Lead Panelist, Improving Your Results in Handling Bodily Injury Claims
On October 20, 2017 Robert Chambliss Light, Jr. was lead panelist for a CLE presented by the Virginia Law Foundation exploring ways to improve results in bodily injury claims.
Gentry Locke’s Daniel R. Sullivan admitted to practice in West Virginia
ROANOKE, Va. (October 20, 2017) – The Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke is pleased to announce that Daniel R. Sullivan, an associate on the firm’s Business Litigation team, has been admitted to practice law in West Virginia. “We congratulate Dan for receiving this additional admittance. Being licensed in West Virginia will allow Dan to more effectively represent our clients who are based in the state,” said Guy M. Harbert III, chair of the firm’s Insurance practice group. “It will also enable the firm to continue to expand its footprint, and attract and retain clients in West Virginia.” Sullivan’s work […]
2017 Annual SW Virginia/Tennessee Construction Conference
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.
Environmental Regulators Examining New Threats
Charlie Williams joined Gentry Locke in 1970 and heads the firm’s Environmental Law practice. His work includes advising corporate and municipal clients in the areas of environmental compliance, including enforcement and environmental tort litigation. He has extensive experience in contaminated land renewal and the management of environmental aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Everyone in the country that operates a business or owns property should be mindful of impending regulatory action regarding newly identified contaminants. These “emerging contaminants” are generally described as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFASs”) which are perfluoroalkyl acids that have been commonly and widely used in the United […]
Solo and Small Firm Practitioners – Guardians of the Rule of Law
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 […]
Gentry Locke Welcomes New Associates Alicha M. Grubb and Ariel S. Wossene
Alicha M. Grubb joins Commercial Litigation group and Ariel S. Wossene joins Plaintiff’s group ROANOKE, Va. (October 4, 2017) – Two lawyers have joined the Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke as associates in the Roanoke office. Alicha M. Grubb will work in the Commercial Litigation group helping clients resolve their business disputes, and Ariel S. Wossene will handle Qui Tam/Whistleblower matters while providing support to the firm’s Plaintiff, Employment, and Litigation practices. Both Alicha and Ariel join Gentry Locke after serving as law clerks at the 23rd Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia. While at the 23rd Judicial Circuit Court of […]
Gentry Locke and two attorneys earn “Benchmark Litigation” recognition
ROANOKE, Va. (September 29, 2017) – The Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke and two of its attorneys have been selected for recognition in the 2018 edition of Benchmark Litigation, which ranks leading local firms and star attorneys in the U.S. commercial litigation and plaintiff markets. Gentry Locke has been ranked as a “Recommended” firm for the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Gentry Locke partners J. Rudy Austin and W. David Paxton have been named 2018 “Local Litigation Stars.” Both Austin and Paxton have been recognized by Benchmark consecutively since 2012. Austin, who was recognized in the realms of General Commercial and Insurance, […]
Supreme Court of Virginia Rule Amendment Simplifies Appellate Practice, but a New Rule has Shortcomings
Cynthia Kinser was the first woman Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Her seventeen years of distinguished service to the Court ended with her retirement in 2014. In 2015, she joined Gentry Locke as Senior Counsel, where she focuses on appeals, criminal matters, and government investigations. The Supreme Court of Virginia amended Rule 5:17 and added a new rule, Rule 1:5A. The amendment to Rule 5:17(a)(1) simplifies calculation of the time period for filing a petition for appeal. The addition of Rule 1:5A eliminates a harsh outcome when a pleading or other paper is not signed or is signed by a person […]
Be a Good Dam Lawyer…Navigating Virginia’s Regulation and Requirements for Impounding Structures
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.
