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… leaving the non-infringement verdict intact.McGuireWoods’ trial team included partners Brian Riopelle and David Finkelson and counsel George Davis. Partner Brian Schmalzbach joined the team for the appellate case, which Finkelson argued before the Federal Circuit. Partner Amanda Wieker and associate Kyle Smith also supported the appellate case.

… organizations and individuals on investigations concerning corruption and fraud allegations. He is a former federal prosecutor and U.S. Navy special forces combat veteran. Tatiana Z. Pawlowski (real estate board) focuses her practice on real estate finance transactions. She represents institutional lenders on the origination, sale and servicing of commercial loans intended for securitization and sale in the secondary market and secured by all asset classes, including multifamily, retail, office, hotel and mixed use …

… the firm's offices across the nation.

… tremendous experience I have had at the firm.”

… represent Dominion Energy, along with Nexsen Pruet members William W. “Billy” Wilkins and Burl Williams.“This is an important ruling that will allow Dominion Energy to litigate these cases in the proper venue, as CAFA intended,” Pumphrey said. “We expect the Fourth Circuit’s decision will also help other acquiring companies litigate M&A class actions in the forum of their choosing, thereby reducing the cost of defending ‘aiding and abetting’ claims in future …

… government relations team included president Jim Hodges, a former South Carolina governor, and senior vice presidents Robert Adams and Billy Boan. The advocacy team, led by senior vice president Steve Horton and vice president Audrey Jackson, worked with Dominion and the company’s partners to identify and generate public support for the merger. “We were proud to represent Dominion in closing this landmark transaction,” Katsantonis said. “This was a powerful example of the integrated …

… and closely held businesses. He also represents individual fiduciaries, banks and trust companies on the administration of trusts and estates.Matthew E. Orso (Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation, Charlotte) represents corporate and individual clients across industries in internal investigations and enforcement actions brought by the Department of Justice, federal banking regulators and other government agencies.Meredith A. Pinson (Labor & Employment, Charlotte) represents major employers in the banking and finance, automotive, retail and healthcare industries …

… dedication and exceptional skill of our appeals team.”

In a closely watched Fourth Amendment case, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with McGuireWoods client Ryan Collins and ruled that police officers without a warrant cannot use the automobile exception to enter a home’s curtilage to access a vehicle. The May 29 ruling received national media coverage, and reporters from major daily newspapers and legal publications turned to partner Matt Fitzgerald to assess the significance of the decision.Fitzgerald, who argued the case …

… Amendment rights in this important case.”

… Virginia before joining McGuireWoods. “We’re very pleased that the Supreme Court granted certiorari in this case. Police searches of cars occur all around the country every day, and we hope this case will both vindicate Mr. Collins’ Fourth Amendment rights and provide important clarity to officers about where they can go to search a vehicle without a warrant,” Fitzgerald said. Case law from Georgia, Alabama and Illinois, as well as federal opinions, differ …

Richmond litigator and appellate lawyer Brian Schmalzbach, who clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas before joining McGuireWoods in 2014, participated in two recent BBC Radio programs discussing the U.S. Supreme Court.In a Jan. 30 BBC broadcast just before President Donald Trump nominated 10th Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the seat of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in January 2016, Brian summarized the makeup and powers of the Supreme Court and its position in …

… firm with a major national presence [that’s] every bit as sophisticated as many of the big D.C. firms, and so the clerks realize that.” John Adams, hiring partner at McGuireWoods as well as chair of the firm’s Government Regulatory and Criminal Investigations Department, tells the publication that the firm systematically recruits former Supreme Court clerks. “There’s something about the young people who make it all the way to the Court …

New associates Katherine Mims Crocker, Brian Schmalzbach and Rebecca Gantt were featured in a January 2 Richmond Times-Dispatch article titled “McGuireWoods scores three new former U.S. Supreme Court clerks.” The article highlights Katherine’s experience clerking for Justice Antonin Scalia, Brian’s experience clerking for Justice Clarence Thomas and Rebecca’s experience clerking for Justice Stephen G. Breyer. It notes, too, that all three graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law …