112 McGuireWoods Partners Recognized in Best Lawyers in America

18 September 2006

Best Lawyers in America recognized 112 McGuireWoods LLP lawyers in its 2007 edition. The number is up from 96 recognized last year.

Published by Woodward/White, Inc., Best Lawyers in America is widely regarded as the leading referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Lawyers are selected for inclusion on the list through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the United States confidentially evaluate their peers.

The following McGuireWoods partners were listed as best lawyers for their respective practice areas:

* Maureen C. Ackerly, Trusts and Estates (first listing)

* W. Allen Ames, Jr., Real Estate Law (listed 10+ years)

* Arthur E. Anderson II, Public Finance Law

* Ronald D. Aucutt, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates (listed 10+ years)

* Terrence M. Bagley, Product Liability Litigation (first listing)

* James Banks, Jr., Labor and Employment Law

* John S. Barr, Alternative Dispute Resolution

* John W. Bates III, Real Estate Law (listed 20+ years)

* John C. Beane, Corporate Law (first listing)

* Scott Becker, Health Care Law (first listing)

* Dennis I. Belcher, Trusts and Estates (listed 20+ years)

* Craig D. Bell, Tax Law (first listing)

* Ava E. Lias-Booker, Commercial Litigation

* Lucius H. Bracey, Jr., Trusts and Estates (listed 10+ years)

* William G. Broaddus, Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation, Eminent

Domain and Condemnation Law

* Thomas C. Brown, Jr., Corporate Law, Health Care Law (listed 20+ years)

* Robert L. Burrus, Jr., Corporate Governance and Compliance Law,

Corporate Law (listed 20+ years)

* Stephen D. Busch, Personal Injury Litigation

* Scott S. Cairns, Labor and Employment Law

* Jeffrey R. Capwell, Employee Benefits Law

* Joseph C. Carter III, Corporate Law

* John V. Cogbill III, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law (listed

10+ years)

* Richard J. Cromwell, Personal Injury Litigation

* Richard Cullen, Commercial Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense

* Clifford A. Cutchins IV, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law,

Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

* James C. Dimitri, Energy Law

* Frank J. Donatelli, Government Relations Law (first listing)

* J. Kevin Dougherty, Corporate Law

* W. Birch Douglass III, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates (listed 10+ years)

* David E. Evans, Environmental Law, Water Law (listed 10+ years)

* Renee B. Fain, Public Finance Law

* Howard Feller, Antitrust Law

* Paul E. Fisher, Real Estate Law

* Edward L. Flippen, Energy Law (listed 10+ years)

* Douglas M. Foley, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

* Charles D. Fox IV, Trusts and Estates

* Bonnie M. France, Public Finance Law

* Stanley M. Franklin, Banking Law (first listing)

* Mark E. Freedlander, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

* Gloria L. Freye, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

* William F. Gieg, Real Estate Law (listed 20+ years)

* Philip Goldstein, Mass Tort Litigation

* Alan B. Gordon, Real Estate Law

* Leslie A. Grandis, Corporate Law (listed 20+ years)

* Richard T. Greenberg, International Trade and Finance Law (first

listing)

* T. Craig Harmon, Real Estate Law

* James T. Harrington, Environmental Law (first listing)

* Dion W. Hayes, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

* J. Brian Jackson, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability

Litigation

* Kenneth M. Keefe, Jr., Real Estate Law (first listing)

* Donald E. King, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (first listing)

* Sally Doubet King, Employee Benefits Law

* William H. King, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation,

Product Liability Litigation (listed 20+ years)

* C. Ralph Kinsey, Jr., Commercial Litigation (first listing)

* Steven D. Kittrell, Employee Benefits Law

* Kurt J. Krueger, Corporate Law

* Henry deVos Lawrie, Jr., Employee Benefits Law (listed 10+ years)

* Richard E. Lieberman, Labor and Employment

* Nancy R. Little, Real Estate Law

* Josiah C.T. Lucas, Public Finance Law

* William B. Marianes, Gaming Law

* Gary S. Marshall, Labor and Employment Law

* Leonard J. Marsico, Commercial Litigation (first listing)

* R. Dennis McArver, Real Estate Law (listed 20+ years)

* James P. McElligott, Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law

(listed 10+ years)

* Robert G. McElroy, Tax Law

* Robert W. McFarland, Commercial Litigation

* Gary C. McGee, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law (listed 10+

years)

* Michele A.W. McKinnon, Non-Profit/Charities Law (first listing)

* Richard L. Menson, Employee Benefits Law (listed 20+ years)

* Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Tax

Law (listed 10+ years)

* Thomas R. Mulroy, Jr., Commercial Litigation, White-Collar Criminal

Defense

* John B. O'Grady, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates (listed 10+ years)

* John D. Padgett, Transportation Law (first listing)

* Rosewell Page III, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation,

Product Liability Litigation (listed 20+ years)

* Robert Plotkin, Commercial Litigation (first listing)

* James H. Price III, Personal Injury Litigation

* Jonathan P. Rak, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

* Donald A. Rea, Information Technology Law (first listing)

* David L. Richardson, Public Finance Law

* Lloyd Richardson, Public Finance Law (first listing)

* Lawrence E. Rifken, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

* Brian C. Riopelle, Intellectual Property Law

* Stephen W. Robinson, Labor and Employment Law

* Thomas P. Rohman, Tax Law

* Deborah M. Russell, Personal Injury Litigation

* Dana Rust, Labor and Employment Law

* Robert G. Sable, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (listed 20+

years)

* Daniel K. Slone, Environmental Law

* James C. Smith, Commercial Litigation

* R. Gordon Smith, Corporate Law, Health Care Law (listed 20+ years)

* Thomas E. Spahn, Commercial Litigation (first listing)

* Thomas J. Stallings, Health Care Law (first listing)

* William J. Strickland, Public Finance Law

* Charles R. Swartz, Real Estate Law (listed 10+ years)

* Samuel L. Tarry, Jr., Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation,

Product Liability Litigation

* James A. Thornhill, Environmental Law (first listing)

* William E. Twomey, Jr., Labor and Employment Law (listed 20+ years)

* Howard C. Vick, Jr., White-Collar Criminal Defense (first listing)

* J. Tracy Walker IV, Product Liability Litigation (first listing)

* James H. Walsh, Antitrust Law

* Stephen H. Watts II, Energy Law (listed 10+ years)

* David M. Wells, Commercial Litigation (listed 10+ years)

* Anne Marie Whittemore, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation

(listed 20+ years)

* Steven R. Williams, Mass Tort Litigation, Product Liability Litigation

(first listing)

* Mark D. Williamson, Real Estate Law

* Ernest G. Wilson, Public Finance Law

* R. Craig Wood, Labor and Employment Law, Personal Injury Litigation

(listed 10+ years)

* Thomas S. Word, Jr., Trusts and Estates (listed 20+ years)

* W. Carter Younger, Labor and Employment Law (listed 20+ years)

* Gino Zaccardelli, Trusts and Estates

* Warren E. Zirkle, Commercial Litigation

McGuireWoods LLP is a full-service law firm with approximately 750 lawyers in 15 offices in the United States, Europe and Central Asia providing legal counsel to clients around the world. For more information, visit http://www.mcguirewoods.com.

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