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Charlie Nave is admitted to the Bars of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts of Virginia and the District of Columbia, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and for the District of Columbia, and the Supreme Court of the United States.He has been assisting charities and fundraisers with the regulatory aspects of charitable solicitations since 1997. He has served as regulatory counsel to the Direct Marketing Association – Nonprofit Federation and currently serves as litigation counsel to American Charities for Reasonable Fundraising Regulation. He regularly speaks at conferences on topics of interest to nonprofits and fundraisers. Over the years, he has been integrally involved in numerous cases of particular interest to the nonprofit community, including: American Charities v. Pinellas County (a/k/a “Pinellas I”); Aid Association for Lutherans v. United States Postal Service; and Madigan v. Telemarketing Associates.

Jennifer Stanton is an experienced, effective and aggressive trial attorney. With twenty five years of trial experience, her current practice is dedicated to the defense of the accused in federal and state trial courts.. Stanton graduated from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina in 1983. Since receiving her Juris Doctorate degree from New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1990, Ms. Stanton has been sworn before the following courts: the Virginia Supreme Court and all the lower Virginia courts; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia; the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ; and the United States Supreme Court.. Jennifer Stanton provides criminal defense services to clients in matters of federal and state trials, pre- and post-trial motions, sentencings, and post-conviction relief matters.  Ms. Stanton frequently acts as local counsel for out-of-state attorneys who practice in Virginia on a pro hac vice basis.. Dedicated to providing the highest caliber of legal services, Ms. Stanton has been a speaker for the Capital Defense Workshop sponsored by the Virginia State Bar, having successfully tried several capital defense cases.  While in law school, Ms. Stanton wrote for the New England Journal on Criminal & Civil Confinement (1989-90) and was a finalist in the NESL Mock Trial Competition.  She is a former prosecutor and is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association.

Michelle is a Florida native and came to Virginia for the Military, serving in the United States Navy as a naval helicopter mechanic. After her service, Michelle attended George Mason University, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Integrated Studies with a Concentration in Legal Studies, as well as a double minor in Social Justice and Women and Gender Studies. During her time at GMU, she was selected to internship at the White House NEOB building and as the student speaker at her graduation ceremony. After college, Michelle attended the University of Richmond School of Law, pursuing her two passions, criminal and family law. She completed two internships and one post-grad fellowship with various Commonwealth's Attorney's Offices and one internship with the Children's Defense Clinic. Michelle also graduated with a Certificate in Family Law.. After passing the Virginia Bar, Michelle accepted a position with the Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. Throughout her time there she handled a variety of cases including possession of narcotics, possession of firearms, DUI's, sexual assault, murder, robbery, and domestic assault. Michelle moved to the Chesapeake Commonwealth's Attorney's Office where she was the Lead Gang Prosecutor for the City of Chesapeake. While there, Michelle specialized in handling gang cases to include a wide variety of violent crime.. While Michelle enjoyed her work as a Commonwealth Attorney, she wanted to explore the private sector and include family law back into her practice. Michelle enjoys working with people and looks forward to being a zealous advocate for her clients directly at Parks Zeigler.. Michelle enjoys spending time with her family, including her two French bulldogs. She loves reading, being outdoors, and traveling. Michelle and her husband, Joe, are also huge Miami Dolphins fans and often travel during the NFL season to football games across the East Coast. Go Fins!

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.

James F. Davis ("Jim”) graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a B.S. in Accounting in 1994 and received his Juris Doctor from the George Mason University School of Law in 1997. While in law school Jim successfully passed the Certified Public Accountant examination. In addition, he was a member of the George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal.Since graduating from law school, Jim has shared his time and talent on numerous community and local bar activities including mentoring new law students, participation in pro bono work on behalf of Legal Services of Northern Virginia, and serving on committees within the Fairfax Bar Association.Prior to opening his own law firm, Jim was a partner at the law firm of Greenspun, Shapiro, Davis and Leary, P.C. Jim is an experienced trial attorney and focuses his practice primarily in the areas of criminal law, traffic law, civil litigation and personal injury law.A Washington D.C. native, Jim lives with his wife Jennifer and two children in Fairfax Virginia.