NORFOLK, VA. Vandeventer Black LLP is pleased to announce that Shalanda N. Franklin 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.

Shalanda concentrates her practice in creditor’s rights, general litigation, business transactions, bankruptcy and estate planning and administration.

Vandeventer Black LLP is an “AV” rated full service business law firm with offices in Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia; Raleigh and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; Pasadena, California; and Hamburg, Germany.