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RALPH L. FEIL

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BORN: Rochester, New York, July 24, 1945
ADMITTED: 1970, Virginia; 1971, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
EDUCATION: Davidson College and University of Virginia (B.A., 1967); University of Virginia (J.D., 1970)
BIOGRAPHY: Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta, Raven Society. U.S. Magistrate, 1974-1978. Member: Charlottesville-Albemarle (President, 1993-1994), Virginia and American (Member, Litigation Tort & Insurance Practice, and Family Law Sections) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, 1983-1986 and Chairman, 1985-1986, Seventh District Disciplinary Committee; Member, Real Property, Business Law and Family Law Sections); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.


DAVID H. PETTIT

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BORN: Waynesboro, Virginia, March 2, 1952
ADMITTED: 1977, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1987, U.S. Tax Court; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
EDUCATION: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1974; J.D., 1977)
BIOGRAPHY: Member: Charlottesville-Albemarle, Virginia and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Business Law Section).


J. PAGE WILLIAMS

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BORN: Charlottesville, Virginia, July 8, 1951
ADMITTED: 1976, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
EDUCATION: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1973); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1976)
BIOGRAPHY: Phi Delta Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Moot Court Board. Commissioner in Chancery, Albemarle County Circuit Court, 1994--. Member: Charlottesville-Albemarle and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Real Property and Construction Law); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.

CATHERINE J. WOMACK

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BORN: Montgomery, Alabama, August 3, 1950
ADMITTED: 1981, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
EDUCATION: Auburn University (B.S., with honors, 1970); University of Alabama (M.S.W., 1977); University of Virginia (J.D., 1981)
BIOGRAPHY: Moot Court Quarter Finalist. Member: Charlottesville-Albemarle, Virginia (Member, Real Estate Section) and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar.

RICHARD H. HOWARD-SMITH

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Current Managing Member of the Firm
BORN: Newton, North Carolina, August 31, 1959
ADMITTED: 1984, Virginia; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia and U.S. Tax Court
EDUCATION: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1981); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (J.D., 1984; Master of Law and Taxation, 1985)
BIOGRAPHY: Member: Charlottesville-Albemarle (Secretary/Treasurer, 1993-1994), Virginia and American (Member: Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust, and Law Practice Management Sections) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Taxation, Trusts and Estates Sections)


D
AVID B. FRANZEN

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BORN: Terre Haute, Indiana, June 10, 1958
ADMITTED: 1986, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court
EDUCATION: University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 1980); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1986)
MILITARY: LTJG, U.S. Navy, 1980-1983
BIOGRAPHY: Order of Barristers. Member: Moot Court Trial Advocacy Team; Moot Court Board. Member: Charlottesville-Albemarle and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Associations. Barrister, Thomas Jefferson American Inn of Court.


DONALD D. LONG

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BORN: November 8, 1967
ADMITTED: 1996, Virginia
EDUCATION: Davidson College (A.B. 1990); University of Virginia (J.D. 1996)
BIOGRAPHY: Previously associated with: Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, P.L.C. (in the Charlottesville office)
General Counsel, Experient Technologies, LLC (2000-2001); Member, Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association


MICHAEL E. DERDEYN

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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition;
Defamation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Business Law
Admitted: 1996, Virginia
Law School: Washington and Lee University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1996
College: University of Virginia, B.A., 1991
Member: Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research
Institute.
Biography: Order of the Coif. Member, Washington & Lee Law Review.
Born: Durham, North Carolina, September 28, 1969




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