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PATRICIA COLLINS MCCULLAGH
Patricia McCullagh

Trish is a director in the firm's Litigation Department, where she concentrates her practice in environmental and risk management litigation. She was recognized by Virginia Business Magazine as one of Virginia's “Legal Elite” environmental attorneys for 2003 and 2004.

As a risk management litigator, Trish handles business tort litigation, including defamation and tortious interference claims, toxic tort, mold contamination, and other tort based cases and matters. Trish's environmental practice consists of litigating federal and state environmental cases, assisting clients in the sale or purchase of potentially contaminated property and obtaining appropriate zoning, building and land use permits for clients. She also negotiates with governmental agencies and local governments to obtain successful business results.

Prior to joining McCandlish Holton, Trish was an associate with a large firm in Charleston, West Virginia, where she was a member of the Litigation and Environmental Departments. While there, Trish defended nine municipalities against federal Clean Water Act citizen suits and/or state enforcement actions for alleged NPDES permit violations.

Trish is chairperson of the firm's Employee Volunteer Program and is on the firm's Recruiting Committee. She is chair of the Richmond Bar Association's Environmental Section and is a member of the Bar's Continuing Legal Education Committee as well. Further, she is a former board member of Circle Center Adult Day Care Services, is an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond Law School and mentors children in the Young People's Community Choir.

Licensed in both Virginia and West Virginia, Trish is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Association, Richmond Bar Association and the Metro Richmond Women's Bar Association.

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P:  804.775.7204
F:  804.775.3800
E:  pmccullagh@lawmh.com
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Practice Areas
Environmental Law
Commercial Litigation
Agribusiness
Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs
 
Education
Fairfield University, B.S., 1994,
Biology, concentrating in Marine Science
University of Richmond, J.D., cum laude, 1997

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