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If there is one book that every Virginia practitioner should have, this is it.
Virginia Law and Practice: A Handbook for Attorneys spans across major practice areas, as well as subjects found in almost every practice, such as agency and contracts. Combining quick reference to relevant primary law with practice pointers, it can and should be the first place you go to research a topic, get ready to meet a client, or prepare a case. It provides ongoing value to experienced attorneys, as well as new ones.
This 2020 edition is revised and updated through the 2019 session of the General Assembly, as well as recent state and federal cases.
The materials for this book also serve as the seminar materials for our Rule 1A:1 Reciprocity Course.
Published in cooperation with the Fellows of the Virginia Law Foundation
1. AGENCY IN VIRGINIA
Updated by the publisher’s editorial staff
2. APPELLATE PRACTICE IN VIRGINIA
Benjamin V. Madison, III
Regent University School of Law / Virginia Beach
George A. Somerville
Harman Claytor
Corrigan Wellman / Glen Allen
3. BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS IN VIRGINIA
Richard H. Howard-Smith
Flora Pettit PC / Charlottesville
4. CIVIL PROCEDURE IN VIRGINIA
Robert C. Wood, III
WoodsRogers PLC / Lynchburg
5. CONFLICT OF LAWS IN VIRGINIA
Robert C. Wood, III
WoodsRogers PLC / Lynchburg
6. CONTRACTS IN VIRGINIA
Carrie H. O’Malley
Hirschler Fleischer, P.C. / Fredericksburg
7. CREDITORS’ RIGHTS IN VIRGINIA
Steven L. Higgs
Steven L. Higgs, P.C. / Roanoke
8. CRIMINAL LAW IN VIRGINIA
Michael HuYoung
Barnes & Diehl, P.C. / Richmond
9. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN VIRGINI
Michael HuYoung
Barnes & Diehl, P.C. / Richmond
10. POST-CONVICTION REMEDIES INVIRGINIA
Jonathan P. Sheldon
Sheldon & Flood, PLC / Fairfax
11. DOMESTIC RELATIONS IN VIRGINIA
Edward D. Barnes
Barnes & Diehl, P.C. / Richmond
12. EQUITY IN VIRGINIA
Robert C. Wood, III
WoodsRogers PLC / Lynchburg
13. ESTATE ADMINISTRATION IN VIRGINIA
James P. Cox, III
Michie Hamlett, PLLC / Charlottesville
14. EVIDENCE IN VIRGINIA
Updated by the publisher’s editorial staff
15. LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW IN VIRGINIA
Steven L. Micas
Prince George County / Prince George
16. PERSONAL PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA
Kay M. Creasman
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company / Chesterfield
Jon W. Brodegard
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company / Manassas / Hampton Roads
17. REAL PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA
Kay M. Creasman
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company / Chesterfield
18. SALES LAW IN VIRGINIA
Peter L. Henderer
McCandlish Holton, P.C. / Richmond
19. TORTS IN VIRGINIA
Kailani Memmer
Johneal M. White
Glenn Robinson Cathey Memmer & Skaff PLC / Roanoke
20. TRUSTS IN VIRGINIA
James P. Cox, III
Michie Hamlett, PLLC / Charlottesville
21. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE IN VIRGINIA
Mark D. Loftis
WoodsRogers PLC / Roanoke
22. VIRGINIA CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Updated by the publisher’s editorial staff
23. VIRGINIA TAXATION
Christian Tennant
McGuireWoods LLP / Richmond
24. WILLS IN VIRGINIA
James P. Cox, III
Michie Hamlett, PLLC / Charlottesville
Edward D. Barnes, Barnes & Diehl, P.C., Richmond.
Edward D. Barnes, author of Chapter 11, is the founder and CEO of Barnes & Diehl, P.C. In 2018 he was ranked number one lawyer out of all lawyers in Virginia by Super Lawyer magazine. He has also been inducted into the Inaugural Class of the Virginia Hall of Fame by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. He has been ranked as one of the Top 10 lawyers in Virginia by Super Lawyer magazine and by Richmond magazine for many years. Mr. Barnes has served as President of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Virginia Chapter. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Chicago). He is on the faculty at the University of Richmond School of Law, teaching Ethics in Family Law. He has been named Family Lawyer of the Year for Richmond for 2009 and 2015 by The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Barnes is the recipient of the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Virginia State Bar, Family Law Section (2004-2005); he is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation; he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for over 20 years; and he has been listed in Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite” every year since its inception. He has been named the Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Richmond School of Law. He has served as President of the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Bar Association as well as the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association and has been selected “Legal Eagle” by Virginia Living magazine. He is a frequent MCLE speaker and contributor to publications regarding family law matters. He has been a member of the MENSA Society and is an instrument-rated airplane pilot. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Europe.
Jon W. Brodegard, Old Republic National Title Company, Manassas/ Hampton Roads.
Jon W. Brodegard, co-author of Chapter 16, is Counsel for Old Republic National Title Company. He received his J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law, now George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, and a B.A. from Brigham Young University. Following graduation from law school, he completed a judicial clerkship in the Office of Hearings and Appeals for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Subsequently, Mr. Brodegard focused on real estate and title insurance matters, first in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. and then in the Hampton Roads area. He has been admitted to practice law in Virginia and Maryland and is licensed as a title agent in Virginia, Mary land, and the District of Columbia.
James P. Cox, III, MichieHamlett, PLLC, Charlottesville.
James P. Cox, III, author of Chapters 13, 20, and 24, is a member of the firm of Michie Hamlett, PLLC, in Charlottesville where he has practiced since 1983. His areas of practice include estate planning and administration, real estate, and litigation and court proceedings relating to estate matters.
Mr. Cox received a B.A., summa cum laude, from Duke University in 1980 and a J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1983. He is fellow of the Ameri can College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a Virginia Law Fellow, and a Committee member of both Virginia CLE and the Virginia Law Foundation. He is a member of The Virginia Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association, the Duke University Estate Planning Council, the Central Virginia Estate Planning Council, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Cox is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association, a past Chairman of the Wills, Trusts, and Estates Section of The Virginia Bar Association, and is a member of the Legislative Committee of the Wills, Trusts, and Estates Section of the Virginia Bar Association. He is also a past President of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association and the current Chairman of the Real Estate Committee of that organization.
Mr. Cox is a frequent lecturer in continuing legal education programs and, since 1993, has been the author of the annual supplements to the treatise, Harrison on Wills and Administration in Virginia and West Virginia (LexisNexis). He is named in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America in both Trusts and Estates and Real Estate Law and has been designated as a “Super Lawyer.” He is also the editor and a contributing author to the Virginia CLE publication, Estate and Trust Administration in Virginia since it was first published in 1997, through its Sixth Edition, published spring, 2019.
Kay M. Creasman, Old Republic National Title Company, Chesterfield.
Kay M. Creasman, co-author of Chapter 16 and author of Chapter 17, is Virginia Counsel and Assistant Vice President for Old Republic National Title Company and has been with Old Republic since March 2008, solving problems with practical solutions for title and settlement agents throughout Virginia.
Ms. Creasman received a J.D. from the University of Richmond, an M.Ed. from Tulane University, and a B.S. from Athens College. Since 1976 when she moved to Virginia, she has, at various times, maintained a private law practice in the Richmond area focusing on real estate, small business matters, and wills; owned and operated a high-volume title insurance and non-attorney settlement agency; been employed by national underwriters as counsel in Virginia and West Virginia; searched title in the record rooms; and taught both undergraduate and graduate students in the business schools at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond. Ms. Creasman is a frequent speaker for Virginia CLE, Virginia Land Title Association, Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, and others on real estate and title insurance matters.
Ms. Creasman has been active as an Area Representative for the Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar since 2010 and involved with multiple committees, has been on the Board of Governors since 2013, and was Chair of the Board of Governors (2018-2019). She is a member of the Board of Governors of the Real Estate Section of The Virginia Bar Association. She is the recipient of the 2017 Traver Scholar Award presented by the Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar and Virginia Continuing Legal Education to honor men and women who embody the highest ideals and expertise in the practice of real estate law. Traver Scholars are Real Property Section members who have made significant contributions to the practice of real property law generally and the Section specifically and have generously shared their knowledge with others.
Ms. Creasman is an active member and a past president (2003-2004) of the Virginia Land Title Association (VLTA) and the 2010 recipient of the VLTA Distinguished Service Award, which honors individual members of VLTA who have made significant contributions to and an impact on the success of the Association. Within VLTA she focuses on legislative matters affecting real estate in Virginia and continuing education of title and settlement agents.
Peter L. Henderer, McCandlish Holton, P.C., Richmond.
Peter L. Henderer, author of Chapter 18, is a director with McCandlish Holton, P.C., in Richmond. He earned an A.B. in 1993 from Bowdoin College and a J.D. in 1996 from the George Washington University Law School. Mr. Henderer’s practice focuses on commercial real estate development and finance.
Richard H. Howard-Smith, Flora Pettit PC, Charlottesville
Richard H. Howard-Smith, author of Chapter 3, is a tax attorney with the Charlottesville office of the law firm of Flora Pettit PC, practicing primarily in the areas of estate planning and administration, business organizations and transactions, charitable planned giving, taxation, tax-exempt organizations, and general business work. He graduated from the University of Virginia (B.A. 1981) and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (J.D. 1984; Master of Law and Taxation 1985). He is a member of the Virginia State Bar (Taxation; Trust & Estates Sections); the American Bar Association (Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections); The Virginia Bar Association; and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association (serving as President for the 2019-2020 term). Mr. Howard Smith is also a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
He has been a lecturer for Virginia CLE seminars on Choice of Entity, Estate Planning and Administration, Trusts, Negotiating the Purchase and Sale of a Business, Limited Liability Companies, The 2001 Tax Act, and Bridge the Gap.
Mr. Howard-Smith has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Tax; Wills, Trusts and Estates), Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite,” Virginia Super Lawyers, Who’s Who Among American Lawyers, and Who’s Who in American Law.
Steven L. Higgs, Steven L. Higgs, P.C., Roanoke.
Steven L. Higgs, author of Chapter 7, is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation (Class of 2008). He is the principal of Steven L. Higgs, P.C., in Roanoke. He is certified in Creditors’ Rights and in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. His areas of practice include representing creditors in bankruptcy cases, creditors’ rights, civil litigation, and commercial real estate. Mr. Higgs earned a B.A. from Washington and Lee University in 1980 and a J.D. in 1983 from the T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond. He is a frequent speaker for Virginia CLE and is a contributing author of four Virginia Lawyers Practice Handbooks: Bankruptcy Practice in Virginia (4th ed. 2017), Debt Collection for Virginia Lawyers—A Systematic Approach (7th ed. 2018), Enforcement of Liens and Judgments in Virginia (8th ed. 2019), and The Virginia Lawyer—A Deskbook for Practitioners (6th ed. 2018). Mr. Higgs is the author or co-author of more than 100 articles, seminar outlines, and book chapters on bankruptcy law, creditors’ rights law, legal ethics, and real estate foreclosures. He is a past president of the Roanoke Bar Association and a member of the American Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Association, the Virginia Law Foundation, the Roanoke Law Foundation, the Litigation Counsel of America, and the National Conference of Bar Presidents.
Michael HuYoung, Barnes & Diehl, P.C., Richmond.
Michael HuYoung, author of Chapters 8 and 9, is a shareholder at Barnes and Diehl, P.C. His areas of practice are criminal defense and family law. He began his law practice in 1982 after graduating from the University of Richmond Law School. He obtained his undergraduate degree with distinction from the University of Virginia. He is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals (Fourth Circuit), United States District Court (Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia), Virginia Supreme Court, Virginia Court of Appeals, and the Circuit, General District, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a Substitute Judge appointed from the 14th Judicial Circuit, and he is appointed by the Governor to serve on the Criminal Justice Services Board for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Mr. HuYoung is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and was its “Lawyer of the Year in White Collar Criminal Defense” in 2012. He is a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society. In 2010, Mr. HuYoung was selected as a “Leader in the Law” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. He is a Virginia Super Lawyer and a Virginia Legal Elite. He is also AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. HuYoung is a former Adjunct Professor at the University of Richmond Law School and still coaches its Trial Advocacy Board’s Mock Trial Competition teams as well as its Moot Court teams. He is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars for attorneys and judges.
Mr. HuYoung is a member of the Virginia State Bar’s Diversity Conference after serving as a Former Chair, Past Board Member, and a Founder of the Conference. In 2019, he was awarded the Clarence M. Dunnaville, Jr. Award, named after the notable civil rights lawyer, by the Virginia State Bar for his work in promoting diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. He also served on the Virginia State Bar’s Executive Committee and Bar Council. He is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation and sits on its Board. He is a member of The Virginia Bar Association and serves on its Governance Committee, after serving on its Board and as a former Chair of its Criminal Law Section. He is also a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and a former Board member and chaired its Criminal Law Section. He serves on the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference after being a Past Chair and a Founder of the Conference. He is also a member and Director of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia and was the recipient of its Award of Excellence in 2008.
Mark D. Loftis, WoodsRogers PLC, Roanoke.
Mark D. Loftis, author of Chapter 21, is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation (Class of 2008). As chairman of WoodsRogers’ Litigation Section, Mr. Loftis practices primarily in the areas of product liability, commercial litigation, and insurance coverage litigation. He has extensive experience representing product manufacturers, product retailers and utility companies in litigation matters in both state and federal courts. He frequently writes and lectures on warranty, contract, and technology law issues. Mr. Loftis has served as president of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, the leading statewide bar organization for attorneys dedicated to the defense of civil actions, and has been inducted in the Virginia Law Foundation. An experienced trial lawyer who has tried numerous cases to verdict, Mr. Loftis also is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and by Chambers & Partners as one of Virginia’s leading commercial litigators. He is a graduate of George town University and received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. His pro bono work includes serving as the chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia.
Benjamin V. Madison, III, Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach.
Benjamin V. Madison, III, co-author of Chapter 2, is a professor at Regent University School of Law, where he has since joining the full-time faculty in 2003 taught Appellate Advocacy, Virginia Procedure, Federal Civil Procedure, and a variety of other courses. Previously, Professor Madison was a partner in the law firm of Hunton & Williams (now Hunton Andrews Kurth) and practiced on its Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Antitrust Team. Professor Madison received his B.A. degree from Randolph-Macon College in 1981, his M.A. degree from the College of William and Mary in 1982, and his J.D. degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in 1985. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Walter E. Hoffman, Senior United States District Court Judge, from 1985 to 1986. Professor Madison is a past-president of the Tidewater Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He also has been and continues to be a master of the James Kent American Inn of Court. Before and after becoming a full-time law professor, Professor Madison regularly teaches continuing legal education courses on a range of subjects, including Appellate Practice, Trial Practice, Federal Procedure, and Ethics. Professor Madison has recently published a casebook, Civil Procedure for All States, which breaks from the traditional legal textbook by following the recommendations of the 2007 Carnegie Institute Report on needed reforms in law school education. The Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers initiative (ETL), founded by Mr. William Sullivan, lead author of the 2007 Carnegie Report (http://iaals.du.edu/educating-tomorrows lawyers/projects/resources/course-syllabus-state-civil-procedure) honored Professor Madison by electing him a fellow of ETL. Regent University has awarded him the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship. In several years, students voted Professor Madison professor of the year.
Kai Memmer, co-author of Chapter 19, is a litigator whose practice concentrates on civil litigation including tort, contract, and other matters. Ms. Memmer has a wide range of experience in representing individuals and corporate, self-insured, and insurance clients in complex product liability, premises liability, local government, tort, transportation, contract, and insurance coverage matters. She has a state-wide practice and has tried cases and handled appeals in both state and federal courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ms. Memmer is admitted in Virginia and North Carolina. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and The University of Richmond School of Law. She currently serves on the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners, the National Conference of Bar Examiner’s Diversity Committee, the Board of the Virginia State Bar’s Section on the Education of Lawyers, and the Boyd-Graves Conference. She is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation and has served on the Board of the Virginia State Bar’s Diversity Conference and as a faculty member on the Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course.
Steven L. Micas, Prince George County, Prince George.
Steven L. Micas, author of Chapter 15, is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation (Class of 2004). He has served in various leadership positions in the Virginia Local Government Attorney’s Association, including President, and received the organization’s highest award for distinguished service. In 2008 he was appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as an instructor in the State Bar Association’s mandated “Professionalism” course. From 2010 to 2019, he served as chief counsel for Prince George County for all civilly related legal matters. Prior to working for Prince George County, he served as the County Attorney for Chesterfield for 34 years. The County Attorney defends all boards, commissions, departments, and employees of the county in federal and state courts. Major areas of civil litigation have included constitutional law, civil rights, and Title VII actions, eminent domain, real estate development, employment disputes, land use, and per sonal injury defense. He has successfully defended Virginia localities and their employees in claims involving such matters as freedom of religion, excessive use of force, wrongful death, false imprisonment, false arrest, and unlawful searches and seizures. Mr. Micas has appeared in various state courts including the Virginia Supreme Court and federal trial and appellate courts. Mr. Micas received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia.
Carrie H. O’Malley, Hirschler Fleischler, , P.C., Fredericksburg.
Carrie H. O’Malley, author of Chapter 6, is a shareholder in Hirschler’s Fredericksburg office. Ms. O’Malley co-chairs the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Finance and Investment Practice Group. With over 23 years of legal and business experience in commercial real estate transactions, Ms. O’Malley concentrates her practice on complex real estate acquisitions, sales, financings, and securitizations; loan portfolio acquisitions, sales, and servicing transactions; commercial leasing matters, § 1031 like-kind exchanges; and loan workouts and alternative financing transactions. Ms. O’Malley also maintains a niche focus in the rapidly evolving impact investment arena of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing.
Ms. O’Malley received her B.S.B.A. with concentrations in finance and marketing from the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond in 1991. In 1996, Ms. O’Malley received her law degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law and her Master of Business Administration from the Richard S. Reynolds Graduate School of Business at the University of Richmond (a four-year joint degree program), which Ms. O’Malley completed after only three years of study.
Ms. O’Malley has been recognized among the “Legal Elite” by Virginia Busi ness magazine (2006-2011, 2013-2014, 2016-2018) and has been named a “Legal Rising Star” by Law & Politics (2007 and 2009). In 2009, she received the Women of Distinction Award in Law from the Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia, and in 2010 Ms. O’Malley was selected by Virginia Lawyers Media as one of the “Influential Women of Virginia.” In 2019, Ms. O’Malley was selected to be a member of the Inaugural Class of Virginia’s “Influential Women in the Law” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
Jonathan P. Sheldon, Sheldon & Flood, PLC, Fairfax.
Jonathan P. Sheldon, author of Chapter 10, is a founding partner of Sheldon & Flood, PLC, and focuses his work on appeals and post-conviction in the state and federal courts. Mr. Sheldon served as Chair of the Virginia State Bar’s annual conference on how to defend a capital murder case from 2012 2015. Mr. Sheldon is a co-author of Trial of Capital Murder Cases in Virginia (Virginia Law Foundation 2019). His other publications include; “How To Deal With A Judge’s Interference At Trial,” The Champion 2016; “Ethical Implications of Modifying LI Protocols,” PLoS Medicine 2008; “Chemical Asphyxiation?” PLoS Medicine 2007; “Can Lethal Injection Be ‘Fixed’?” The Lancet 2007; and “Inadequate Anesthesia for Lethal Injection” The Lancet 2005. Mr. Sheldon received a B.S. in Mathematics in 1987 from University of Massachusetts and a J.D. in 1995 from William & Mary Law School.
George A. Somerville, Harman Claytor Corrigan Wellman, Glen Allen.
George A. Somerville, co-author of Chapter 2, is Senior Counsel to Harman Claytor Corrigan Wellman. His practice focuses on appellate litigation in state and federal courts. He also represents clients at trial in general civil litigation and in water use permitting and litigation in state and federal administrative agencies and courts. He has represented clients on appeal in cases with issues ranging from state and federal constitutional law to church property law, commercial, business, and corporate governance law, NEPA and the Clean Water Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, maritime salvage, and criminal defense. Mr. Somerville is a frequent lecturer in continuing legal and other professional education programs in the areas of appellate litigation, water resource development, and related issues of environmental law. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Appellate Practice (2010-2020) (Richmond Area “Lawyer of the Year” in 2017 & 2019); Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite” in Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative Law (2007, 2009-2010) and Appellate Law (2011-2018); as a “Virginia Super Lawyer” in Environ mental Litigation (2007), Business Litigation (2014), State, Local & Municipal Law (2014), Appellate Litigation (2013-2019), and among the Top 50 Lawyers in Richmond (2018 & 2019) and Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia (2018 & 2019); and Virginia Living magazine’s “Best Lawyers in Virginia” in Administrative/Appellate Practice (2012). He is a member of the Boyd-Graves Conference and a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation, and he has served as a member of the Faculty of the Virginia State Bar’s Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course (2009-2012). He is a graduate of West Virginia University (A.B., 1973) and the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1980) and served as a law clerk for the late Ruggero J. Aldisert, United States Circuit Judge, from 1980 to 1982.
Mr. Tennant received a BBA, Accounting, in 1995 from James Madison University and a JD in 1998 from University of Richmond School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Virginia.
Johneal M. White, Glenn Robinson Cathey Memmer & Skaff PLC, Roanoke.
Johneal M. White, co-author of Chapter 19, is a litigator whose practice concentrates on civil litigation including tort, contract, and other matters. She has handled complex litigation in the areas of products liability, premises liability, contract, and personal injury. She has tried numerous cases in both state and federal courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ms. White is admitted in Virginia and Massachusetts.
Robert C. (Robin) Wood, III, WoodsRogers PLC, Lynchburg.
Robin Wood, author of Chapters 4, 5, and 12, is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation (Class of 1992). He was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1965 and joined Edmunds & Williams in 1967, which merged with Woods Rogers in 2016. Since 1980, Mr. Wood has taught Virginia Law and Procedure as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Washington & Lee University School of Law. Mr. Wood is a member of the Lynchburg (President, 1985-1986), Virginia (Executive Committee, 1986-1988, 2007-2010), and American Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Virginia State Bar (Editor, Litigation Newsletter, 1984-1990; Chairman, Litigation Section, 1988-1989) and the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys and was a member of the Virginia Model Jury Instruction Committee (1998-2007). He is also a participant in and former chairman of the Boyd-Graves Conference on Virginia Procedure. Mr. Wood was the recipient of the Virginia State Bar General Practice Section’s 2015 Tradition of Excellence Award and is an honorary member of the Order of the Coif at Washington and Lee School of Law. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and continues to reside there. He has served as an ACC football referee and is an avid handball player.
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