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The caliber of a law firm is gauged by the excellence of its individuals, personally and professionally, and the ethic to which the community adheres. Meet our lawyers who, together and with our dedicated team of support professionals, strive to create and maintain long term relationships with our clients through earned trust and proven performance.

Hugh T. Antrim

A principal since 1981, Mr. Antrim has been associated with ThompsonMcMullan since 1978. He currently serves on the Firm’s Executive Committee.

Mark Colombell

Mark Colombell joined ThompsonMcMullan in August 2003, after completing a one-year clerkship with the Hon. Michael C. Allen, Circuit Court Judge for Chesterfield County.

Lucy G. Davis

Lucy Davis joined ThompsonMcMullan in October 2005 after seven years as the Assistant District Counsel to the United States Small Business Administration’s Richmond District Office (SBA).

Robert A. Dybing

Robert A. Dybing is a shareholder in ThompsonMcMullan. Mr. Dybing has a Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating of AV. He represents a wide range of clients including businesses, public officials, cities, counties, university officers, as well as private individuals.

Sherry A. Fox

Sherry A. Fox joined ThompsonMcMullan in September 2006, after graduating from Washington and Lee School of Law in May 2006, where she served as the Managing Events Editor of the Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice.

John A. Gibney, Jr.

Mr. Gibney is a shareholder in ThompsonMcMullan. His practice includes representation of businesses, local governments, constitutional officers, and private individuals in a broad variety of matters. His areas of practice include litigation, employment law, constitutional issues, professional licensure, zoning and land use, and local government law.

Richard L. Grier

Mr. Grier joined ThompsonMcMullan in 2004 as a Principal. Previously, he was a partner in the Richmond office of Troutman Sanders, LLP (formerly Mays & Valentine, L.L.P.) where he served as a partner for 27 years. His practice involves the business and income tax aspects of small to medium sized businesses and their owners.

Paul G. Izzo

Mr. Izzo has been in private practice, with substantial emphasis on elder law, since 1990. His practice areas include estate planning for incapacity and long term care, appointment of guardians and conservators for incapacitated adults, administration of decedent’s estates, nursing home residents’ rights, and more.

Bradford A. King

Brad King joined ThompsonMcMullan in June 2009. He began his career in law in 1994, working at two other Richmond law firms and for the Hanover County Attorney's Office as a Senior Assistant County Attorney.

Thomas D. Lane

Mr. Lane joined ThompsonMcMullan in December 2006. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lane spent two years as an associate at BeatyTiller in Richmond, Virginia, where he practiced civil litigation, including insurance defense, products liability and personal injury.

Charles W. Laughlin

Mr. Laughlin has an extensive background in corporate organization, finance, and acquisitions, including negotiating, structuring, and closing debt and equity financings with large commercial banks, financial institutions, and venture capital lenders, necessary to support such acquisitions and capitalization of the acquiring companies.

Robert C. Lyne

Mr. Lyne became of counsel to ThompsonMcMullan in 1998, following his retirement as house counsel for Reynolds Metals Company, where he practiced intellectual property.

R. Shawn Majette

Mr. Majette directs the Firm’s elder law section. Mr. Majette is a 1976 graduate, magna cum laude, of the University of Richmond, with major concentrations in English and Economics.

Christopher M. Malone

A principal of ThompsonMcMullan since 1986, Mr. Malone became associated with ThompsonMcMullan in 1981. Mr. Malone currently serves as president and managing director of the firm.

C. Grice McMullan

Mr. McMullan has represented both developers and lenders in a wide array of commercial real estate projects including the formation of entities, the financing and leasing or sale of condominium and residential subdivision and/or apartment projects, office and warehouse projects, shopping centers and raw land.

Dewey B. Morris

Dewey Morris has represented banks and other creditors since 1967 in commercial loan transactions and in complying with federal and state consumer credit laws.

J. Christopher Morris

Christopher Morris joined ThompsonMcMullan in August 2001, after completing a one-year clerkship with the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Virginia.

Robert R. Musick

Mr. Musick concentrates his practice in the areas of: Consumer Financial Services, Business Entities and Transactions, and Civil and Commercial Litigation.

Adam R. Nelson

Adam Nelson joined ThompsonMcMullan after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995, and he became a director of the firm as of January 1, 2001.

William D. Prince IV

William Prince joined ThompsonMcMullan in September 2009, after clerking for The Honorable Jackson L. Kiser, United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

Margaret Sander

Margaret (Meg) Sander is an associate in our Education Law Group. Dr. Sander brings a unique perspective to the practice of law. Not only does she hold a J.D. from The University of Richmond, she also holds a M.Ed. from James Madison University and a Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in Special Education & Disability Policy from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Jennifer F. Sullivan

Jennifer F. Sullivan joined ThompsonMcMullan in September 2008, after previously serving as a summer associate.

Neil S. Talegaonkar

Neil Talegaonkar joined ThompsonMcMullan in 1999. As a director with the firm, Mr. Talegaonkar’s practice focuses on employment law, commercial litigation, and construction law.

John B. Thompson

A 1961 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Engineering and a 1967 graduate of its School of Law, Mr. Thompson entered private practice in 1972 where he initially engaged in the general practice of law involving both civil and criminal matters.

Wilson R. Trice

Wilson Trice has extensive experience in the representation of parties in commercial lending, commercial leasing, and other commercial financing transactions, including syndicated bank loans, leveraged leases, synthetic leases, variable rate demand note issues (taxable and tax-exempt), letters of credit and factoring of accounts receivable.

William W. Tunner

Billy Tunner is a litigator and trial attorney, focusing on civil litigation, with an emphasis in four areas: Commercial disputes and business torts; Negligence torts; Creditor’s rights; and Administrative law.

Sarah B. Warner

Ms. Warner’s practice focuses on business organizations and finance and corporate transactions.

Robert A. Warwick

Mr. Warwick became joined ThompsonMcMullan in 2001, after leaving as Tax Counsel for Reynolds Metals Company, where he practiced for 16 years.

Andrea J. Yoak

Ms. Yoak’s practice focuses on elder law and disability planning, estate planning and administration, and fiduciary and chancery litigation.