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You’ll want Benjamin Webb King on your team when it comes to bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. Webb regularly represents creditors, debtors and other interest holders in Chapter 11 cases and creditors in Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 cases.. Webb also represents creditors outside of bankruptcy, handling foreclosures, working to perfect and enforce lien rights and enforce court judgments, including use of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act to enforce judgments obtained outside Virginia.. Beyond bankruptcy, he has handled a wide variety of civil cases, including Uniform Commercial Code matters, mechanic’s liens, FELA cases, breach of contract cases, real estate disputes and business torts. Webb also regularly handles both commercial and residential landlord/tenant matters.. Webb graduated from Roanoke College and magna cum laude from the University of Richmond School of Law, where he served as an associate editor of the Law Review and as a teaching assistant for a first-year legal skills class. He clerked for Woods Rogers during law school.. Webb is past chair of the Virginia Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division. He has contributed to Bankruptcy Law News, a publication of the Virginia State Bar.. Webb is the past president of the board of directors of the Greenvale School in Roanoke, a non-profit childcare center that provides services designed for working families and single parents.

Victor Cardwell is among Virginia’s most recognized and accomplished experts in labor and employment law. Victor specializes in workplace violence, diversity, harassment and the Fair Labor Standards Act. He is sought after for training in a number of areas of labor and employment law across Virginia and is experienced in representing management in union organizing campaigns and union avoidance techniques.. He has practiced before the National Labor Relations Board and has significant experience before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Victor has written and lectured on all kinds of areas involving labor and employment law.. Prior to joining Woods Rogers in 1991, Victor served as Deputy Associate Chief Counsel with the U. S. Department of Labor Benefits Review Board. He has served as a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, representing Virginia, and was appointed to the Human Rights Council of the Commonwealth of Virginia.. Victor has been named to the Best Lawyers in America list since 2006 and recently has been included among the Super Lawyers in Virginia. Virginia Living magazine also named Victor a Legal Eagle.. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and law degree from Washington and Lee School of Law.. Victor has lent his legal talents to help such non-profit organizations as Family Services of the Valley, Mill Mountain Zoo, Child Health Investment Partnership, Center in the Square, United Way of Roanoke Valley, Virginia Commission on Human Rights and many more.

Tom Winn represents management in the full range of labor and employment law issues. Tom represents employers in litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. He also handles labor arbitrations, negotiations, strike-related activities and other issues under collective bargaining agreements.. Tom counsels management in union avoidance campaigns, and regularly handles litigation before the National Labor Relations Board.. In addition, Tom advises and trains management clients on workplace issues ranging from employee handbooks and agreements, discipline and discharge issues, ADA and FMLA compliance, workplace harassment and discrimination, substance abuse, affirmative action policies, and unfair competition issues. He’s a frequent contributor to the annual Woods Rogers Labor & Employment Seminar series.. Tom has been recognized for excellence in labor and employment by Best Lawyers in America, Virginia Business and Super Lawyers Magazine. Tom is a past chairman of the Employment Law Section of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles in various publications, including The Journal of Civil Litigation and The University of Richmond Law Review. Tom is co-author of Labor & Employment Law In Virginia: A Business Guide For Employers, a book published through the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.. Tom graduated from Duke University and cum laude from the University of Richmond’s law school where he was a member of the McNeill Law Society. His community involvement has included the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce, Boy Scouts of America, Opera Roanoke and Pathfinders for Greenways and DePaul Community Resources, among many others.

Talfourd H. Kemper is approaching 50 years of dedicated service to Woods Rogers clients. His expertise in construction law, corporate and business law, real estate, tax and trusts and estate planning has influenced hundreds of companies and individuals.. In the past he has served in a number of capacities for the firm, including managing partner and head of the Business Law Section. Talfourd has been named in Best Lawyers in America in both corporate law and real estate law for more than 20 years.. After graduating from Princeton University, Talfourd served as an officer in the U. S. Navy until 1962. He then attended law school at the University of Virginia, where he was articles editor of the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He joined the firm in 1965.

Richard C. Maxwell heads our Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights group and focuses on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, commercial law and equine law.. Among his many results for our clients, he once reorganized $50 million manufacturing company and emerged from bankruptcy within 90 days. He regularly appears in Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers and Virginia Living’s Legal Elite.. Well known in legal circles, Rich has been invited to be a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. He is a former director and Chairman of the Bankruptcy Section of the Virginia State Bar. He was chairman of the Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Law Conference and serves on the planning committee for the Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice. He edits and writes about enforcement of liens and judgments published by the Virginia Law Foundation.. Rich received a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College, a master’s of business administration degree from Eastern Michigan University and a law degree, cum laude, from the University of Richmond, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.. He has served the Roanoke Valley community on the boards of Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Clean Valley Council and National D-Day Memorial Foundation.

R. Neal Keesee, Jr. has extensive experience in all areas of corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, contracts, computer law, tax, succession planning, employee benefits, real estate, financing, creditor's rights and venture capital.. Neal is a frequent speaker on topics of interest to business owners and has authored chapters about corporate legal practice and limited liability companies in Virginia.. Neal is listed in Best Lawyers in America and as a Legal Elite in Virginia Business in both business law and intellectual property. His contributions to the local business community don’t go unnoticed – he was nominated for Small Business Advocate of the Year in 2007 and 2011 by members of the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce.. Neal joined Woods Rogers in 1988 after completing undergraduate work in accounting at Virginia Tech (magna cum laude) and earning his law degree from the College of William & Mary. He was a member of the Order of the Coif and the William & Mary Law Review.. He’s a board member of the Al Pollard Memorial Foundation, helping to raise scholarship funds in the name of a Roanoke corporate leader.

Nicholas C. Conte is one of Virginia’s premier corporate law attorneys. As Chairman of Woods Rogers and of our Corporate Law Group, he concentrates his practice in corporate and business law for start-up companies, closely held businesses and public companies throughout Virginia.. He has handled a wide range of corporate and business matters, representing companies in a variety of industries, including high tech, biotechnology, services and manufacturing. Nick has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, contract law, computer law, Internet business matters, succession planning, venture capital and financing.. Nick is vice chair of the Virginia State Bar’s Business Law Section and is a member of the Business Law Section of the Virginia Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He also serves on the Corporate Governance Committee of the ABA’s Business Law Section.. He imparts his wisdom as an adjunct professor of law at Washington and Lee University Law School, where he teaches a class on corporation finance.. Nick’s many media accolades include being named a Legal Elite in Virginia Business magazine, and making the lists of Best Lawyers in America and Virginia Super Lawyers magazine. He’s also been recognized by The Roanoker magazine as one of the top business attorneys in the Roanoke Valley.. Nick is an active member of the community, serving on the boards of directors of The Virginia Economic Bridge, United Way of Roanoke Valley, the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council and Roanoke Symphony Orchestra.. He received both his undergraduate degree and his law degree from the College of William & Mary.

Matthew P. Pritts concentrates on litigation, transportation law and construction law. His experience in state and federal courts ranges from personal injury litigation, real estate litigation, FELA litigation, intellectual property litigation, commercial disputes and construction law claims. He has presented to a variety of groups about construction law issues and the new electronic discovery rules.. Matt is named in Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of transportation law and has been recognized by Virginia Living as a Legal Eagle.. His involvement in professional organizations includes serving as chair of the Virginia Bar Association’s Transportation Law Section.. Matt graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University and received his law degree from Washington and Lee University, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and a staff writer for the Law Review.

Joshua R. Treece practices in the firm’s Labor & Employment and Litigation sections. Josh focuses his employment practice on issues related to discrimination, harassment, unfair competition, E-Verify and I-9 compliance. His litigation practice concentrates on matters pertaining to contract disputes and business torts and intellectual property disputes.. The North Carolina native is a magna cum laude graduate of Appalachian State University, where he was recognized with the Outstanding/Distinguished Senior Award. He received his law degree from William & Mary School of Law. Between his first and second year there, Josh worked for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Materials Litigation and Enforcement Division in Rockville, Md. Throughout his second year of law school, Josh clerked for the Honorable F. Bradford Stillman, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.. Prior to attending law school, Josh served as a law clerk with the United States Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee in Atlanta. Josh also spent four years working as an investigator for a South Carolina firm.. He is active in the local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.

It can be daunting to keep up with changing tax codes. Not for Neil V. Birkhoff, chair of our Tax and Estate Planning group and member of the firm’s Corporate Law group.. Neil’s practice includes federal, state and local tax planning for individuals and businesses, employee benefit plan issues, estate planning and estate administration. He represents businesses and individuals before tax authorities and in court on tax matters.. Neil is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and a past chair of both the Virginia State Bar’s Section of Taxation and the Virginia Bar Association’s Section of Taxation. Prior to joining Woods Rogers in 1987, Neil was a trial attorney in the tax division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.. Neil is a contributing author to several continuing legal education publications and teaches classes on estate planning and nonprofit organizations as an adjunct professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law. Neil is recognized for excellence in tax law in Best Lawyers in America and Virginia Super Lawyers.. He’s a graduate of the University of Virginia, earned his law degree from the College of William & Mary and his masters of tax law from George Washington University.. His community involvement includes service on the boards of directors of Feeding America Southwest Virginia and Goodwill Industries of the Valleys.

He’s worked on model non-competition agreements for a Fortune 500 company covering employees nationwide, drafted a handbook for one of Virginia’s largest contractors, and helped one of Virginia’s largest private medical practices reorganize its operations.. Prior to Woods Rogers, Agnis was a principal at the Center for Employment Law, P.C. He’s a member of the Labor and Employment sections of both the Virginia Bar Association and the American Bar Association, where he serves on The Developing Labor Law Subcommittee.. Agnis has a bachelor’s degree from the College of William & Mary and earned his law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law.. He is consistently honored by Virginia Business magazine as a Legal Elite in the field of labor and employment and is also listed in Best Lawyers in America and Virginia Super Lawyers. He’s been recognized as a Best Lawyer by Corporate Counsel magazine.. Agnis is a board member of the Al Pollard Memorial Foundation, helping to raise scholarship dollars in the name of a Roanoke corporate leader.

Francis H. “Chip” Casola is an experienced litigator who has handled a wide variety of personal injury matters including car accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, drunk driver, drowning, defective products, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and wrongful death cases.. Chip’s more notable cases involve the drowning of a child at a municipal pool, the death of a grandmother and her nine-year-old granddaughter when crushed by a rollback wrecker while stopped for a school bus, a motorcyclist who lost his leg in an accident on a curve, the death of a hobby farmer who was crushed by the bush hog on his tractor, and brain and other serious injuries to the passenger of a horse driven carriage which ran amok.. Chip also has experience handling complicated insurance issues which often accompany serious accidents.. While he has the resources of a large law firm available to him, Chip takes pride in providing his clients with personal service and moving cases to resolution as expeditiously as possible.  He has earned a perfect Martindale-Hubbell A/V rating from his peers.  He also has been listed with Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers and Virginia’s Legal Elite.  He is a past president of the Roanoke Bar Association, and has been active in other bar activities.  He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia School of Law.. Personal injury cases typically are handled on a contingent fee basis where the attorney is not paid unless there is a recovery, and the attorney advances all expenses. Cases for injured parties are handled on a contingent-fee basis, meaning no fee is charged unless there is a recovery. Cases for injured parties are handled on a contingent-fee basis, meaning no fee is charged unless there is a recovery. In addition, expenses typically are advanced on behalf of injured clients to the extent allowable by governing ethics rules.

Elizabeth Hope Cothran represents employers in litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies in a wide range of employment law issues in our Labor and Employment section. Hope also assists government contractors with all aspects of affirmative action compliance, including developing and maintaining affirmative action plans and defending them in audits conducted by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).. Hope regularly presents at our annual Labor & Employment seminar, advises employers and trains employees on a wide variety of workplace issues such as employee handbooks and agreements, discipline and discharge issues, noncompetition issues, social media in the workplace, FLSA, ADA and FMLA compliance and workplace harassment and discrimination.. She’s also written and lectured on all aspects of employment law throughout the region and has been cited by Super Lawyers magazine as one of its “Rising Stars.”. Hope volunteers her time by serving as president of the board of directors of Bethany Hall, which provides long-term residential substance abuse treatment for women. Always looking to give back to her profession, Hope also co-chairs the Choose Law/Pre-Law Counseling Committee of the Virginia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division.. Hope also serves as the co-chair of the firm’s Recruitment committee.. Hope is a graduate of Emory University and earned her law degree from the University of Richmond.

Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow is a trial lawyer who practices primarily in the area of medical malpractice defense.. Elizabeth has extensive experience representing healthcare providers and has successfully defended physicians, nurses and hospitals. She is also trained in Collaborative Process, a unique way to resolve divorces.. Elizabeth has tried jury cases in circuit courts and participated in numerous mediations. She was recognized by Virginia Lawyers Weekly for receiving one of the largest defense verdicts in 2007 and 2011 and receiving two “million-dollar med-mal defense verdicts” in 2010 and 2012.. She has lectured extensively on risk management issues to various professional groups in Virginia and has authored a chapter of Virginia CLE Medical Malpractice Law in Virginia.. Elizabeth is the new president of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (VADA) – the second-youngest president and only the second woman to lead the statewide bar association for defense attorneys. Perrow also is the third Woods Rogers attorney to serve as president of the organization.. She’s been named in Super Lawyers and in Best Lawyers in America in personal injury defense/medical malpractice and medical malpractice law.. Elizabeth graduated from Lynchburg College cum laude and earned her law degree at Oklahoma City University School of Law, summa cum laude, where she received the award for Outstanding Woman Graduate in her class.. She received the Young Lawyer of the Year Award from the Roanoke Bar Association in 2008 and was twice named Boss of the Year by the Roanoke Valley Legal Secretaries Association (RVLSA).

Daniel C. Summerlin III practices in the firm’s Environmental Law, White Collar Crime, Commercial Litigation and Labor and Employment Law sections.. Dan has represented management and municipalities in cases involving a wide array of criminal, environmental and employment issues. His practice has included litigation in state and federal courts, representing clients before state and federal agencies, as well as counseling clients on important managerial decisions covering the environment and employment matters. In addition to his environmental law and employment law, Dan also represents clients in commercial litigation matters in state and federal court.. He’s a contributor to Woods Rogers’ annual Labor & Employment Seminar series.. Dan, a Roanoke native, returned to the area upon earning his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina and law degree from William and Mary and.

Alexander I. Saunders offers clients more than 30 years of experience in tax and corporate law. His practice includes tax planning for individuals and businesses, estate planning, and corporate sales and acquisitions. He also represents businesses and individuals before tax authorities and in court on tax matters.. Alex has written and lectured extensively in the fields of tax law, trust and estate law and corporate law and was one of the authors of the first treatise on limited liability companies in Virginia. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America in the field of Taxation, Trusts and Estates, and Corporate Law and in Virginia Business as one of the “Legal Elite” in taxes/estates/trusts. Alex has been named by Best Lawyers in America as the best in this geographic area in the field of Corporate Law in one year and for 2012/2013 in the field of Taxation. Alex also has been named in The Roanoker magazine as the Valley’s top individual attorney in the fields of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates by vote of members of the local bar. Alex’s work also has resulted in him being listed in the field of Taxation by Virginia Super Lawyer magazine.. He’s a graduate of the University of Virginia and University of Virginia Law School and has a master of laws degree in taxation from New York University. He served as law clerk to Judge H. S. Boreman of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals before joining Woods Rogers.. Alex is a member and former chairman of the Roanoke College Estate Planning Council, member and former chairman of the Ferrum College Estate Planning Council, member of the Roanoke Valley Estate Planning Council and member of The Jefferson Center’s Planned Giving Council.. Alex has served on the board of the Roanoke Valley YMCA and is legal counsel to the organization. He has served on numerous other local charitable boards, including the Science Museum of Western Virginia and the Foundation for Roanoke Valley.