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SHELTERING IN PLACE In the wake of COVID-19, state and local officials urged Virginians to stay home — but what about those without a home?
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s state and local officials urged Virginians to stay home and practice social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Donald Dohmann saw a problem. Dohmann, area commander for the Salvation Army of Central Virginia, oversees the nonprofit’s downtown West Grace Street homeless shelter, and he feared he wouldn’t be able to implement social distancing in the shelter space, which accommodates 55 beds across nearly 10,000 square feet. “Right now, we’ve got to look at ways to protect them and to really try the best we can to create some distancing, and what does it look like for them to self-isolate?” he told his staff. “We began to look into how we can do that, and at the end of the conversation, we looked, and we said, ‘There’s really no way we can. We have no additional space where we’re at.’ ” Dohmann is among the area’s nonprofit and community leaders who are scrambling to care for the homeless during the pandemic. Thanks to some quick thinking, Dohmann says the Salvation Army converted its Boys and Girls Club on R Street — which ceased operations following public school closures — into a temporary housing center for people experiencing homelessness who are at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 due to their age or underlying medical conditions.
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A volunteer serves a you to stay here as much as you There, Dohmann’s staff has client lunch at the Boys can,’ ” Dohmann says. spaced cots 6 feet apart and is and Girls Club on R Street, which is being The Salvation Army’s West limiting the number of shelter used by the Salvation residents allowed in recreation Army of Central Virginia Grace Street shelter remains and dining areas at any one to house the homeless open and is at capacity, but during the pandemic. while residents have also been time. The center also offers temallowed to stay there all day, his perature screenings, individually packaged meals, showers and an on-site staff’s ability to spread beds out has been laundry service. Dohmann says 26 people limited by space constraints. Other city shelters are also allowing moved in after one day in operation, with daylong stays while COVID-19 continues room for 75 residents across nearly 36,000 to pose a threat, according to Kelly King square feet. Horne, executive director for Homeward, the nonprofit that coordinates the region’s homeless services. She’s also a member of the Greater Richmond Continuum of Care, a network of homeless service providers, government agencies and community partners dedicated to ending homelessness in the region. “We really jumped in as the Continuum of Care … on March 12, and honestly, we’ve —Rhonda Sneed, Blessing Warriors RVA been working every single day since then, morning until night.” she says. “It’s pretty The residents are not allowed to leave hectic, and things are really dynamic and the shelter except for medical and housfast-changing.” ing appointments and occasional strolls Shelters in the Greater Richmond Conor smoke breaks in a designated area. tinuum of Care, which account for about The adjustment has been difficult for 330 shelter beds on any given night, have some. “Really, we’re saying, ‘Guys, listen, spaced out beds and implemented health we know this is hard, but we really want screenings for residents and staff mem-
“As citizens, as people, we have to look out for each other, especially at this time in our lives with the pandemic.”
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COURTESY THE VALENTINE
(Left) Businessman Henry Lee Valentine was crowned king of the carnival. (Opposite page) A Fairyland Parade featured horse-drawn float dep t ng ela orate a r tale
Beauty. The illusion and reality combusted when the Pit of Despair caught fire on Adams Street and the Royal Car’s drapery ignited at First Street. Fire extinguishers quelled the flames without injuries. Sponsoring enterprises built substantial pavilions that provided showrooms for companies’ wares, comfort for visitors and sites for hourly promotional contests: Kaempf’s on Ninth Street was ready to award the prettiest lady clerk of any carnival booth a box of candy, while the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks promised a box of El Truro Cigars to the ugliest out-of-towner, as decided upon “by a committee of ladies.” The promise of cigars also lured passersby to throw balls “at the head of a black man with the unbreakable skull,” as the Times described it, reporting with
The fair interrupted traffic, closed schools and suspended government business. the typical and casually cruel tone of the day. A “fakir” handed three balls to tossers for a nickel. The balls flew, and the man’s head jerked and dodged without injury. Then a man “weighing a full 200 pounds” took matters into his ample hands. His first two direct hits did nothing. Then the target caught sight of a friend and began distractedly talking. The thrower “gave three awful swings of his great arm and hurtled the ball,” which
hit its mark square on the target’s crown, but the projectile bounced, shattering a “French plate glass window in Smithdeal’s Business College. … Then the ball rolled off in a corner, well satisfied with its work.” The head man finished his conversation then announced, “Keep it up, gem’men; the harder they come, the more I likes’em.” Newspaper accounts blithely employed epithets to describe nonwhite entertainers and spectators alike. John Mitchell Jr., the black editor of the weekly Jackson Ward-based Richmond Planet, largely eschewed coverage of the fair, though the Planet did mention a roughhewn log cabin on display, because inside there was not only an oil painting of Thomas Jefferson, but also the work of James Conway Farley, a pioneering black photographer operating as the Jefferson Fine Art Co. at 523 E. Broad St. On the final evening of the fair, a massive crowd surged around the large stands between Third and Fourth streets on Broad’s north side to observe a cakewalk dance performed by, the newspaper assured, “genuine negroes” of Jackson Ward. The cakewalk originated in the plantation South, where slaves competed through dance for a special cake; their choreography satirized formal white dances mashed up with their own inventions for comic lampooning. This day’s demonstration ended not in laughter but screams. A disturbance caused by a mule-driven streetcar attempting to pass through the crowd moved the mass of spectators against the platform. In search of a better view and an escape from the press of bodies, more than a dozen boys had clambered upon the security railings 12 feet above the street. The support “broke with a crash,” tumbling the youngsters into the throng on the sidewalk below and causing a frightened rush. When the crowd momentarily cleared, 12-year-old Robert Lee Smith, “a small colored boy,” as the Times put it, was found alive but trampled, his left leg broken and body bruised. An official on the stand urged the cake-
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The Richmond Dispatch provided this rendering of festivities looking east from Foushee toward the carnival arch and City Hall. In the floral parade, George King drives a cart adorned with scarlet poppies and pulled by a snow-white goat.
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walk to continue to prevent a stampede. The entertainment resumed, and “the excitement was soon forgotten,” the Times reported, “as they cheered their favorites in the rag-time performance.” At midnight, the Bostock aggregation dismantled its attractions to get on the road for Scranton, Pennsylvania. Public mentions in the papers by carnival organizers began making suggestions that the festival become an annual “permanent institution.” Valentine, the carnival’s short-lived king, advocated a Tri-State Association comprising Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina, to be capitalized by $25,000 to $50,000. The subsequent lawsuit by the family of Robert Lee Smith for $2,500 in damages wound its way through trials and counter-trials. The Dispatch editorially called for dismissal due to the potential for Richmond to incur bad publicity. Yet the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in January 1903 upheld the claim, albeit for $500. The settlement left the association with $230, which went to the Virginia Home for the Incurables, and enthusiasm for another spring event faded. Richmond couldn’t quite quit the carnival arch, though. City officials debated its fate, while the United Daughters of the Confederacy noted the popularity of the carnival arch for visitors and photographic opportunities and considered a version for Monroe Park. That concept didn’t take hold, and the carnival arch’s crumbling cornices threatened to “involve the city in a damage suit,” as the Dispatch described. The cornices got removed, and decorators for the autumn conventions of the Odd-Fellows, Firefighters and American Bankers dressed the shabby arch in flowers and bunting. By Oct. 20, it was taken down, and the last of the carnival’s visible memory finally vanished. Some decades later, broader-based festivities have evolved to embrace neighborhoods and various ethnicities, animals (though not boxing kangaroos), food, art and music — celebrations where everyone is now WELCOME. R
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(From top) Broad Street retailers built fanciful kiosks for displays. At Fourth Street, the entry for women’s and children’s clothing store Kaufmann & Co. is dark blue and trimmed in white with a dome lit by 250 incandescent lights.
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Healthy volunteers needed for an array of medical trials and studies By Tharon Giddens
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ou can do a lot of good while you’re sitting at home. The pandemic has left many Virginians sheltering in place or working from their residences, and that’s left many of us with time on our hands. You can put some of that idle time to use and help improve community heath by taking a few minutes to sign up for a clinical medical trial or heath research study. One study in need of volunteers is The VCU Massey Cancer Center initiative Together for Health Virginia (togetherfor health.vcu.edu). The study focuses on cancer rates in various communities in the commonwealth and how those rates are impacted by factors including environment, wealth and poverty, and social and behavioral actions. Data will be used to determine what disparities exist, what can be done to address them, and how to improve practices and services. You can sign up at the website or find the project app on the App Store or Google Play. To register, you must be at least 18 years old. You can drop out at any time. When you register, you’re asked a few basic questions: age, height, weight, whether you’ve ever been diagnosed with cancer, that sort of thing. It also asks for basic demographics such as where you live, your marital status and your household income. Massey says it will use the study results to shape its education and community outreach efforts such as weight management, cancer screening and programs to stop tobacco use. Issues including
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for clinical research at VCU and director of the Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research. “The way we advance medicine is through clinical research,” he says. Some studies only use people with a particular condition, while others, like the cancer registry, also need healthy volunteers. Moeller notes that finding healthy participants for a study can be difficult. There’s a time investment involved, and that could interfere with work. Some studies provide weekend time slots to volunteers so they won’t interfere with work, or they pay a stipend. “It is challenging for people, so most offer some kind of compensation for that,” he says. Volunteers are solicited through community outreach, advertising or through advocacy groups or patient advocacy organizations. Moeller says that research studies have an unfortunate history of underserving minority populations, and that women and children also have not always been adequately included. That’s changed now, according to Moeller, who says that inclusion is a priority at VCU and that regulators now require that gender, race and age balance be considered.
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health literacy, financial barriers and access to health care — and how. they lead to cancer disparities in the commonwealth — will be examined as well. App users can share fitness tracker data with researchers. Your information will not be shared or sold; it will only be available to the VCU researchers. The project is about halfway to its goal of having 2,000 people complete the initial survey. Researchers want a diverse, broad set of people to use the app to share information about their health over a long period of time, enabling them to compile data and discern trends about cancer disparities and other health issues in Virginia. “The programs that we implement will only be effective if we have a deep grasp of all the factors that impact cancer risk, so it’s important that participants in the program represent all of the diverse populations living in Virginia,” says Bernard Fuemmeler, associate director for cancer prevention and control, in a release. Such projects are crucial, according to Gerard Moeller, an associate vice president
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A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THEM Adventures along the Appomattox River from Petersburg to Hopewell Hopewell’s City Point Park
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f you’re in need of an excursion and want to avoid crowds, there are opportunities for responsible recreation around Petersburg. The lower portion of the Appomattox River from Lake Chesdin to the waterway’s convergence with the James River in Hopewell offers an array of trails and attractions to explore. There are blueways for boaters, uncrowded greenways for hikers and occasionally bikers, and a surprisingly diverse selection of eateries that offer service to go or remain open while maintaining limited-occupancy restrictions.
PETERSBURG HIKES Petersburg’s Patton Park, across the Appomattox from Virginia State University in Ettrick, is an enticing starting point for a leisurely river walk. Cross Highway 36 and follow the river upstream along the rapids on a trail that’s fairly flat and open, with modest elevation changes. Signs in the parking area provide some insights into Petersburg’s riverfront history. You can learn more about the city once the welcome center on the ground floor of the Exchange Building on Bank Street in Petersburg reopens after the pandemic eases. The Greek Revival structure dates from the 1840s and has served a variety of purposes over the years. It’s now home to the city museum. Call 804835-9630 for updates. There are exhibits in the back of the
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welcome center that provide a part of the city’s history, including an exhibit that tells the story of the late civil rights icon Wyatt Tee Walker and another that covers Howard Baugh, a Petersburg native who served in World War II as a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen.
EATS For lunch, Nisa Thai opened in February about a block up Sycamore Street from the museum. It’s the second location for Nisa Thai Cuisine; the other is on South Belvidere Street in Richmond. The Petersburg location is housed in a renovated 19th-century structure. They are open for takeout only during the pandemic; call 804-324-4490. Pad Thai with pork and a bowl of tom yum soup make for a tasty and filling meal. A deluxe entree costs more, but it’s large
enough for two to share. Down Sycamore Street is Longstreet’s Deli, which serves up a bit of everything, from soups and salads to steaks. This is also a great place to satisfy a sweet tooth with a sublime slice of cake and a cup of coffee, and the restaurant is limiting occupancy to the mandated 10 or fewer at a time. When pandemic restrictions are lifted, this is a lively place that also features DJs or music performances Thursdays-Saturdays. Award-winning Saucy’s BBQ off Bollingbrook Street is currently available via to-go service, where you call ahead at 804-504-3075, extension 1, and they take your order curbside to your car. Call when you get there and describe your ride. Try the pulled pork, or get a slab of ribs; the dry seasoning stands on its own, though their sauce is sublime. Its open, industrial dining room is well worth your visit after pandemic restrictions are eased.
GETTING TO THE POINT There’s more to explore downstream, including Appomattox River Regional Park in Prince George County and City Point in Hopewell. The regional park is off River Road, behind the Riverside
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without charge, as part of the service. At the time, Chesterfield was rapidly growing toward a population of 150,000. Today, it’s climbing toward 350,000 people. Shamin has been along for the ride, especially benefiting from the area’s sports tourism, which has become a NEIL AMIN, CEO OF SHAMIN HOTEL S nearly $50 million industry for the county. John Watt, tourism project manager in Chesterfield County’s department of food and drinks and who are cleaning economic development, paints the picA CULTURE OF SERVICE hotels and things like that, all of those ture: “Given they have a preponderance For many years, Amin served on the folks need quality housing at an affordboard and as chairman of the finance of properties, nearly a dozen in Chesterable price,” Harris says. “Not every busifield County, Shamin Hotels has been committee for Richmond's Better Housness necessarily sees it that way.” really, really important to the economic ing Coalition. Amin has earned accolades for his vitality of our region,” he says. Amin says he was drawn to that “Their hotels are scattered from the service initially by concern that some contributions to the community — touredge of 295 in Meadowville all the way of the associates who worked at his ism development, affordable housing and over to Brandermill and provide a wide hotels might not be able to find affordthe like — and for his business savvy. assortment of choices for the traveling able housing. But he says he is uncomfortable with “I got to know the associates at the public, for our business travelers who are the attention and shifts the credit to his hotels, so I see when people are lacking coming into the community and, for the parents for the work they have done to the basic needs — shelter, health care, give the company a sound foundation. past 10 years or so, the explosion the education, food,” Amin says. “Those are region has seen in sports tourism,” Watt He says his mother, Purnima Amin, is the things I’m focused says. “We couldn’t do it without often overlooked for her contributions, Shamin Hotels created a on, and those are my the number of rooms that the which he says have been inestimable. scholarship for the children of passion, to ensure that “She’s really the glue that keeps this Shamin properties provide, both the company’s associates named after Purnima Amin company together,” he says. “She’s that here in Chesterfield and also the not only Shamin associ(right), Neil Amin’s mother. motherly figure, the caretaker. If somecity and Henrico.” ates but the entire comone has a need, they come to her. She’s munity has those basic very easy to talk to, and that’s created needs. So I’ve tried to this culture.” align myself with those types of organizations.” Despite Shamin Hotels’ success, Amin Greta Harris, BHC says his family business — and his family president and CEO, — have tried largely to eschew the outpraised Amin’s service ward trappings of success. and commitment, as “You’ll see that my father nor I don’t well as his business have an assistant,” Amin says. “We don’t acumen. Amin rotated live an extravagant lifestyle. My father still lives in the same house that I grew off the coalition's board last year. up in. I lived in a hotel until I was 12, and “He was a savvy busithen he built this house [in 1991], and I moved in there. He lives in that same nessman who underhouse today. stood the connection between successful “We came from nothing, and we were employment and quality always happy. When we lived in the motel affordable housing in room, we were happy. We never felt that close proximity to jobs,” we were missing out or anything, and that’s how we still feel today. Harris says. “The folks who are “We’re just happy spending time with taking care of our chilfriends and family, taking care of our communities and taking care of our dren, the folks who are associates,” Amin says. “That’s what helping us take care of our parents, the folks brings us happiness, rather than changwho are serving great ing our lifestyle.” R
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SUPER LAWYERS
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Habeeb, Gregory D., Gentry Locke, Richmond
HEALTH CARE Goodman, Michael L., Goodman Allen Donnelly, Glen Allen Ivins, Jr., John C., Hirschler, Richmond Joseph, Jonathan M., Christian & Barton, Richmond Martin, Jamie Baskerville, Williams Mullen, Richmond Stallings, Thomas J., McGuireWoods, Richmond
INSURANCE COVERAGE Carlton, Mark G., Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond Claytor, John M., Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond Pg. S-2 Dunn, Lawrence A. “Lex”, McCandlish Holton, Richmond Garrett, Thomas S., Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond Mumford, Jr., John B., Hancock Daniel & Johnson, Glen Allen Peritz, Marc A., Morin & Barkley, Charlottesville Rasmussen, John J., Insurance Recovery Law Group, Richmond Ross, Robert Tayloe, Midkiff Muncie & Ross, Richmond Skilling, Elizabeth E., Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond Stephens, E. Ford, Christian & Barton, Richmond
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Bey, Dawn-Marie, Bey & Cotropia, Richmond Broadbent, Jr., Peter E., Christian & Barton, Richmond Demm, Stephen P., Hunton Andrews Kurth, Richmond Gatewood, Christopher E., Threshold Counsel, Richmond
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION Carr, IV, Dabney J., Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, Richmond Riopelle, Brian C., McGuireWoods, Richmond
LAND USE/ZONING Theobald, James W., Hirschler, Richmond
Gwathmey, John Owen, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, Richmond
Hux, Paul D., Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Midlothian Pg. S-2
Thompson, Gary E., Hunton Andrews Kurth, Richmond
Kessel, James Mick, Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Henrico
Weinberg, James L., Hirschler, Richmond
Kilduff, William B., Emroch & Kilduff, Richmond Pg. S-2
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: DEFENSE
Konvicka, Jason W., Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Richmond Pg. S-2
Gnapp, Alan B., Law Office of Alan B. Gnapp, Richmond
Lantz, Michael W., Emroch & Kilduff, Richmond
Yates, III, H. Robert, O’Hagan Meyer, Richmond
Long, Bridget N., Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Petersburg
Zunka, John W., Zunka Milnor & Carter, Charlottesville
Marcus, Keith B., Blank & Marcus, Richmond Marstiller, Jr., Philip S., Emroch & Kilduff, Richmond
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF Allen, Edward L., Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Fredericksburg Pg. S-2 Blank, Irving M., Blank & Marcus, Richmond Brook, Lisa S., MichieHamlett, Charlottesville Broughton, Gray B., The Broughton Law Firm, Richmond Bucci, M. Scott, Breit Cantor Grana Buckner, Richmond Buckner, Elliott M., Breit Cantor Grana Buckner, Richmond Pg. S-2 Byrne, Jr., Robert E., MartinWren, Charlottesville Cantor, Irvin V., Breit Cantor Grana Buckner, Richmond Pg. S-2 Conte, Stephen C., Blackburn Conte Schilling & Click, Richmond Cowan, Jr., F. Neil, CowanGates, Richmond, 804-320-9100 Pg. S-5
Mottley, Kevin W., The Mottley Law Firm, Richmond Naylor, George O.Y., Blank & Marcus, Richmond Newby, John R., Tronfeld West & Durrett, Richmond Phelan, Michael G., Phelan | Petty, Richmond Pg. S-2 Quinn, Colleen Marea, Locke & Quinn, Richmond, 804-545-9406 Pg. S-2, S-10 Shea, John C., Marks & Harrison, Richmond, 804-282-0999 Pg. S-6 Silverman, Joshua D., Silverman Law Firm, Richmond Slaughter, M. Bryan, MichieHamlett, Charlottesville Pg. S-2 Toepp, Christopher J., Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Richmond
Crawford, J. Penn, Marks & Harrison, Richmond, 804-282-0999 Pg. S-6
Webb, J. Gregory, MichieHamlett, Charlottesville
Davis, Ashley T., Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Richmond
West, Elizabeth E., Tronfeld West & Durrett, Richmond
Dix, Mark D., Commonwealth Law Group, Richmond, 804-999-9999 Pg. S-2, S-10
Wren, Jonathan T., MartinWren, Charlottesville
Durrett, David E., Tronfeld West & Durrett, Richmond Emroch, Walter H., Emroch & Kilduff, Richmond Pg. S-2 Gallalee, W.F. Drewry, Williams Mullen, Richmond Pg. S-2 Grana, Stephanie E., Breit Cantor Grana Buckner, Richmond Pg. S-2 Guedri, P. Christopher, Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Richmond Halperin, Jonathan E., Halperin Law Center, Glen Allen Pg. S-2 Hanson, Jr., William P., Emroch & Kilduff, Richmond
Bishop, Gregory R., Williams Mullen, Richmond Goodpasture, Philip H., Williams Mullen, Richmond
Hundley, Brooks, James D. Hundley, Richmond
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Merrick, John, Merrick Brock, Richmond
Warren, Jr., T. Vaden, The Warren Firm, Charlottesville
Herzog, Andrew S., Parcell Webb & Baruch, Richmond
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McNally, Thomas J., Emroch & Kilduff, Richmond
Craig, Graven, CraigWilliams, Louisa
Harris, III, John P., The Harris Law Firm, Fredericksburg
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Martin, Kelly, Tronfeld West & Durrett, Richmond
PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: DEFENSE Anderson, Todd D., Herbert & Satterwhite, Richmond Donnelly, Robert F., Goodman Allen Donnelly, Glen Allen Herbert, Ronald P., Herbert & Satterwhite, Richmond McCauley, Kathleen M., Moran Reeves & Conn, Richmond Pg. S-2 Morin, Donald R., Morin & Barkley, Charlottesville Satterwhite, Kimberly A., Herbert & Satterwhite, Richmond Simopoulos, Jodi B., The Mitchell Law Group, Richmond Wimbish, III, Carlyle R., Wimbish Gentile McCray & Roeber, Richmond
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RISING STARS
THE LIST BY PRIMARY AREA OF PRACTICE The list was finalized as of October 24, 2019. Any updates to the list (for example, status changes or disqualifying events) will be reflected on superlawyers.com. Names and page numbers in RED indicate a profile on the specified page. Phone numbers are included only for attorneys with paid Rising Stars print advertisements. Only attorneys who data verified with Super Lawyers for the current year are included on this list. All current selections are reflected on superlawyers.com profiles.
APPELLATE McNew, Kyle, MichieHamlett, Charlottesville
BANKING Bruno, Jamie Watkins, Williams Mullen, Richmond
Komisin, John “Jed”, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, Richmond Mackey, Eli Jason S., Setliff Law, Glen Allen Matheson, Michael G., ThompsonMcMullan, Richmond Miller, Jeffrey P., Gentry Locke, Richmond Relyea, Jessica G., Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith, Richmond Southall, Elizabeth C., Zunka Milnor & Carter, Charlottesville
Smith, David M., La Fratta Law, Richmond Waltrip, Brandon C., Waltrip & Campbell, Williamsburg
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/DWI Weiland, John M., Weiland Upton, Richmond
E-DISCOVERY Waller, Lauren W., Williams Mullen, Richmond
Wisegarver, Jaime B., Hirschler, Richmond Wright, Gibson, McCandlish Holton, Richmond York, Melissa Y., Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond
CIVIL LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF Ash, Ryan H., Blackburn Conte Schilling & Click, Richmond
BANKRUPTCY: BUSINESS
ELDER LAW Pryor, Jeremy L., Carrell Blanton Ferris & Associates, Richmond Steffens, Joley L., Joley L. Steffens, Richmond Yoak, Andrea J., ThompsonMcMullan, Richmond
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR Kewer, Alison D., Isler Dare, Richmond
Donaldson, Jed, Vandeventer Black, Richmond
CIVIL RIGHTS
Passero, Ashley R., LawrenceQueen, Richmond
Prince IV, William D., ThompsonMcMullan, Richmond
Fisher, Jr., M. Scott, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond
Weaver, Amanda, Williams Mullen, Richmond
Vogel, Christian K. “Kirk”, Vogel & Cromwell, Richmond
McBeth, Isaac A., Halperin Law Center, Glen Allen
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE Alejandro, Faith, Sands Anderson, Richmond
BANKRUPTCY: CONSUMER Brown-Moseley, Veronica D., Boleman Law Firm, Richmond
BUSINESS LITIGATION Cragle, III, Franklin R., Hirschler, Richmond
CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS Brown, Jr., Orran, BrownGreer, Richmond Morris, Mitchell, Butler Snow, Richmond
CLOSELY HELD BUSINESS
Holbrook, Bryan, O’Hagan Meyer, Richmond Smith, Amy, Isler Dare, Richmond
ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES Wallace, Eric, GreeneHurlocker, Richmond
Dunlap, Tricia, Dunlap Law, Henrico
Haynes, Meredith M., Williams Mullen, Richmond Liff, Laura, Miles & Stockbridge, Richmond McKay, Jordan E., MichieHamlett, Charlottesville
CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION Bundy, Kelly J., Hirschler, Richmond
Michaux, Robert D., Christian & Barton, Richmond Morrissett, Brennan, McCandlish Holton, Richmond
CONSUMER LAW
Popps, Steven G., McGuireWoods, Richmond
Kennedy, Emily Connor, Boleman Law Firm, Richmond
Thomas, David W., MichieHamlett, Charlottesville Tyree, Benjamin S., Coates & Davenport, Richmond
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
ESTATE & TRUST LITIGATION Kyber, Benjamin P., The Mottley Law Firm, Richmond Sleeth, III, William W., Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, Williamsburg
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE Baxter, Spencer M., Johnson Gasink & Baxter, Richmond
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
Braswell, Nicholas, Price Benowitz, Richmond
Hendricks, Michael Anthony, Johnson Gasink & Baxter, Williamsburg
McCollum, Mike, Kaleo Legal, Richmond
Burks, Ghislaine M. Storr, Gardner & Burks, Spotsylvania
Jones, Susanna, FloranceGordonBrown, Richmond
Young, Ryan C., Young Law, Glen Allen
CIVIL LITIGATION: DEFENSE Bishop, Emily P., McAngus Goudelock & Courie, Glen Allen Blackburn, III, Joseph, Williams Mullen, Richmond Boyce, David G., Sands Anderson, Richmond Jones, Jr., G. Christopher, Sinnott Nuckols & Logan, Midlothian
French, Jennifer A., Christina Pendleton & Associates, Richmond La Fratta, Michael, La Fratta Law, Richmond Pendleton, Christina, Christina Pendleton & Associates, Richmond Pinsker, Matt C., Attorney at Law, Glen Allen Quitiquit, Tony, Jurach Tacey & Quitiquit, Henrico Saunders, Seth P., Attorney at Law, Glen Allen
Kelly, Joshua D., Hirschler, Richmond Parker, Trey T., Carrell Blanton Ferris & Associates, Williamsburg Wall, Bennie A., Carrell Blanton Ferris & Associates, Richmond
FAMILY LAW Baez, Erica Giovanni, Hatcher & Baez, Midlothian CONTINUED ON PAGE S-12
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Baines, Erik, Barnes & Diehl, Richmond, 804-796-1000 Pg. S-3
INSURANCE COVERAGE Friedman, Robert F., Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond
Bal, Nupur, DeFazio Law Firm, Glen Allen
PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: PLAINTIFF Hunt, Brielle, Phelan | Petty, Richmond
Bloomquest, Stephen, Quest Law, Midlothian
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Robins, Jr., W. Randolph, Emroch & Kilduff, Richmond
Boutwell, Jessica C., CowanGates, Richmond, 804-320-9100 Pg. S-5
Fox, Caroline J., CJFox Law, Richmond
Sturtevant, Glen H., Rawls Law Group, Richmond
Bridges, Allison, Parcell Webb & Baruch, Richmond Collins, Richard, Collins & Hyman, Williamsburg
Howlett, Eric C., Sands Anderson, Richmond Laughter, Justin M., Threshold Counsel, Richmond
REAL ESTATE
Stockment, Andrew B., Flora Pettit, Charlottesville
Hicks, Sean D., Williams Mullen, Richmond
Conner, Sarah J., Friedman Law Firm, Chesterfield Delcamp, Irene C., Barnes & Diehl, Richmond, 804-414-0120 Pg. S-3
Johnson, Sara L., Hirschler, Richmond
LAND USE/ZONING Lloyd, Jr., T. Preston, Williams Mullen, Richmond
Farmer, J. Kyle, Raynor & Farmer, Charlottesville McClung, Kerry, The Law Offices of Kerry J. McClung, Henrico McPheron, Britney, Bowen Ten Cardani, Richmond Napier, Mary A., BoykoNapier, Richmond Patras, Sarah G., Livesay & Myers, Fredericksburg Ragosta, Seth J., Flora Pettit, Charlottesville Seiden, Jason P., MichieHamlett, Charlottesville Smith, H. Van, Smith | Strong, Richmond, 804-325-1245
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Nichols, Colleen, Peake Law Group, Midlothian Stitzer, Brandt, Hirschler, Richmond Thumma, Christopher, Peake Law Group, Midlothian
Casagrande, Alexandra, Hirschler, Richmond Hedrick, Lisa J., Hirschler, Richmond
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SECURITIES & CORPORATE FINANCE Lester, Lee G., Williams Mullen, Richmond
Appleton, Randall Lee, Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith, Richmond
TAX
Moss, Ashley G., Vandeventer Black, Richmond
Connors, Jenny H., Williams Mullen, Richmond
Anderson, Paige Corbin, Vinson & Elkins, Richmond
Papoulakos, Elizabeth, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond Winsky, Ashley W., Gentry Locke, Richmond
TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME Dickens, Audra M., McCandlish Holton, Richmond
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF
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Alexander, Brooke T., ReidGoodwin, Richmond, 804-415-7800
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Bowers, Les S., MichieHamlett, Charlottesville
Anderson, Courtney A., Ford Richardson, Richmond Belliveau, Amanda Tapscott, McCandlish Holton, Richmond
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Cantor, Joseph L., Breit Cantor Grana Buckner, Richmond
Royce, Daniel M., Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith, Richmond
Fitzgerald, Scott D., Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Richmond
Beste, Michael J., Reinhardt | Harper | Davis, Richmond
Warden, IV, J. Buckley, ThompsonMcMullan, Richmond
Irvine, David M., Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Charlottesville
Childrey, Julia, Reinhardt | Harper | Davis, Richmond
Williams, Simone, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond
Latham, Wiley, Tronfeld West & Durrett, Richmond
Goodwin, Brad, ReidGoodwin, Richmond, 804-415-7800
Long, K. Matthew, Bowen Ten Cardani, Richmond
Kirkpatrick, Emily, Midkiff Muncie & Ross, Richmond
Lucchetti, Andrew, Halperin Law Center, Glen Allen
Pollard, Corey R., Corey Pollard Law, Richmond
McClellan, Joel, Marks & Harrison, Richmond, 804-282-0999 Pg. S-6
Reid, Brody, ReidGoodwin, Richmond, 804-415-7800
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Cushing, Patrick A., Williams Mullen, Richmond
Renfro, Daniel, Renfro & Renfro, Richmond
HEALTH CARE Ligon, Jennifer, Williams Mullen, Richmond McCarthy, Colin P., McGuireWoods, Richmond Mortier, Nathan, Mellette, Williamsburg
IMMIGRATION Adams, Isaac, Dyer Immigration Law Group, Henrico Manelis, Irina, Manelis Law, Glen Allen
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Riordan, Rachel, Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith, Richmond Smith, III, Joseph P., Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith, Richmond Willis, Andrew S., Hancock Daniel & Johnson, Glen Allen Wilson, Christopher R., Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith, Richmond
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THE DOMINO EFFECT Members of the restaurant community endure a historic industry crisis as dining rooms close
Chris Vaughan
Ida MaMusu
Chef-owner of Africanne on Main
After I shut down, friends and customers the restaurant open, I have to sell 70 were saying, “Chef, we miss you and your plates a day. food.” Some asked if I could make them I made disposable masks for customgreens or oxtails to pick up from my ers. I’ve given out over 200 already. At house. [Laughs.] the door a greeter makes sure everyone We’re a buffet, so we weren’t prepared is covered. There’s only three of us in for takeout or delivery. I’m from Africa the restaurant at a time. Once customthough, and we deal with stuff like this ers order, they wait outside. all the time and readjust our lifestyles. When I reopened, one of my customMalaria, smallpox, measles, cholera, Ebola ers said, “Chef, in Africa when the queen — we went through all of that. We don’t is coming out, there is a drumroll. I will panic and fall apart. do a drumroll and buy the first 20 meals The second week of April, we refor customers.” It makes you feel importopened with a scaled-back menu. In ant, and that your food is worth it. order to pay my employees and keep —As told to Eileen Mellon 118
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My restaurant sales have gone to about 2% of what they were. We were having our best winter ever until March 13, then it died. I’ve been farming 21 years, so I’ve known a lot of these people longer than I’ve known my kids. Everyone’s hurting. People hear about chefs, but they wouldn’t be able to do anything without the waitstaff, prep cooks, cleaning people. They’re the lifeblood of restaurants. I’m lucky. We bought this place three years ago, and it’s paid off. I might lose my tractor, but I could always buy another down the line. If I’m not making money, we’ll be eating a lot of greens and vegetables I grow. It won’t be our whole food bill, but I’ll take care of the produce part. My wife works for the state, so I’m lucky that it’s not a traditional family farm where we’re completely tied to it, and we’ll sink or swim with it. I’m more worried about the future. If 50% of restaurants close, I’m looking at 50% of business. Richmond will still be a food destination, but it may take years to get back to where we were in terms of numbers, so then it’s like going back to where I was. That scares me more than anything. —As told to Stephanie Ganz
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To donate or find more information on ways to assist the dining community, visit richmondrestaurantsunited.com.
Local restaurant owners band together to form a grassroots organization aimed at aiding workers and sustaining the dining scene
Richmond is a vibrant, enjoyable place to live, thanks in much part to our diverse dining community. Beginning in mid-March, the COVID-19 crisis forced these important pieces of our daily lives to close their doors or offer limited service, throwing the majority of front- and back-of-house professionals out of work and into financial insecurity. In response, restaurateurs Kevin Liu of The Jasper and Carytown Cupcakes, Brittanny Anderson of Brenner Pass and Metzger Bar & Butchery, and Patrick Phelan of Longoven have joined forces along with other industry professionals to form Richmond Restaurants United.
Richmond magazine:
What is the goal of RRU? Kevin Liu: Most simply put, to advocate for financial stimulus to ensure existing restaurants can survive in the near term and eventually reopen as anchors to the local economy. To advocate on behalf of service industry workers who need financial support now to survive and incentives long-term in order to stay in the industry and be ready to work when we do reopen. We also want to support each other and share ideas, advice and kindness throughout this ordeal. Patrick Phelan: Our other mission is to create a resource center to get the most useful
information to workers and operators industry-wide about available assistance and legislation we need a collective voice in advocating for. Brittanny Anderson: I would add that a big part ... involves supporting workers who have been laid off.
RM: What compelled you all to form RRU?
Anderson: This is my passion
and my life. The people who work with me are my family, and I feel that they deserve to be fought for. Cooking and food are at the heart of everything I do. I'm not sure I would know what to do with myself in a world without restaurants, so
I'm putting everything I have into ensuring that we will have a place in the world after COVID-19. Phelan: It’s clear that the Richmond dining landscape will be transformed considerably when we get through this crisis. I believe it is our job to make sure we give as many in the industry [as possible] a fighting chance to return to the work they do. Liu: The beautiful thing about the Richmond restaurant community is that most of us genuinely get along and want to see our neighbors succeed, and that is how we were able to organize and come together so quickly.
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A portrait of Parthenia Gibson, the designer’s grandmother, by her great-grandfather Charles Dana Gibson hangs over the kitchen fireplace.
“Ten to 15 years later, that style was no longer fashionable.” Pairs of double-hung windows topped with fanlights, 11-foot ceilings, spacious parlors with pocket doors, a sun porch with a painted tin ceiling and tile floor, wavy window glass and a chiming doorbell are all vintage details that make it extra special. The house was perfectly suited to the couple’s passion for home renovation. Longenderfer is a contractor, and Gibson
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In the patterned parlor, Gibson paired her “Mum” wallpaper with drapes made using her “Botany” fabric in yellow.
house should make you happy and comfortable when you walk in,” she says. “It should reflect who you are and have a joyful aspect.” To achieve that goal, she takes her cues from the house, admitting that she tends to begin with lots of enthusiasm. “I go full steam ahead, and Mark holds me back,” she says, laughing. Without a set plan in mind, Gibson says, “One idea basically sparks the next … I start with neutrals, and then start layering.” She emphasizes how important it is to “see how light falls in a room” before choosing paint and fabric colors. “I’ve made a few mistakes. I painted the dining room hospital green and hated it. White walls brightened up the space, lifting a load off my shoulders.” She’s still not sure about the coral color of the room’s coffered ceiling but has resolved to leave it for now.
The great-granddaughter and namesake of renowned American artist Charles Dana Gibson, Gibson channels her own creativity as a home product designer of cheerful, preppy chic lamps, wallpaper, chairs, stationery, fabric, accessories and more. Though pieces from her collections could easily fill all 5,000 square feet of her house, Gibson avoids the showroom vibe by adding patterns and prints of favorite designers such as Peter Dunham, Tricia Guild and Kathryn Ireland. For some details, Gibson has sought advice and production assistance from interior designer Sara Hillery, who helped make one of Gibson’s favorite design elements a reality — the living room’s dazzling pink silk drapes that puddle on its heart pine floors. “I like choosing colors that are light-infused. … I want surfaces to share the
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ABOVE: Molster used reverse painted tempered glass behind the stove because it felt clean and set off the striped wallpaper, which also covers the refrigerator. OPPOSITE TOP: Overscale furnishings mix with carefully curated antiques in the foyer. OPPOSITE BOTTOM: In the green library the designer mixed traditional antiques with sleek Midcentury seating, a handcrafted bronze chandelier and hand-gilded lamp. A diamond-patterned Tulu rug adds a touch of pink.
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BELOW: Molster had the Giacometti-like figural floor lamps flanking the gilded settee made from a pair of sculptures. RIGHT: Multiple seating areas feature sofas and chairs chosen so that a large man — several of Molster’s sons are over 6 feet tall — will fit comfortably in every chair.
Balance is key to Molster’s designs. Timeworn antiques paired with transitional upholstery pieces, luxe accents of gold, oversized mirrors, quirky sculptures, stripes, and contemporary artwork keep her color palette of coral, blush, watermelon and fuchsia from being too sweet. “I’m very fickle about pattern,” Molster says. “In my house I play with stripes and paint as a way of adding pattern.” In the living room, she experimented with pots of pink paints, painting a window niche in one color, and stripes in different widths and pinks on another wall. “[Paint] is so fun and so rewarding because you can do a transformation with relative ease,” she says. Molster is comfortable, as she says, “walking off the color ledge.” An image of a Parisian salon in electric hot pink with ’70s design elements like shaggy rugs inspired her hot pink den, which came together after she returned from a buying
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trip to Morocco with a marvelous collection of Moroccan rugs. In the library, the walls are lacquered pistachio green. “I wanted a lacquered room,” Molster says. “Green is a color that looks good in saturation, and it’s a great foil for pink.” Molster’s fondness for paint extends to the dining room, where the neutral walls are crowned with a crazy patterned ceiling. She had the ceiling painted pink and added the free-form pattern later. “I worked with my decorative painter from H.J. Holtz & Son on the white glaze pattern. He would draw free-form patterns on the ceiling, and we would lie on the table and look at it. It is a free-form pattern with no repeat.” Comfort is central to all of Molster’s designs. In her own home, durability is also important, as she often has a full house when her five children, their spouses and her grandchildren visit. “In my house we have a lot of loungers,” Molster says. “We also
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ABOVE: Contemporary black-and-white furnishings form a welcoming seating area on the front porch. BELOW: Molster’s pup Junebug enjoys the back patio. OPPOSITE: Molster designed the velvet headboard and bedding in the master bedroom. A coral suzani hangs behind the bed.
like to spend a lot of time around a table. The need for comfortable seating definitely informed my decisions for each space.” The living room is neutral except for the chandeliers and pillows. Around the room, pillows in a mixed palette of pinks and antique textiles inject pops of color. Soft stripes continue from the walls to the linen-and-velvet drapes. Molster mixes color with the type of abandon that comes from years of experience. “I haven’t always gotten it right,” she says. “It’s not organically created, it’s calculated and thoughtful.” Molster says she is constantly rearranging, rehanging and repainting the rooms in her house to make them seem fresh. “My home is a mix of old and new, all things I’ve collected,” she says. “Rarely are there things that I’ve bought for a specific place. If it speaks to me, I’ll buy it. So if you see something you love, buy it. Don’t buy it to fit a room.”
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