Marks & Harrison is pleased to welcome Michael J. Braggs, Leslie C. Dalton, and William “Rob” Sievers to the Firm. Mike Braggs previously worked at Freeborn & Peters in Richmond. He completed his undergraduate studies at North Carolina State University and received his law degree from the University of Richmond…
Attorney John C. Shea participated on March 2, 2019 as a judge at the Virginia High School Mock Trial Competition. This program is put on by the Virginia Law Related Education Institute and was held at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg. The Virginia High School Mock Trial…
Genoveva Border, Director of Spanish Services, is once again participating in the Passport to Education program offered by the Virginia Hispanic Foundation. The program kicked off on February 28, 2019, at Douglas S. Freeman High School. The Passport to Education program aims to support Latino students in their education by helping…
Attorney Joel McClellan joined other local attorneys to answer legal questions free of charge on NBC Call 12.
Social Security Disability Attorney Joanna L. Suyes was recently named a Pro Bono Hero by the Virginia State Bar’s Special Committee on Access to Legal Services for providing legal assistance to low-income Virginians by answering at least 15 questions on Virginia.FreeLegalAnswers.org. The Committee presented Joanna with a Certificate of Appreciation…
Marks & Harrison is proud to announce that our Director of Training, Beverley J. Suhre, has been named a 2018 “Unsung Legal Hero” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. The Class of 2018 “Unsung Legal Heroes” consist of 43 hard-working people in seven different categories, providing support to the lawyers in their…
Growing up in Richmond, West Smithers had little interest in becoming a lawyer. Both of his parents were attorneys, and West thought he wanted to pursue a different kind of career—perhaps in psychology. However, as an undergraduate at Randolph-Macon College, he took an internship his junior year in the office…
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® announced today that Marks & Harrison has been named in the 2019 “Best Law Firms” as a Metropolitan Tier 1 Firm in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. This is the ninth year the Firm has been included. The U.S. News & World…
Attorneys Joanna Suyes and Joel McClellan were honored by Virginia Lawyers Weekly at an event in Richmond on October 25, 2018. The event honors Leaders in the Law and Up & Coming Lawyers across the state. Joanna Suyes was selected as a “Leader in the Law” and Joel McClellan was…
For the fourth year in a row, Marks & Harrison was voted The Best Law Firm in Richmond by readers of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The “RTD The Best” contest, which is aimed at identifying the most popular local businesses, began in the summer of 2015. This year, nearly 313,000 votes…
