Business and Commercial Litigation

Accomplished Virginia Litigation Attorneys

WAW understands that the business of our clients is just that – business. Not litigation. We emphasize our role as counselors with the goal of helping our clients avoid litigation where that is a reasonable and practical strategy. But we also recognize that in today’s business world there are those situations where litigation is unavoidable.

When litigation becomes necessary, we are ready to do whatever the case calls for to protect our client’s interests. In certain situations, a law firm must be ready and prepared for the next level of litigation meaning being ready to take the case all the way through trial to achieve the clients’ objectives. Our experienced trial attorneys have done so on many occasions. But in other situations, the client’s interests are best served by resolving the case short of trial, through a settlement achieved either by direct negotiation or by engaging in alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation or arbitration. Our litigation attorneys are experienced in business litigation in a wide variety of contexts.

WAW’s trial attorneys are experienced in representing a broad range of companies, including financial institutions, real estate companies and investors, construction companies, agriculture businesses, manufacturers, hospitals and health care systems, insurance and telecommunications companies. Our commercial litigation practice provides the breadth and depth of experience your organization needs to defend itself in complex litigation matters.

Our attorneys regularly handle jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, mediations and administrative and regulatory proceedings for all types of business disputes, and we have successfully represented clients throughout the mid-Atlantic states and in federal courts. Many of the WAW’s attorneys are AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the publisher of Lawyers.com. The AV Peer Review rating is the highest rating a lawyer can receive for legal skill and ethics. Our attorneys have perennially been designated as SuperLawyers^® (Published by the Richmond Magazine via the Virginia Super Lawyers magazine) and recognized by as Legal Elite Attorneys (Virginia Business Publications)

Additional Information

We represent clients in all types of business and commercial litigation, including but not limited to the following types of litigation:

• ADR/Mediation
• Commercial law
• Construction law
• Corporate, LLC & Partnership Disputes
• Environmental law
• Healthcare law
• Insurance law
• Intellectual Property
• Labor and employment law
• Negligence & Products liability
• Professional liability
• Real Estate Litigation
• Securities law
• Professional malpractice
• Breach of contract
• Partnership disputes
• Trade secrets and unfair competition
• Stock options and shareholder disputes

Jeffrey R. Adams
Lauren R. Darden
Daniel L. Fitch
Humes J. Franklin, III
Charles F. Hilton
Glenn M. Hodge
James L. Johnson
Matthew W. Light
Robert C. Lunger
Marshall H. Ross
Donald E. Showalter
Gregory T. St. Ours      
Thomas E. Ullrich
Travis W. Vance
P. Marshall Yoder