On the Super Lawyer list was:
- Brian Farmer for Securities and Corporate Finance.
Brian Farmer is a partner in the Global Corporate Group who specializes in investment management, serving institutional investors and managers. He advises universities, hospitals, pension plans and family offices on private and alternative investments. Farmer represents hedge and real estate fund managers and high net-worth wealth managers.
Two additional lawyers were included on the publisher’s Rising Stars list:
- Alan Bart for Business Litigation
- Douglas Pittman for Civil Litigation: Defense
Alan Bart is an associate in the firm’s commercial disputes practice who handles complex cases at trial and appeal levels, in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and in mediation/arbitration proceedings.
Douglas Pittman, an associate also in the firm's commercial disputes practice, handles financial services and commercial disputes in federal and state courts throughout Virginia.
The Super Lawyers selection process is merit-based and comes from third-party validation of lawyers’ professional achievements. To be selected as a Rising Star, lawyers must either be 40 years old or younger, or in practice for 10 years or fewer. Super Lawyers is a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters. Visit the Super Lawyers website to learn more about its selection process.