R. Paul Childress, Jr. has been installed as a member of the Board of Directors for The Rotary Club of Richmond. (6/10)

catherine c. ayres was elected as Chair-Elect of the Business Law Section of the Bar Association of the City of Richmond on May 11, 2010. Ms. Ayres has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section since 2007. (6/10)

thamer e. "chip" temple III was sworn in as the 126th President of the Bar Association of the City of Richmond on April 21, 2010. (5/10)

R. Paul Childress, Jr. participated as a Panel Member in presenting Ethical Pitfalls & Landmines in 21st Century Trial Practice during the Annual Meeting of the Virginia Trial Laywers Association held in Williamsburg. (3/10)

thamer e. "chip" temple III will be the featured speaker at the November meeting of the Virginia Association of Nonprofit Homes for the Aging. His remarks will focus on the proposed new ADAAA regulations, social networking at work, and wage calculation issues. (10/09)

G. William “Bill” Norris, Jr. was elected President by the Board of Trustees for the Virginia Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (“LLS”) for 2009-2010.  Mr. Norris has served on the LLS Board since 2005.

R. Paul Childress, Jr. participated in a risk management seminar held in Chicago that addressed issues related in part to the adoption by the AICPA of the Risk Assessment Standards (SAS 104-111) and Fair Value Accounting under SFAS No. 157.

R. Paul Childress, Jr and thamer e. "chip" temple III have been selected to appear in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Paul has once again been selected in the specialty of Professional Malpractice, and Chip was selected in the specialty of Labor and Employment Law.

David R. Ruby participated as a speaker at a recent Lorman seminar entitled "Commercial and Real Estate Loan Documents in Virginia:  More Than Just Papers."  Mr. Ruby ’s topic included enforcing loan and security agreements under the Uniform Commercial Code and creditor rights and strategies in bankruptcy. 

Patrick m. McSweeney and Kristie g. Haynes successfully argued to the Virginia Supreme Court that sovereign immunity did not bar two users of the Dulles Toll Road from suing the Secretary of Transportation to enjoin the executive branch from deeding the Dulles Toll Road to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority without explicit authorization from the General Assembly. READ MORE> >

Patrick m. McSweeney successfully argued to the Virginia Supreme Court that the General Assembly's delegation of its taxing power to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority violated the Virginia Constitution. READ MORE> >

R. Paul Childress, Jr. successfully defended a Richmond-area attorney in a legal malpractice case filed in Hanover County Circuit Court.  During the two-day trial, held in mid-June, several interesting legal issues were argued, particularly one related to a novel defense related to construction litigation.

Beverley L. Crump was profiled in the December 2007 edition of Virginia Business magazine as the Real Estate/Land Use attorney of the year by Virginia Legal Elite.  SEE ARTICLE>>