Haynesville Lawyers

Hank is a partner at Troutman Sanders LLP where he concentrates his practice on the representation of venture capital and private debt and equity funds in the acquisition, maintenance and divestiture of their portfolio companies and investments. Hank also provides general representation to public and private companies in emerging growth fields, including the biotech, medical device, internet, media and information technology industries. Additionally, Hank has particular expertise advising on cross border mergers, acquisitions and investments, international trade and soft intellectual property issues.

I am a creative and vigorous Virginia litigation attorney focusing on civil rights, serious personal injury, and related claims. I stand with my clients when opposing local government bodies, police officers abusing their power, big insurance companies, employers, doctors, or anyone else who have violated my clients' rights or harmed my clients' person, property or reputation. I have handled or assisted in cases involving Constitutional violations, personal injury cases, defamation claims, malicious prosecution cases, FOIA lawsuits, and business litigation. I am the senior associate with Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, PC, in Richmond, VA, which specializes in civil rights and...

Are you considering filing for bankruptcy?...Life is full of surprises, and situations like a divorce, a job loss, or a medical emergency can place a heavy burden on your finances. When unexpected burdens arise, it can seem like all odds are against you, and you have nowhere to turn for help. If you're in danger of going into debt, or currently struggling to get out of debt, then speaking with a bankruptcy lawyer may be a wise decision to help better manage your debt, or give you a fresh start. Sharon Choi Stuart is the founder of Stuart Law...

Mark Matthews takes great pride in creating solutions for his clients and works closely with his clients to integrate solutions that address more than the bare legal issues. This involves advising his clients of legal and practical issues that are not immediately obvious and exploring how todayâs decisions create tomorrowâs consequences. He has over 10 years of experience practicing law and over 16 years of professional leadership and management experience. Markâs clients have included automobile manufacturers, business owners, and soldiers facing court-martial. Mark is a veteran of 12 years on active duty in the U.S. Army,...

Robert represents individuals and businesses in Virginia in a variety of civil disputes, including litigation, arbitration, and appeals. He was recognized as Virginia's Legal Elite for 2017 in Civil Litigation by Virginia Business magazine.

Robert handles cases in the areas of employment law, including discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination, personal injury, civil rights cases, and commercial matters. His practice also includes resolving and litigating cases arising from business transactions and construction disputes. He also handles matters relating to real estate transfers including claims for breach of purchase and sale agreements, fraud, and...

Will Harty is partner at Harty Jewell, PLLC, where he represents clients in mesothelioma and asbestos cases, product liability, personal injury, and maritime tort trial litigation, and appellate practice. As a trial attorney, Mr. Harty and his colleagues have won several multi-million dollar product liability verdicts. In his appellate practice, Will has represented clients in complex legal issues before the Virginia Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Will is regularly consulted and retained by other firms across the nation on maritime issues. He also...

You are your broker-dealer’s or registered investment adviser’s Chief Compliance Officer. You might even be your firm’s entire Compliance Department. It is a tremendous responsibility. The SEC, FINRA and the state regulators have placed significant demands on our industry. You need to help your firm discharge its current obligations and implement the new ones. It makes you feel at times that you are trying to boil away the ocean. Your regulator has just contacted your firm for whatever reason and seeks documents and additional information. You are concerned about what this means and what might happen next. An angry...

I have practiced law in Virginia since 1999, and during that time I have handled many different types of civil cases. I have represented property owners (sellers and purchasers) in contract and title disputes. Both landlords and tenants have asked me to assist them with matters that range from residential lease issues and evictions to commercial property management and the special challenges that commercial landlords face.

I have represented contractors over disputes and claims for payment that range from simple to complex, including the filing of mechanics liens for contractors and subcontractors, and the Circuit Court lawsuits...

Mr. Slocum is the senior member of the law firm of Slocum & Boddie, P.C., specializing in contract law, corporate issues, federal procurement and grant law, and executive estate planning. He has more than thirty years of experience and has represented hundreds of small businesses, universities, non-profit organizations, and even agencies of the federal Government. In addition, he has advised and trained universities, federal agencies and private businesses on management, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiation, price and cost issues, contract administration, export controls, ethics and other topics.

Chad S. Roberts is an Associate Attorney who joined Schempf & Ware, PLLC in 2017. His practice focuses on criminal defense, civil litigation, land use litigation, and estate litigation. Chad practices in both general district and circuit court in addition to matters before local government entities. Chad is also admitted to practice in the United States District Bankruptcy Court.

Prior to joining Schempf & Ware, Chad served on active duty with the United States Air Force. He graduated from Regent University School of Law and began private practice and then joined the Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney's Office as...

Kirk Rankin was born in Washington DC and graduated with Honors from The George Washington University Law School in 1993. He studied finance and economics at The American University where he graduated in 1987. Mr. Rankin founded the Law Offices of Kirk Rankin and Associates nearly 20 years ago after practicing law for 5 years with another attorney.

Mr. Rankin was admitted to the Bars of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for Maryland, Virginia, as well as the USCIS and all Immigration Courts.

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In 2014 Mr. Merchant formed Merchant Law, PLLC and also began working on EB-1 Extraordinary Ability green card cases which he continues to successfully prepare today. Mr. Merchant also serves as an attorney consultant to various firms in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and accross the country. Mr. Merchant is licensed to practice law in New York and is a member of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and the American Bar Association (ABA). Practice focused on Immigration Law (Employment & Investment Based, Detained, & Asylum/Refugee) Frequent court appearances before the Department of Justice - Executive Office for Immigration...

J. Bradley Winder, Jr. is a native Virginian who attended James Madison University, graduating with a B.A. in English, and a graduate of The University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law. Bradley is licensed in both Virginia and Washington, DC, is a member of the United States Federal Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Bradley began practicing law as a consumer rights advocate and has since maintained a client and consumer advocate approach to his legal practice. Bradley can assist you in the areas of civil litigation, lemon law, criminal...

Steve Webster has over twenty-eight years of experience in civil and criminal litigation, appeals, and investigations. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America in multiple areas and has been recognized as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in Virginia by the National Trial Lawyers group. Prior to forming Webster Book LLP, he was a partner at a large international law firm where he spent several years litigating complex civil and criminal cases. He began his career by serving for several years as a public defender in Fairfax, Virginia after receiving his law degree from Georgetown University and his...

Tracy Ford, a native of South Carolina, graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 2008. During law school, Tracy was a member of the Public Interest Law Foundation, a Moot Court Student Editor, and a member of the Journal of Gender and Law. She spent the summer following her first year of law school as a legal intern for Equality Now, a women’s human rights organization, in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work in Nairobi centered around researching and documenting the work of international nongovernmental organizations in the campaign to ratify the Protocol on the Rights of Women...

I am not accepting new clients because I am in the process of retiring.

Ellen Renaud has represented employees in public and private sector discrimination claims since September 2002. Ms. Renaud has litigated cases under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the D.C. Human Rights Act. She has tried and won several cases in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Ms. Renaud has also argued before the U.S....

After several years of practice at an AmLaw 50 law firm in Washington, D.C. and a boutique firm in Tysons Corner, Virginia, Heather Lyons moved to her current role as General Counsel at National Industries for the Blind (NIB) in 2010. She does not currently accept clients from the general public.

Experienced Federal legislative and regulatory attorney with over 20 years of Executive Agency, Congressional, and OMB experience.

David has more than 30 years of experience representing small and mid cap businesses in transactional and litigation matters in Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is regular outside counsel to one of largest locally based restaurant chains in Greater DC and one of the largest independent used automobile dealership groups in the Washington DC area.

Graduated with honors in 1987 from the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University where he was President of the Phi Delta Phi law society.

David graduated with a B.S. degree in Marketing from George Mason University.

David is licensed to practice...

Mr. Curtis joined the firm in 2009 with more than 25 years experience as a respected trial lawyer. Since 1988, Mr. Curtis has devoted his practice to representing injured parties. His philosophy is reflected in the language of justice: fairness, integrity and respect. He began his legal career as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Virginia and gained valuable trial experience with a firm specializing in insurance defense litigation. As Plaintiff’s counsel, he has handled numerous general liability and wrongful death matters, complex medical malpractice cases, including birth injury, traumatic brain injury, obstetrical malpractice, psychiatric malpractice involving suicide, plastic and reconstructive surgery,...

John represents closely-held business, their owners, individuals, and their families involving taxation, estate planning, probate and estate administration, wills and trusts, business planning, and corporate law. John has worked with clients to:

Prepare last wills and testaments, trust agreements, advance medical directives, and powers of attorney;

Administer estates;

Negotiate with the Internal Revenue Service;

Plan for optimal tax treatment; and

Form and manage businesses.

Prior to joining Rees Broome, John spent three years at an accounting firm in Washington, D.C., concentrating his practice on state and local, federal, and international tax compliance and consulting for individuals and businesses. He then joined Ritzert & Leyton,...

Mr. Brennan’s law practice is dedicated to serving the needs of businesses, both large and small, and includes business sales and acquisitions, general civil litigation, business counseling, debtor/creditor law, business formation and receivables collection. Mr. Brennan's professional experience includes complex commercial litigation and intensive bankruptcy experience. Mr. Brennan was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but spent the major part of his youth in Dallas, Texas and Roanoke, Virginia. Mr. Brennan was drafted into the United States Army where he was trained as a medical corpsman with field units of the 25th Infantry Division. While serving in Vietnam, he was awarded the Purple...

Melinda provides holistic multi-generational income and wealth transfer tax planning advice and estate and trust services to individuals, families, and business owners. She also advises fiduciaries and beneficiaries on probate and estate and trust administration, and serves as a technical expert on estate and trust litigation matters. Melinda has over 25 years of experience in the estates and trusts area, and brings a unique and diverse perspective from her work in private law practice, Big Four accounting firms, and private banking/trust services. With her focus on advising clients in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, asset protection,...

Mr. Jones has lived in Fairfax most of life, graduating from Lake Braddock in 1987. He resides in the area with his wife and two children. Mr. Jones coaches Little League baseball and youth basketball. He is an avid UVA basketball fan.

The Law Office of Michael D. Markey, L.L.C., located in Goochland County, Virginia, offers a broad range of legal services and legal advice to small business owners, professionals, and entrepreneurs. Michael D. Markey is an experienced business and employment attorney serving the central Virginia region. Services include: formation of business entities, buying and selling existing businesses, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiation and drafting, employee and independent contractor issues, commercial leases, dispute resolution, and civil litigation.