Roanoke’s Top Attorneys 2011


by The Roanoker Editorial Staff

Our thanks to the attorneys who voted in our electronic balloting, conducted between July 25 and August 26. Attorneys listed here represent the votes from among the 700-plus Roanoke-area attorneys contacted by mail in July.

Bankruptcy

1. A. Carter Magee
Magee, Goldstein, Lasky & Sayers, PC; 343-9800

2. Roy V. Creasy
Roy V. Creasy, Attorney at Law; 342-0729

3. Malissa Lambert Giles
Giles & Lambert, PC; 981-9000

Business/Commercial

1. James B. Massey, III
Coleman & Massey, PC; 343-5100

2. Harwell M. Darby, Jr.
Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte; 224-8006

3. Nicholas C. Conte
Woods Rogers, PLC; 983-7630

Construction

1. K. Brett Marston
Gentry, Lock, Rakes, & Moore, LLP; 983-9391

2. Robert A. Ziogas
Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte; 904-1634

3. D. Stan Barnhill
Woods Rogers, PLC; 983-7667

Consumer

1. Henry L. Woodward
Legal Aid Society of the Roanoke Valley; 344-2088

2. David D. Beidler
Legal Aid Society of the Roanoke Valley; 344-2088

3. Malissa Lambert Giles
Giles & Lambert, PC; 981-9000

Criminal

1. John E. Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein, Fishwick, & Johnson, PLC; 343-9711

2. Paul G. Beers
Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte; 224-8035

3. Anthony F. Anderson
Anderson & Friedman; 982-1525

Driving/Traffic

1. Raphael E. “Ray” Ferris
Ferris, Eakin & Thomas, PC; 344-3233

2. David D. Lawrence
The Lawrence Law Firm; 982-2606

3t. John Weber III
Weber Pearson; 491-0025

3t. Patrick J. Kenney
Law Office of Patrick J. Kenney, PLC; 982-7721

Elder

1. V. Anne Edenfield
V. Anne Edenfield, Attorney at Law; 342-1527

2. Ann  M. Green
Anderson, Desimone & Green, PC; 776-6434

3. Rhona Levine
Coleman & Massey, PC; 342-9311

Employment & Labor

1. W. David Paxton
Gentry, Lock, Rakes & Moore, LLP; 983-9334

2. Jeremy E. Carroll
Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte; 224-8036

3. Clinton S. Morse
LeClairRyan; 510-3023

Family

1. Leisa K. Ciaffone
Leisa K. Ciaffone, PC; 444-0001

2. Frank W. Rogers III
Mundy Rogers & Associates, LLP; 982-2900

3. David G. Weaver
Weaver Law Firm, PC; 767-7611

Immigration

1. Christine L. Poarch
The Poarch Law Firm; 387-1005

2. Kenneth J. Lasky
Magee, Goldstein, Lasky & Sayers, PC; 343-9800

3. Jeffrey A. Van Doren
The Poarch Law Firm; 387-1005

Juvenile

1t. V. Anne Edenfield
V. Anne Edenfield, Attorney at Law; 342-1527

1t. Ellen S. Weinman
Ellen S. Weinman, PC; 389-3825

Land Use / Environment

1. Maryellen F. Goodlatte
Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte; 224-8018

2. Charles L. Williams
Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore; 983-9375

3. Paul R. Thompson, Jr.
Woods Rogers, PLC; 983-7742

Malpractice

1. T. Daniel Frith III
Frith Law Firm; 985-0098

2. S.D. Roberts Moore
Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, LLP; 983-9300

3t. John T. Jessee
LeClairRyan; 510-3018

3t. Elizabeth G. Perrow
Woods Rogers, PLC; 983-7707

Personal Injury

1. P. Brent Brown
Brown & Jennings Law Offices; 444-4010

2. John E. Lichenstein
Lichenstein, Fishwick, & Johnson, PLC; 343-9711

Real Estate

1t. G. Michael Pace, Jr.
Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, LLP; 983-9312

1t. Roy V. Creasy
Roy V. Creasy, Attorney at Law; 342-0729

3. Michael K. Smeltzer
Woods Rogers, PLC; 983-7652

Social Security

1. Susan A. Wadell
Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, PC; 387-2320

2. Anne V. Sprague
Sprague & Hixson LLP; 343-5678

3t. Cooper C. Geraty
Geraty, Holub & MacQueen, PLC; 800-252-1611

3t. Pat Fields
Fields Law Office; 985-4640

Tax

1. Charles E. Troland, Jr.
Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte; 904-1634

2. Alexander I. Saunders
Woods Rogers, PLC; 983-7600

3. James B. Massey, III
Coleman & Massey, PC; 343-5100

Wills / Estates / Trusts

1. Nan L. Coleman
Coleman & Massey, PC; 343-5506

2. James B. Massey, III
Coleman & Massey, PC; 343-5100

3t. Harry S. Rhodes
Rhodes, Butler & Dellinger, PC; 342-0888

3t. Bruce C. Stockburger
Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore; 983-9366

3t. Ann M. Green
Anderson, Desimone & Green, PC; 776-6434

Workers Compensation

1. Richard D. Lucas
Lucas & Kite, PLC; 767-2468

2. E. Scott Austin
Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, LLP; 983-9393

3. Linda D. Slough
Law Office of Linda D. Slough; 344-3233