NORFOLK, VA.  Vandeventer Black LLP is pleased to announce that Gretchen M. Ostroff has been recognized by Inside Business magazine as a Top Forty Under 40 businessperson in Hampton Roads.  The Top Forty Under 40 award is given to forty young executives in Hampton Roads who are successful in their careers and also involved in their community.

Gretchen is an associate in the firm’s Construction and Public Contracts department. She concentrates her practice in construction law and design professional liability defense.

Vandeventer Black lawyers have provided legal services to businesses nationally and internationally since 1883. The firm has offices in Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia; Kitty Hawk and Raleigh, North Carolina; Pasadena, California; and Hamburg, Germany.

For more information, visit www.vanblk.com or call (757) 446-8600.