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Virginia Business Magazine has named 17 WAW attorneys to their Legal Elite list for 2018 in the following areas of law:

Jeffrey R. Adams – Business Law
Derek J. Brostek – Civil Litigation
Lauren R. Darden – Labor and Employment
Daniel L. Fitch – Intellectual Property
Humes J. “Tripp” Franklin, III – Corporate Counsel
Charles F. “Frank” Hilton – Civil Litigation
Glenn M. Hodge – Health Law
Alexandra E. Humphreys – Civil Litigation
James L. Johnson – Real Estate/Land Use
Stephan W. Milo – Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights
Lucas I. Pangle – Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative
Donald E. Showalter – Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law
Gregory T. St. Ours – Construction Law
Briana A. Stevens – Family/Domestic Relations
Thomas E. Ullrich – Labor and Employment
Ashley H. Waterbury – Young Lawyer
P. Marshall Yoder – Alternative Dispute Resolution

Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC is a full-service law firm with offices in Harrisonburg and Staunton. The firm serves individuals and businesses in the Shenandoah Valley and the Mid-Atlantic states in the areas of: bankruptcy, commercial and civil litigation, corporate finance, employment law, health care law, intellectual property matters, medical malpractice, real estate and land use, tax planning, wills, estate planning, and administration.

Humes J. “Tripp” Franklin, III of Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC was selected as an honoree in the 2018 Class of the “Leaders in the Law” by Virginia Lawyers Media, the publisher of Virginia Lawyers Weekly.

Now in its 13th year, this awards program recognizes the lawyers across the Commonwealth who are setting the standard for other lawyers in Virginia. “Leaders” are recognized for changing the law, serving the community, changing practice, or improving Virginia’s justice system, among other accomplishments.  Tripp was one of only twenty-five lawyers chosen for the 2018 class.

Tripp focuses his law practice on trial work in a variety of legal specialties. His clients vary widely, from individuals to publicly traded companies.  Tripp has successfully prevailed in trials related to medical malpractice, product defect claims, products liability claims, premises liability claims, criminal and family law cases, and a wide variety of personal injury claims.  Tripp was in the news most recently as a member of the trial team that secured a 3.5 million dollar medical malpractice verdict for the Estate of Melanie Smith.

Tripp appears regularly in the city and county courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia and West Virginia as well as the United States Federal Courts in both states, and handles appeals to the Virginia Supreme Court and the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Tripp was the managing partner of Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver for five years before stepping down in January of this year.

Tripp is extremely active in the local community, currently serving as the President of the Board of Directors of the Waynesboro YMCA Foundation, on the Board of Directors of Valley Pastoral Counseling Center in Waynesboro, and on the Board of Directors of Augusta Mutual Insurance Company.  In addition, Tripp volunteers as the head cross country coach for Grace Christian School in Staunton.

Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC is a full-service law firm with offices in Harrisonburg and Staunton. The firm serves individuals and businesses in the Shenandoah Valley and the Mid-Atlantic states in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial and civil litigation, corporate finance, criminal defense, employment law, family law, health care law, intellectual property matters, medical malpractice and personal injury, real estate and land use, taxation, wills, trusts and estate planning, and estate administration.

Five Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC attorneys have been named Virginia Super Lawyer/Rising Stars for 2018.  Four attorneys were named Super Lawyers, which is an annual publication only selecting five percent of the attorneys in the state to be included in their select list.  WAW also had an attorney named to the Rising Stars list.  Rising Stars are attorneys under the age of 40 or in practice for 10 years or less.

2018 Super Lawyers:

DANIEL L. FITCH –  Civil Litigation

CHARLES F. HILTON –  Medical Malpractice

GREGORY T. ST. OURS – Personal Injury

THOMAS E. ULLRICH – Employment Litigation

2018 Rising Star:

LAUREN R. DARDEN – General Litigation

Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC is a full-service law firm with offices in Harrisonburg and Staunton. The firm serves individuals and businesses in the Shenandoah Valley and the Mid-Atlantic states in the areas of: bankruptcy, commercial and civil litigation, corporate finance, employment law, health care law, intellectual property matters, medical malpractice, real estate and land use, tax planning, wills, estate planning, and administration.

Virginia Business Magazine’s 2017 Legal Elite names 16 WAW attorneys to their annual list.

Virginia Business Magazine has named 16 WAW attorneys to their Legal Elite list for 2017 in the following areas of law:

Jeffrey R. Adams – Business Law
Derek J. Brostek – Civil Litigation
Lauren R. Darden – Labor and Employment
Daniel L. Fitch – Intellectual Property
Humes J. “Tripp” Franklin, III – Criminal Law
Charles F. “Frank” Hilton – Civil Litigation
Glenn M. Hodge – Health Law
Alexandra E. Humphreys – Civil Litigation
James L. Johnson – Real Estate/Land Use
Stephan W. Milo – Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights
Lucas I. Pangle – Legal Services/Pro Bono
Donald E. Showalter – Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law
Gregory T. St. Ours – Construction Law
Thomas E. Ullrich – Labor and Employment
Ashley H. Waterbury – Young Lawyer
P. Marshall Yoder – Alternative Dispute Resolution

Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC is a full-service law firm with offices in Harrisonburg and Staunton. The firm serves individuals and businesses in the Shenandoah Valley and the Mid-Atlantic states in the areas of: bankruptcy, commercial and civil litigation, corporate finance, employment law, health care law, intellectual property matters, medical malpractice, real estate and land use, tax planning, wills, estate planning, and administration.

Daniel Fitch was recently recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers and “Top 100 in Virginia” by Super Lawyers.

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Daniel Fitch as the “Charlottesville Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Lawyer of the Year” for 2018.  Only a single lawyer is so honored each year.   Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  The current edition of The Best Lawyers in America 2018 is based on more than 7.3 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.  Fitch received particularly high ratings in the surveys by earning a high level of respect among his peers for his abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Fitch was also recognized recently as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia Super Lawyers”.  Super Lawyers candidates are measured against 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Nominees from more than 70 practice areas are considered.  The Top Lists feature selected Super Lawyers attorneys with the most total points earned.

His practice includes defending institutions and individuals in civil matters throughout the Central Virginia and Valley of Virginia region.  His practice also encompasses all aspects of intellectual property law (patents, trademarks and copyrights), civil litigation and  construction law.

Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC is a full-service law firm with offices in Harrisonburg and Staunton. The firm serves individuals and businesses in the Shenandoah Valley and the Mid-Atlantic states in the areas of: bankruptcy, commercial and civil litigation, corporate finance, employment law, health care law, intellectual property matters, medical malpractice, real estate and land use, tax planning, wills, estate planning, and administration.