Thirty-Seven WRVB Attorneys Named to 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List

37 Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black (WRVB) attorneys have been recognized in the 2023 edition of Virginia Super Lawyers, with 25 named as “Virginia Super Lawyers” and 12 recognized as “Virginia Rising Stars.”

Each year, the Super Lawyers research team selects no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state to receive this honor.

2023 Virginia Super Lawyers

Christopher Ambrosio
Business/Corporate

D. Stan Barnhill
Construction Litigation

Anne G. Bibeau
Employment & Labor

Victor O. Cardwell
Employment & Labor

Deborah M. Casey
Real Estate

Francis H. Casola
Business Litigation

William E. Franczek
ADR

James R. Harvey
Surety

Michael E. Hastings
Bankruptcy: Business

Patrick W. Herman
Estate & Probate

Ray W. King
Real Estate

Mark D. Loftis
Business Litigation

Neil S. Lowenstein
Construction Litigation

Richard C. Maxwell
Banking

Richard H. Ottinger
Business Litigation

Douglas M. Palais
Sureties Litigation

Elizabeth G. Perrow
PI Med Mal: Defense

Edward J. Powers
Transportation/Maritime

Adam S. Rafal
Workers’ Compensation

Brooke C. Rosen
Family Law

Michael L. Sterling
Government Contracts

Brian L. Sykes
Workers’ Compensation

King F. Tower
Employment & Labor

Daniel R. Weckstein
Construction Litigation

Thomas M. Winn
Employment & Labor

2023 Virginia Rising Stars

Zach Agee
Business/Corporate

Patrick R. Bolling
Employment & Labor

W. Watts Burks
Real Estate

Thomas W. Chappell
Appellate

Susan E.B. Cook
Estate & Probate

Elizabeth Barry Heddleston
Health Care

Dustin Narcisse
Workers’ Compensation

Nicholas Mirra
Business/Corporate

James B. Rixey
Real Estate

Daniel L. Stephens
Real Estate

Leah Stiegler
Employment & Labor

C. Walker Terry
PI Med Mal: Defense

Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” recognizes top up-and-coming lawyers who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing ten or fewer years. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.