Raymond H. Suttle, Jr.
Biography
Ray is Managing Director of the Newport News office, where he is a member of the Commercial, Real Estate Strategies, and Government & Municipal Law practice groups. A Peninsula native, he is a second-generation business and real estate lawyer representing municipalities, lenders, and individual clients.
Recognition & Honors
- Best Lawyers in America, 2025-2026
- Virginia’s Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2016
Associations
- Newport News Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Virginia State Bar; Former Member, Young Lawyers Division
- Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate (HRACRE)
- Oyster Rotary Club; Former Member, Board of Directors
- Hampton Roads Academy; Trustee
- Newport News Green Foundation; Member, Board of Directors
- Colonial Virginia Boy Scouts of America; Member, Board of Directors; Past President, Board of Directors
- Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Red Cross; Former Member
- American Heart Association; Former Chair, Local Council
- Peninsula Fine Arts Center; Past President, Former Member
Education
- University of Virginia; B.A., 1985
- William & Mary Law School; J.D., 1988
Press & Publications
- 56 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2026, 5 Named “Lawyer of the Year,” and 13 Named “Ones to Watch”
- Kaufman & Canoles Names Raymond H. Suttle, Jr. Managing Director of the Firm’s Newport News Office
- 55 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2025, 7 Named “Lawyer of the Year,” and 13 Named “Ones to Watch”
- Raymond H. Suttle, Jr. Join Kaufman & Canoles