26 Hirschler Lawyers Named to 2021 Best Lawyers®, 4 Named “Lawyers of the Year” and 3 Listed Among “Ones to Watch”

08.20.2020

Hirschler is pleased to announce that 26 of its attorneys have been included among Best Lawyers in America for 2021, with four attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice areas and three attorneys named among the inaugural “Ones to Watch” List. As one of the oldest and most distinguished legal directories, Best Lawyers conducts peer-review surveys to compile its annual list of top attorneys across various practice areas. The 2021 edition of the publication is available today at www.bestlawyers.com.

Selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in Richmond for their practice areas are J. Benjamin English for Venture Capital Law, John R. Walk for Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, R. Webb Moore for Construction Law and S. Brian Farmer for Information Technology Law. The “Lawyer of the Year” recognitions are awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area in a certain geographic location. Only a single lawyer in each specialty and designated location is named as a “Lawyer of the Year.”

Selected as “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” in Richmond are Kelly J. Bundy for Construction Law, Elizabeth C. Burneson for Commercial Litigation and Construction Law and Alexandra Casagrande for Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. The “Ones to Watch” recognitions are awarded to individual attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. 

Hirschler attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2021 Best Lawyers in America guide and their respective locations and practice areas are:

Tysons, Va.

• Lawrence A. Katz – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; and Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Stephen E. Leach – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; and Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Wayne G. Travell – Commercial Litigation
• William L. Walsh, Jr. – Corporate Governance Law

Richmond, Va.

• Andrew K. Clark – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Paul H. Davenport – Real Estate Law
• Thomas J. Dillon III – Commercial Litigation; Franchise Law; and Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Benjamin English – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Corporate Governance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Project Finance Law; and Venture Capital Law
• Brian Farmer – Corporate Law; Information Technology Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; and Venture Capital Law
• Mahlon G. Funk, Jr. – Family Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs; and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Laura Lee Garrett – Real Estate Law
• Barry A. Hackney – Construction Law; and Litigation – Construction
• Robert P. Henley – Litigation – Intellectual Property
• John C. Ivins – Litigation – Real Estate
• Webb Moore – Construction Law; and Litigation – Construction
• Courtney Moates Paulk – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; and Litigation – Construction
• N. Pendleton Rogers – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; and Tax Law
• Charles H. Rothenberg – Land Use and Zoning Law
• John W. Steele – Real Estate Law
• Michael H. Terry – Real Estate Law
• James W. Theobald – Land Use and Zoning Law; and Real Estate Law
• Robert R. Vieth – Commercial Litigation; and Litigation – Real Estate
• John R. Walk – Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation – Real Estate; and Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• James L. Weinberg – Gaming Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; and Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Robert Westermann – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Charles F. Witthoefft – Arbitration; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; and Mediation

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Globally, almost 108,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote and nearly 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world were received. For the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 67,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."