News

• Patricia C. McCullagh has been selected to participate in the upcoming class for Leadership Metro Richmond, a nonprofit community leadership development program that seeks to advance the Richmond region by educating, energizing and connecting a diverse group of local leaders to serve the community.
• Michael H. Gladstone has been named President of the Montepelier Center for Arts and Education.
• McCandlish Holton is pleased to announce that six of the firm's attorneys have been recognized as Virginia Super Lawyers for 2009. They are:

  Business/Corporate		Allan S. Buffenstein
  Health Care		Thomas W. McCandlish Jamie Baskerville Martin
  Immigration		Helen L. Konrad
  Transportation/Marine		Michael H. Gladstone
  Real Estate		Laura Lee Garrett

  In addition, seven of the firm's attorneys have been selected as Virginia Rising Stars. They are:

  Employment/Labor		Emily M. Scott
  Health Care		Jeremy A. Ball
  Civil Litigation - Defense		Brian A. Richardson
  Real Estate		Peter L. Henderer Tonia E. Peake Alana M. Ritenour
  Workers' Compensation		Jessica L. Hacker

• On June 5, 2009, Jennifer A. Minear spoke at the national conference of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association on the topic of J-1 clinical waivers for foreign medical graduates. 

  Jennifer co-authored “Clinical J-1 Waivers – A Primer,” which appears in the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook (2009-2010).  She also authored “Getting the Green Card on the Five Year Plan:  National Interest Waivers for Clinical Physicians,” in Immigration Options for Physicians (3rd edition, 2009).

  She has also been chosen to serve on the 2009-2010 Healthcare Professional/Physicians Committee of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association.

• Scott C. Ford co-authored "From Courtroom to Conference Room: Some Lawyers' Thoughts on Mediation" which appears in the February, 2009 Virginia Lawyer Magazine.
• We are pleased to announce that Samuel C. Haisley has been elected as a director of the firm.
• McCandlish Holton is pleased to announce that eight of the firm's attorneys have been selected for inclusion in Virginia Business magazine's 2008 Legal Elite. They are:

  Bankruptcy		Allan S. Buffenstein
  Civil Litigation		Scott C. Ford Patricia C. McCullagh
  Health Law		Jamie Baskerville Martin
  Intellectual Property		Dominic P. Madigan
  Labor/Employment		Samantha S. Otero
  Real Estate/Land Use		Laura Lee Garrett

• We are pleased to announce that attorney Amanda S. Tapscott has joined the firm as an associate.