Virginia Business Names K. Brett Marston and Gregory D. Habeeb to its 2025 Virginia 500 Power List
Roanoke, Va. (September 3, 2025) – The Virginia law firm Gentry Locke is pleased to announce that K. Brett Marston and Gregory D. Habeeb have been named to Virginia Business’s 2025 “Power 500” list.
The editorial team of Virginia Business has selected Gentry Locke’s Brett Marston in the category of Law. Brett is Gentry Locke’s Managing Partner and serves as the current President of the Virginia State Bar. Greg Habeeb was selected in the category of Professional Services. Habeeb is the President of Gentry Locke Consulting, as well as Chairs Gentry Locke’s Government and Regulatory Affairs practice group.
“The list of executives chosen for profiles in this publication is determined by position, career achievements, company revenue, the number of employees a leader oversees, the scope of his or her responsibilities, and their involvement and prominence within their industry and community,” explained Richard Foster, Virginia Business Editor.
The full list of individuals recognized in the Virginia Business’s 500 Power list can be found here.
Marston serves as Gentry Locke’s Managing Partner and is a member of the firm’s Construction Law practice group. He has extensive experience in construction contract negotiations and preparation, payment disputes, mechanic’s liens, bond claims, construction defects, delay claims, insurance, and OSHA matters. He handles significant construction matters in federal and state courts, arbitration and mediation for general contractors, subcontractors, owners, design professionals and suppliers. In addition, Marston also serves as President of the Virginia State Bar, a post he will hold through June 2026. He has a lengthy history of leadership in the state bar. He currently leads the bar’s executive committee and formerly served on the budget and finance committee.
Habeeb has been a fixture in Virginia politics and political consulting for decades. He served as a Republican delegate for Virginia’s 8th District in the House of Delegates from January 2011 until his resignation in August 2018; Habeeb wanted to devote more time to his work at Gentry Locke. Today, he is president of Gentry Locke Consulting, a lobbying and strategic communications consulting practice the firm launched in 2020. Habeeb chairs the firm’s government and regulatory affairs practice.
About Gentry Locke
With 80 lawyers practicing across a range of disciplines, Gentry Locke brings uncommon thinking and deep experience to the legal and business challenges of companies, institutions, organizations, and individuals — a commitment the firm has met since 1923. Operating from offices in Roanoke, Lynchburg, Richmond, and Norfolk, Gentry Locke serves clients in Virginia and across the United States. Meet the firm’s dynamic attorneys and learn more about its fierce drive to achieve success for its clients by exploring our website.
