Genoveva Border, our Director of Spanish Services, was recently featured in the winter issue of the University of Richmond School of Law Alumni magazine. She contributed to the Immigration Assistance Project along with other students, alumni, faculty, and staff who advocate on behalf of the immigrant community in Richmond. Genoveva…
Marks & Harrison, one of the oldest and largest personal injury law firms in Virginia, is partnering with the Henrico Humane Society for a monthly pet adoption program. The law firm will feature a different dog on its Facebook page each month in order to increase public awareness about pet…
We are proud to announce that three of our attorneys have been named to the 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers list. Those attorneys include Fletcher W. Harkrader III, John C. Shea and Joanna L. Suyes. Fletcher W. Harkrader III is the managing attorney of our Charlottesville office. He has been included on the…
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…
