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Sarah focuses her practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and estate litigation. She also assists clients with formation of business entities, business succession planning, as well as with mergers and acquisitions.. Sarah has significant experience advising clients to plan for death and disability utilizing wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance medical directives. Developing plans which incorporate trust funding and business succession planning where appropriate, she works to help clients achieve their estate planning objectives while also ensuring those objectives are implemented efficiently and effectively.. Sarah also advises trustees and court appointed executors in the administration of trusts and estates in the Commonwealth ensuring the proper administration from the date of death through the notices to creditors, final distributions, and court ordered accounting requirements.. Sarah was recognized in Coastal Virginia’s Magazine as a 2020 Top Lawyers. As well as in Best Lawyers 2020: Ones to Watch.

Rachel Elizabeth Wentworth, Esquire, is a native of the Midwest, having lived in Indiana and Michigan much of her life. After graduating from Hillsdale College with a degree in History and Speech, Rachel moved to Virginia Beach in 2004 to further her education at Regent University School of Law. While attending law school, Rachel fell in love with her husband Daniel and decided to make Hampton Roads her home. She and her husband now reside in Chesapeake with their daughter, beagle and 3 cats.. Rachel graduated from Regent University in 2007 and immediately went to work for the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for the City of Portsmouth. This job gave her immediate experience preparing and trying criminal cases. In 2010, Rachel went into private practice learning numerous aspects of criminal defense work as well as civil practice. Now as the owner of her own firm, Rachel is proud to continue to serve the Hampton Roads community in the areas of criminal defense, traffic, wills, power of attorney, advance medical directives and document review.

Professional Background:After finishing my law degree, I went into practice for myself for several years, eventually forming a small firm. During this time I made many court appearances, trying cases in the General District Court, Circuit Court, Virginia Court of Appeals, State Corporation Commission, United States Equal Opportunity Commission, Social Security Administration and more. At Davis Law Group, I focus on family law as well as employment law. Our family law practice uses the Collaborative Divorce process, which helps families come to mutually beneficial agreements for distribution of assets and child custody through the process of mediation. Through my memberships with several levels of Collaborative professional organizations, I stay abreast of best practices and methods so that I can help our clients achieve the best results for their unique situation.. Life Influences:My parents and certain teachers were my biggest influencers in my life. My father’s mantra was “You can do anything you put your mind to.” I took that to heart and set high goals for myself because of the belief he instilled in me.. Favorite thing about my job:I love the daily opportunity to positively impact people’s lives.. In my spare time:I enjoy spending time with my children and helping them with their activities.

Professional attorney providing legal services for divorce and family law, military divorce, custody and visitation, child support, and spousal support (alimony). Also offering services for wills, trusts, and estates, as well as corporate and business law. Located in the Greenbrier section of Chesapeake, VA and serving Norfolk, Suffolk, Isle of Wight and all of Hampton Roads.

Originally from the Hampton Roads / Tidewater area. Carolyn grew up in Chesapeake and has lived in Virginia for her entire life. She specializes in Business and Estate Planning and founded Bedi Legal P.C. as a way to provide the Hampton Roads community with quality legal solutions in a more personal way.

Mark comes to WRG with over 18 years of experience and will assist the firms efforts by expanding our presence in the city of Chesapeake. Mr. Andrews gained valuable litigation experience as a Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Virginia Beach, and as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for the city of Newport News. Mark Andrews is routinely recognized as one of the top DWI/DUI and Criminal Defense attorneys in the Hampton Roads area and regularly receives client referrals from law firms and attorneys whose clients have been charged with a criminal and/or traffic offense.When it matters most!

Justin is a civil litigation attorney with a primary focus in business litigation. During his time at Davis Law, he has handled a variety of cases ranging from simple landlord and tenant disputes to complex commercial litigation. Justin excels in the trial setting, demonstrating zealous advocacy in seeking justice for each of his clients.. Justin is a graduate from Regent University School of Law, where he graduated with honors in the top tier of his graduating class. Aside from his excellent academic achievements, Justin was also involved as an editor on Regent’s Journal for Global Justice and Public Policy, Vice President of the Military and Veterans Law Society, and an executive board member of Regent’s Trial Advocacy Board, winning multiple awards for his performance at trial competitions across the nation.. Before going to law school, Justin served eight years in the United States Marine Corps, both on active duty and its reserve component. During his time in the Marine Corps he achieved the rank of Sergeant, seeing deployments to Iraq and the Asia Pacific. Justin now brings this experience from the Marine Corps into the courtroom, where is he relentless in his fight to get the most favorable outcome for his clients.

Jessica Clark is a Spanish-speaking attorney focusing her practice in the areas of trust and estate administration and estate litigation, including beneficiary representation, guardian and conservatorships, fiduciary litigation, and estate disputes that arise during the course of administration.. Jessica has extensive general litigation experience in contract, business, and real estate litigation. She has experience advocating for her clients in both state and federal courts, mediation, arbitration, trial, and appeal. Jessica has also assisted clients with their transactional and corporate law needs, working with individual and corporate clients to manage their relationships with business partners, customers, venders, and other third-parties.

James E. Short is a skilled lawyer who has over 30 years of experience. His practice is focused on a wide range of misdemeanor and felony criminal cases as well as DUI defense, family law and personal injury. As a former prosecutor, James E. Short, provides a unique perspective to assess your legal needs. He is committed to providing the highest level of service at an affordable price and fighting for the rights of his client. His successful track record has earned him the recognition of his colleagues and clients alike. Please call the office at to schedule an appointment.

i was an assistant commonwealth's attorney for the City of Norfolk, Va in the seventies, i am retired from th US military having served both as enlisted and an officer with 32.5 years of service and hold a retired rank of brigadier general. I have handled hundreds of personal injury cases and nursing home malpractice cases over my 44 plus years of practice. i am licensed in Virginia and North Carolina. In 2019 I was inducted into the Virginia's Lawyers Hall of Fame.

I have been practicing law in Virginia since 1998.  I earned my law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary and I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Indiana University.  I am also a certified public accountant (CPA) and I have a significant financial background and knowledge of business valuations, child support issues, and other financial aspects of divorce.  Moreover, I have over two decades experience with issues affecting families of divorce and separated status and dealing with custody matters.  I have been trained as a family and general mediator and in the area of collaborative law, to preserve the dignity of the family.  My practice is focused primarily in the area of family law and domestic relations.

I am an associate with the firm of Shannon & Associates who concentrates in family law, criminal law, elder law and civil litigation.. I practiced with the firm of Tavss Fletcher for nearly seven years, and am now with the firm of Shannon & Associates.. I was born and raised in New Zealand.  I graduated from Waikato University Law School in Hamilton, New Zealand, and was admitted to the New Zealand Bar in 1998.  After practicing law in New Zealand for several years, I moved to the US in 2003.  I received a LLM from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in 2010 and was admitted to practice law in Virginia. If you would like to schedule an appointment with me, you can e-mail me  at   You can also call the office at.

I am aggressive and proactive in my representation. Having been a family lawyer for 15 years in Hampton Roads, I have good relationships my colleagues. I am also a five-time Virginia state Chess Champion and will determine the best strategy and tactics to use to maximize your result in Court. Often, it may be to advise you to take an action you may never have thought about taking.

I am a criminal defense and domestic relations lawyer practicing throughout Virginia, but predominantly in the Hampton Roads area.. If you are charged with a crime, or if you are a man facing divorce, you need an attorney.. Having had divorced parents as a child, I understand the need for a father to fight for as much custody and visitation as possible in Virginia's system.  I have fought for custody for fathers, and I have won.  I have fought against spousal support payments and I have fought to protect assets such as retirement accounts, military retirement, homes, and personal property, and I have won.. With experience defending clients charged with offenses ranging from reckless driving to violent felonies such as malicious wounding, rape, sexual offenses against children and child pornography, and more, I bring the experience you need to reach the result you want in any criminal case.. Contact me today.

Everyone has a story. Each person’s story often includes an accumulation of finances (at least to some extent), knowledge, values and traditions, which always requires planning and sometimes requires protection. Sometimes attorneys and advisers call this an “estate.” I have built my practice around protecting client’s stories by all appropriate legal means that often overlap with real estate, business interests, finances, etc.. As a young father, and as a son, I know first-hand the importance of developing the right plan for your family because each one is different.. When I’m not working with clients, you’ll find me on an adventure with family, playing soccer, or just enjoying a good book.

Emily Rebecca Dunn, Esq. is a family law attorney and a passionate advocate for families and children. She strives to resolve disputes while preserving the parties’ relationship by bringing a cooperative approach to the table. Emily is dually barred in both Virginia and Florida. As a military spouse, she is familiar with the additional layers of complication faced by military families when they separate. Emily practices in the Hampton Roads area with a focus on Chesapeake and the Fifth District. Emily accepts court appointments as Guardian ad litem in Suffolk and Chesapeake.. When not serving her clients, Emily can be found chauffering her three children to and from their activities.

Dominic P. Lascara is a native of Portsmouth, Virginia. He graduated in 1986 from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary after receiving his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, in Business Administration in 1981 from Old Dominion University.. Dominic P. Lascara joined the law firm of Roy, Forehand, Laine and Dale, P.C. as an associate in the fall of 1986 after being admitted to the Virginia State Bar. He was admitted to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1987. He became a partner of Roy, Larsen, Romm & Lascara, P. C. in 1992. In the spring of 2007, he made the choice to open a solo practice that would be his own expression of his commitment to serve his clients.. His practice is primarily in the areas of residential and commercial real estate and refinancing, business and corporate law, contract law, wills, trusts and the probate of estates and elder law.. Dominic P. Lascara has served his community as a member of the Great Bridge Kiwanis Club and was a distinguished Past-President and a recipient of the George F. Hixon Fellow Award. He was also an Introduction Leader for Landmark Education Corporation, a training and development company which offers cutting edge programs to individuals and businesses.He is a member of the Chesapeake Bar Association, and was a past member of the Virginia Real Estate Attorneys League and the Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association and served on the Advisory Board of Directors for SouthTrust Bank before they merged with Wachovia Bank, N.A. in 2006.. Dominic has represented the Chesapeake Public School Board on several real estate issues and has served as anattorney reviewing commercial loans for Central Fidelity Bank. He also presently teaches real estate contract continuingeducation seminars for the Hampton Roads Realtors Association.. Dominic also enjoys traveling and is an active triathlete, which includes cycling, swimming and running. Dominic was an Introduction Leader and Introduction Leader Program Classroom Leader for Landmark Education Corporation, a leader and innovator in the field of training and development throughout the world. Feel free to ask him about that.

Bordegaray Injury Law PLLC represents people who have been injured by the negligence of others. The firm represents people injured in car accidents, drunk driving accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, dog bites/attacks, slip and fall accidents, etc. Nathan Bordegaray, the firm’s founder, is a veteran trial attorney with over 12 years’ experience. Nathan has a deep understanding of insurance company tactics as he spent the first 8 years of his career representing large insurance companies and their insureds. Nathan uses this knowledge to ensure that his clients do not get taken advantage of by insurance companies to secure his clients maximum compensation for their injuries.

Attorney Dunnigan graduated from Regent University in 2004. He specializes in Traffic and Criminal law and has been practicing law in Virginia for over fifteen (15) Dunnigan's goal is to make sure all my clients receive the BEST possible outcome for the charge they have.

Amanda is an Associate Attorney at Pender & Coward, P.C., focusing her practice on criminal and civil litigation. Amanda previously served for years as a prosecutor in Chesapeake, where she handled primarily adult felony cases. Amanda has litigated complex felony matters and developed special interests in animal law and driving under the influence offenses. Beyond her practice, Amanda serves on the Board of Directors for the Young Lawyers Conference (YLC) of the Virginia State Bar as well as the Women’s Division of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Chesapeake (WDHRCCC). She also serves on the Executive Board of the Chesapeake Bar Association as Treasurer. Amanda lives in Chesapeake with her husband, where the two enjoy opening their home to shelter dogs as volunteers and fosters with the Chesapeake Humane Society.