Ten Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC attorneys have been named Virginia Super Lawyer/Rising Stars for 2009. Eight attorneys were named Super Lawyers, which is an annual publication only selecting five percent of the attorneys in the state to be included in their select list.
WAW also had two attorneys named to the Rising Stars list. Rising Stars are attorneys under the age of 40 with less than 10 years of experience.
WAW’s 2009 selected Super Lawyers are:
DANIEL L. FITCH, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at
West Point
and the University of Virginia School of Law, has 23 years experience at Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver. Mr. Fitch is admitted to practice in Virginia and
West Virginia
. His practice areas include business litigation, construction and environmental regulation, intellectual property law, and personal injury litigation.
CHARLES F. HILTON concentrates his practice in civil litigation with an emphasis in personal injury law. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute and
Wake
Forest
University
, Mr. Hilton has 26 years experience as an attorney with over 23 years of those years at WAW.
GLENN M HODGE earned his law degree from the
University
of
Virginia
. Mr. Hodge concentrates his practice in the areas of health care, real estate, eminent domain, commercial litigation, employment law and litigation, and estate planning and administration. He has 38 years experience as an attorney with Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC.
GEORGE H. ROBERTS, JR. 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 returned to the private sector joining the Richmond-based law firm, Christian & Barton LLP. He also 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.
MARSHALL H. ROSS is a
University
of
Virginia
graduate. With over 25 years of trial experience, Mr. Ross advocates on behalf of individuals, businesses and professionals in state and federal courts throughout Virginia and the Atlantic Region. His diverse practice includes employment issues, personal injury matters, professional disciplinary boards and resolving contract disputes.
DONALD E. SHOWALTER, a graduate of
University
of
Virginia
, concentrates his legal work in the commercial/corporate and probate areas, serving as counsel to numerous local corporations, with particular interest in the law of agricultural cooperatives. Mr. Showalter has 44 years experience with WAW.
GREGORY T. ST. OURS earned his law degree from the
University
of
Virginia
. He has 26 years experience as an attorney with over 24 of those years at Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC. Mr. St. Ours concentrates his practice in civil litigation including construction, employment, professional malpractice defense and errors and omissions, antitrust and business torts, land use and zoning, insurance defense, consumer protection, arbitration and mediation, intellectual property, health care, personal injury and wrongful death.
THOMAS E. ULLRICH, a graduate of
St. John’s
University
, has nearly 20 years experience in handling litigation and trials at all levels and has tried cases in many states. Upon his completion of law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Emory H. Widener, Jr., Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1987-1988. Mr. Ullrich is admitted to practice in the following five states: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and
New York
.
WAW’s 2009 Rising Stars are:
HUMES J. FRANKLIN, III practice areas include, but are not limited to, corporate litigation, personal injury, real estate, family and domestic areas and criminal law. Mr. Franklin has 8 years of experience and is admitted to practice in Virginia and
West Virginia
. He completed his law degree in 2001 at William and Mary School of Law.
MATTHEW W. LIGHT, a graduate of
Drew
University
, earned his law degree from
Washington & Lee
University
. With 7 years of experience as an attorney at WAW, he counsels clients on a wide variety of issues ranging from tax and succession planning for businesses to drafting and the administration of wills and trust documents for individuals to business set-up and entity formation to the closing of complicated real estate transactions.
Established more than 160 years ago in
Harrisonburg
with roots dating back to 1845, the firm began to shape its structure when the firm formally became Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver, PLC, in 1941. A full service practice allows our litigation corporate and non-profit business clients access to a wide variety of practice areas. From litigation, corporate law to wills and trusts to representing and defending clients in state and federal courts, WAW provides the knowledge and skill to achieve results for our clients when faced with the legal challenges and business opportunities they encounter.
