Marks & Harrison sponsored the 13th Annual Northside WE CARE Community Festival on August 17, 2019 in Richmond. This was our eighth year sponsoring the event. WE CARE stands for Wellness, Education, Community Awareness, and Resident Empowerment. Each year, leaders in the community come together to offer free resources such as…
Staff and attorneys at Marks & Harrison joined other community volunteers on August 8, 2019 at the Regency Mall in Richmond to participate in the Greater Richmond YMCA’s Bright Beginnings program. The Bright Beginnings program uses funds raised by donations from community members, businesses, and civic organizations to purchase back-to-school…
Marks & Harrison is pleased to announce that John C. Shea, Gregory S. Hooe, and Louis D. Snesil were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in America©. Best Lawyers is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence and is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey,…
Social Security Disability lawyer Joanna L. Suyes attended the American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) Annual Convention in San Diego, California this July. The AAJ Convention is an annual gathering of more than 3,000 trial lawyers from across North America who come together to promote justice and fairness for the injured…
Several Marks & Harrison attorneys recently attended the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Advanced Auto Retreat in Charlottesville. The event took place at the University of Virginia on July 12 and 13. This retreat provides a forum for attorneys with extensive experience handling auto crash cases to share their knowledge and…
HOPEWELL, Va. (June X, 2019) – On Tuesday, June 11 the City of Hopewell filed a federal civil lawsuit against manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies connected to the opioid epidemic to recoup the locality’s costs for responding to opioid addictions and overdoses. Virginia-based law firm Marks & Harrison is representing Hopewell…
To Leslie C. Dalton, being a trial lawyer is not unlike performing on a theatrical stage. When she was a student at Richmond’s Godwin High School, Leslie was active with the Short Pump Players, the school’s well-known theater group—an activity that may have provided the initial spark for her to…
We are pleased to announce that Marks & Harrison has once again been voted one of the Best Lawyers in Richmond by the readers of Style Weekly. This marks the fourth year that Marks & Harrison has been recognized as one the Best of Richmond. Style Weekly’s annual “Best of…
When Michael J. Braggs joined Marks & Harrison in March 2019, it marked a return to the kind of law he loved to practice: advocating on behalf of individuals. From the very beginning of his first year at the University of Richmond School of Law in 2006, Michael knew that…
Rob Sievers has always been competitive. Growing up in the Washington, D.C. area, Rob imagined a career in professional sports as a players’ agent. While that path never materialized, he identified another career option—being a trial lawyer—that has provided ample satisfaction for his competitive nature. Rob joined Marks & Harrison…
