Best Lawyers in America ® 2025 Recognizes 11 McCandlish Holton Attorneys

Richmond, Virginia – August 15, 2024 Best Lawyers in America ®, a peer-reviewed publication in the legal profession, has announced their 2025 Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch in America. Elven of McCandlish Holton’s attorneys have been named in this year’s list.

Of those recognized, seven have been named Best Lawyers in America, three as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, and Jennifer Minear as Lawyer of the Year in Immigration Law.

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Best Lawyers in America© 2024 Recognizes 19 McCandlish Holton Attorneys

Best Lawyers in America© 2024 Edition recognizes 19 McCandlish Holton attorneys in 15 practice areas such as: Commercial Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Workers’ Compensation, Immigration Law, Employment Law, and Construction Litigation. Reflective of the foundational role civil litigation holds at McCandlish Holton, 11 of the 15 recognized practice areas are in litigation. 

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Immigration Attorney Jennifer Minear Individually Ranked by Chambers USA 2023

The Chambers USA 2023 Guide ranks immigration attorney  Jennifer Minear in Band 1 for Virginia, noting that she is: ‘‘...highly experienced in employment-based immigration. She frequently acts for clients in the healthcare sector.’’

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Business Immigration Alert: U.S. CIS Announces H-1B Cap Registration Period Opens March 1, 2023

Employers seeking to secure an H-1B quota number must file a registration during the registration period to be eligible. To do so, please contact McCandlish Holton immigration attorney, Helen Konrad

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19 McCandlish Holton  Attorneys Named 'Legal Elite' in Virginia Business 23rd Edition

McCandlish Holton is pleased to announce that nineteen of our attorneys are named in the 23rd Edition 'Legal Elite' by Virginia Business Magazine. Each year Virginia Business Magazine asks attorneys throughout the Commonwealth to nominate their peers for distinction in 20 categories. The full list of 19 McCandlish Holton attorneys on this year’s Legal Elite list, recognized in 8 categories: 

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13 McCandlish Holton Practice Areas Ranked by Best Lawyers® ‘‘Best Law Firms” 2023

Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Immigration Law in RICHMOND top tier

The 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers® ‘‘Best Law Firms” ranks thirteen McCandlish Holton, PC practice areas across Tiers 1-3 in metropolitan Richmond.

To be eligible for a practice area ranking, a firm must first have a lawyer recognized in Best Lawyers in America®, which recognizes 5% of lawyers practicing in the United States. 

In total, fourteen McCandlish Holton attorneys are individually recognized in Best Lawyers® 2023 Edition, and two attorneys are granted further distinction as ‘‘Lawyer of the Year’’: 

Tier 1 - Richmond Metropolitan Area

Tier 2 - Richmond Metropolitan Area

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Immigration Attorney Jennifer Minear Quoted in Financial Times Article About Fallout of Loosening Visa Restrictions

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A Financial Times article published on April 11, 2022, titled ‘‘Biden’s Immigration Woes Complicate US Labour Shortages’’ explains the current political quagmire over recent loosening of visa restrictions despite the business community’s support. Author Aime Williams quotes Jennifer Minear, immigration attorney and immediate past-President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) throughout.

‘‘The border kind of hijacks all of the oxygen around the immigration debate.’’

Referencing a political environment that pillories those who wish to negotiate terms of the

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Business Immigration Alert: U.S. CIS Announces H-1B Cap Registration Period Opens March 1, 2022

Employers seeking to secure an H-1B quota number must file a registration during the registration period to be eligible. To do so, please contact McCandlish Holton immigration attorney, Helen Konrad

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“U.S. CIS”) has announced that the H-1B registration period for the fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern (GMT-5) on March 1 and will run through noon Eastern on March 18, 2022. During this period, employers can submit H-1B registrations using the U.S. CIS online H-1B registration system.

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McCandlish Holton’s Top 5 From 2021

As we prepare to welcome 2022, we revisit five memorable McCandlish Holton moments from 2021 worth sharing, celebrating and commemorating during a globally challenging year, complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The following is a list of inclusion, not order,  featuring our firm’s top five from 2021:

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20 McCandlish Holton Attorneys Named 2021 Virginia 'Legal Elite'

The 22nd Edition of Virginia Business Magazine Legal Elite recognizes twenty McCandlish Holton attorneys in seven practice categories: Civil Litigation, Immigration, Business Law, Construction, Labor/Employment Law, Real Estate/Land Use, and Young Lawyer.

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