NORFOLK, VA.  Vandeventer Black LLP is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys from the Firm have been selected by their peers as Virginia’s “Legal Elite” for 2012.

Since 2000, in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association, Virginia Business Magazine has asked lawyers throughout the Commonwealth to nominate the most outstanding representatives of their profession in 16 practice categories.

Lawyers from the Vandeventer Black offices include: Mark S. Brennan – Health Law; William E. Franczek – Alternative Dispute Resolution; Patrick W. Herman – Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law; Arlene F. Klinedinst – Labor/Employment; David W. Lannetti – Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights; Gretchen M. Ostroff – Young Lawyer (under 40); Richard H. Ottinger – Civil Litigation; Michael L. Sterling – Construction; Jane D. Tucker – Intellectual Property; Daniel R. Weckstein – Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative; Richard J. Crouch – Real Estate/Land Use; Dean T. Buckius – Labor/Employment; James C. Cosby – Business Law; Shalanda N. Franklin-Verdell – Legal Services/Pro Bono; Trey R. Kelleter – Criminal Law; Edward J. Powers – Appellate Law.

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.