspections, construction, alteration, costs and funding.

On August 3, 2017 Gentry Locke partner Spencer Wiegard presented before attendees at the 2017 Convention and Annual Meeting of the Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA). In presenting “The DPOR and the Virginia Board for Contractors; Regulatory Compliance, Investigations and Enforcement Actions,” Spencer discussed Virginia contractor license requirements and regulations, and how those requirements and regulations impact manufacturers and retailers of modular and manufactured homes.

On August 28, 2017 Gentry Locke partner Herschel Keller and Matt Benka, an expert in business development, will speak in Tel Aviv to a select audience of business professionals.

On July 15, 2017, attendees at the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance’s Annual Conference learned about “Doing Business Together – Ten Things to Consider Before You Sign,” a joint presentation by Gentry Locke attorneys Brett Marston and Andrew Gay, and Billy Robinson of Brown Edwards CPAs. The event took place at The Omni Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. The VTCA is the leading advocate and only state association exclusively dedicated to serving the contractors, aggregate producers, engineers, suppliers and service providers who design, build and maintain Virginia’s transportation network.

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.

On April 27, 2017 Gentry Locke Partner Herschel Keller presented to the AGC Young Construction Leaders on Risk Management in Glen Allen, Virginia.

Gentry Locke attorneys are ready, willing, and able to assist your company in adapting to the “new lay of the land” for changing federal and state laws. Attend one of our Symposia events, where we’ll cover timely updates like these: Changes in compliance: new rules, new reporting requirements, and new people enforcing them. What to expect from OSHA, EEOC, NLRB, OFCCP, DOL, & other rowdy gangs of acronyms. Handling internal and external workplace threats. Harassment, pay equity, drug testing, workers’ compensation — we will cover a lot of ground! Where and when:  May 2 at the Craddock Terry Hotel and Event […]