The Best Lawyers in America Names Local Attorney to Annual List

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named George "Skip" H. Roberts, Jr. as the "Roanoke Best Lawyers Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year" for 2012.

After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating "Lawyers of the Year" in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the "Lawyer of the Year."

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

Mr. Roberts began his legal career with Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC in 1971. While a partner, he represented a number of local businesses and financial institutions and established the firm's municipal bond practice. In 1991, Mr. Roberts accepted an offer to serve his alma mater, the Virginia Military Institute, as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the VMI Foundation. In 1998, he became General Counsel and Managing Director to Ivor & Co, LLC. In May of 2003, he rejoined Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver and is based in the firm's Lexington, VA office.

Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC is a full-service law firm with offices in Harrisonburg, Staunton, and Lexington. The firm serves individuals and businesses in the Shenandoah Valley and the Mid-Atlantic states in the areas of: bankruptcy, commercial and civil litigation, corporate finance, employment law, health care law, intellectual property matters, real estate and land use, tax planning, wills, estate planning, and administration.