August 2016 - Kaufman & Canoles is pleased to announce that the following attorneys were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016:
DEBRA C. ALBISTON, Family Law Mediation, Virginia Beach
MICHAEL E. BARNEY, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Virginia Beach
STANLEY G. BARR JR., Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Litigation-Municipal, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Norfolk
ROBERT J. BARRY, Employment Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Norfolk
R. BARROW BLACKWELL, Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Williamsburg
JOHN M. BREDEHOFT, Employment Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Norfolk
KRISTAN B. BURCH, Construction Law, Norfolk
PAUL K. CAMPSEN, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Litigation-Bankruptcy, Norfolk
GEORGE L. CONSOLVO, Corporate Law, Public Finance Law, Norfolk
ANN K. CRENSHAW, Litigation-Real Estate, Real Estate Law, Virginia Beach
LAWRENCE G. CUMMING, Real Estate Law, Hampton
DAVID M. DELPIERRE, Corporate Law, Norfolk
ROBERT E. FARMER III, Real Estate Law, Virginia Beach
PAUL W. GERHARDT, Real Estate Law, Williamsburg
ROBERT C. GOODMAN JR., Corporate Law, Derivatives & Futures Law, Mutual Funds Law, Norfolk
PHILIP L. HATCHETT, Trusts and Estates, Newport News
R. BRAXTON HILL III, Litigation & Controversy-Tax, Litigation-Trusts & Estates, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, Virginia Beach
BARRY W. HUNTER, Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Norfolk
GUS J. JAMES II, Corporate Law, Norfolk
KIRKLAND M. KELLEY, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, Norfolk
SCOTT W. KEZMAN, Employment Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Norfolk
CHARLES E. LAND, Real Estate Law, Norfolk
DENNIS T. LEWANDOWSKI, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency, Litigation-Bankruptcy, Norfolk
RICHARD C. MAPP III, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Employee Benefits Law, Norfolk
VINCENT J. MASTRACCO JR., Corporate Law, Norfolk
T. BRAXTON MCKEE, Health Care Law, Norfolk
CHARLES V. MCPHILLIPS, Corporate Law, Norfolk
TERENCE MURPHY, Litigation-Construction, Norfolk
STEPHEN E. NOONA, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Norfolk
ALFRED M. RANDOLPH JR., Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Norfolk
JONATHAN B. REED, Corporate Law, Norfolk
HUNTER W. SIMS JR., Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Banking & Finance, Litigation-First Amendment, Litigation - Trust& Estates,Norfolk
ROBERT E. SMARTSCHAN, Corporate Law, Norfolk
RANDY C. SPARKS, JR., Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Richmond
W. EDGAR SPIVEY, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Land Use & Zoning, Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation - Securities, Norfolk
JEFFREY M. STEDFAST, Real Estate Law, Norfolk
STEPHEN E. STORY, Franchise Law, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Norfolk
WILLIAM R. VAN BUREN III, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, and Health Care Law, Norfolk
LEWIS W. WEBB III, Trusts and Estates, Norfolk
BURT H. WHITT, Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Norfolk.
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