TYSONS and RICHMOND, Va. – Cementing Reed Smith’s reputation as a leading law firm in the Commonwealth, 20 lawyers from the firm’s offices in Tysons and Richmond, Va., were recognized across nine practice categories in Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite 2024 edition.
Virginia Business, in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association, polled lawyers licensed to practice law in Virginia asking them to select peers and colleagues in the Commonwealth whom they consider to be top attorneys in 21 different practice categories.
The recognition highlights Reed Smith lawyers in Virginia as top in their fields in litigation; real estate and land use; business law; labor and employment; taxes, trusts and estates; health law; administrative/governmental/legislative work; environmental law; and advising corporate counsel.
Reed Smith lawyers honored among the 2024 Virginia Elite are:
- Alan Bart (Richmond) – Civil Litigation
- James Brennan (Tysons) – Real Estate Land Use
- Nicole Brenner (Richmond) – Administrative Government Legislative
- Benton Burroughs (Tysons) – Business Law
- Jennifer Magalhaes Cuddy (Tysons) – Real Estate Land Use
- S. Brian Farmer (Richmond) – Business Law
- Betty S.W. Graumlich (Richmond) – Labor Employment
- Thomas Greeson (Tysons) – Health Law
- Michael Lowell (Tysons) – Corporate Counsel
- James McNair (Tysons) – Taxes Estates Trusts
- John McWilliams (Tysons) – Business Law
- Edward Mullen (Richmond) – Administrative Government Legislative
- Christine Cogbill Noonan (Richmond) – Administrative Government Legislative
- Noah Oberlander (Richmond) – Labor Employment
- Doug Pittman (Richmond) – Civil Litigation
- Gregory Rupert (Tysons) – Taxes Estates Trusts
- Ehsan Sanaie (Tysons) – Real Estate Land Use
- Katherine Seikaly (Tysons) – Corporate Counsel
- Dennis Treacy (Richmond) – Environmental Law
Justin deBettencourt, a commercial litigator in the Tysons office, was named a 2024 Young Lawyer by Virginia Business.