Fifteen Gentry Locke Attorneys Recognized as 2016 “Legal Elite”
ROANOKE, Va. (December 1, 2016) – Gentry Locke is pleased to announce that 15 firm attorneys have been named to Virginia Business magazine’s 2016 Virginia Legal Elite list:
- J. Rudy Austin: Construction Law
- Thomas J. Bondurant, Jr.: Criminal Law
- Michael J. Finney: Civil Litigation
- W. William Gust: Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law
- Kevin Walker Holt: Civil Litigation
- Catherine J. Huff: Young Lawyer (Under 40)
- Paul G. Klockenbrink: Labor/Employment Law
- Todd A. Leeson: Labor/Employment Law
- K. Brett Marston: Construction Law
- Monica Taylor Monday: Appellate Law
- W. David Paxton: Labor/Employment Law
- Anthony M. Russell: Civil Litigation
- Bruce C. Stockburger: Business Law
- Maxwell H. Wiegard: Environmental Law
- Charles L. Williams: Environmental Law
The annual Legal Elite list recognizes lawyers across 18 practice areas who are selected by their peers as outstanding attorneys. Virginia Business and the Virginia Bar Association established the list in 2000 and voting is open to any licensed Virginia lawyer. For 2016, approximately 1,300 lawyers nominated nearly 3,800 attorneys. More than 950 lawyers, about a quarter of the total nominees, made the final Legal Elite list, which can be seen in its entirety here.
