Business Briefs: Dec. 16 paper

United recognized Hilldrup workers

ST. LOUIS – Hilldrup Moving and Storage of Stafford, an agent of United Van Lines, has been honored by the worldwide transportation company for exceptional professional achievement.

An announcement of the recognition, conferred as part of van line’s annual awards program, was made by United CEO Richard H. McClure during United’s 2011 Convention, held in Orlando, Fla., with more than 500 United representatives in attendance.

Hilldrup Moving and Storage received the following United recognition(s): President’s Club Award, Hauling Achievement Award, Sales Achievement, Performance Excellence Award and Customer Choice Award. 

Lawyers at Sands Anderson named to Legal Elite

RICHMOND — Virginia Business magazine listed 29 lawyers at Sands Anderson PC among its 2011 Virginia Legal Elite list, composed of practitioners selected by votes of other lawyers across the state, firm president M. Pierce Rucker has reported.  

The 2011 total represents a record number of lawyers listed from among the firm's four Virginia offices, Rucker explained. Nearly 40 percent of the lawyers in the firm are included in the list this year. These are: Andrew Biondi, Young Lawyer (Under 40); L. Lee Byrd, Civil Litigation; Stefan M. Calos, Business Law; James E. Cornwell, Jr., Real Estate/Land Use; C. Michael DeCamps, Labor/Employment: Robert B. (Chip) Delano. Jr.; Civil Litigation; C. Thomas Ebel, Bankruptcy; Karen S. Elliott, Labor/Employment; Benjamin W. Emerson, Real Estate/Land Use; Jeffrey H. Geiger, Intellectual Property; Terrence L. Graves, Civil Litigation; William A. Gray, Bankruptcy; Margaret F. Hardy, Legal Services/Pro Bono;; Phyllis C. Katz, Labor/Employment; Bradford A. King,  Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative; Benjamin R. Lacy, IV, Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative; Joel M. McCray, Health Law; Bruce L. Mertens, Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law; Peter M. Pearl, Bankruptcy; Jayne A. Pemberton, Young Lawyer (under 40); Brian R. Pitney, Business Law; Douglas P. Rucker, Civil Litigation; J. Jonathan Schraub, Civil Litigation; Cullen D. Seltzer, Appellate Law; Henry C. Spalding, III, Construction Law; Roy M. Terry, Jr., Bankruptcy; William N. Watkins, Construction Law; Carlyle R. (Randy) Wimbish, III, Health Law; and Douglas A. Winegardner, Alternative Dispute Resolution. 

Founded nearly 170 years ago, Sands Anderson has 74 lawyers practicing among its offices in Richmond, Christiansburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and the Research Triangle of North Carolina. 

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