John C. Cook is a founding partner of Cook Craig & Francuzenko, PLLC, where he has practiced since the firm?s inception in 2007. Previously, John practiced in two firms in Northern Virginia. He began his career in the District of Columbia?s Corporation Counsel?s (now Attorney General?s) office.John?s practice emphasizes the representation of executives, employees and small businesses in employment law matters, including advice and counsel regarding workplace issues. John drafts, reviews, and and negotiates severance agreements, executive contracts and employee handbooks. He also handles li...
Faisal Moghul is a litigation partner at Fox and Moghul whose practice is devoted to complex and high-stakes business and commercial litigation. He has been selected to the prestigious Super Lawyers Rising Stars shortlist for five (5) years in a row (2016-2020), and his prior successes have been profiled in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly.Mr. Moghul represents corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, real estate investment entities, title companies, and emerging and startup businesses in a variety of business and partnership disputes, including derivative litigation (C/LLCs/LPs), b...
Broderick C. Dunn is a partner at Cook Craig & Francuzenko, PLLC. Mr. Dunn helps individuals and small businesses navigate the litigation process. He also counsels clients in dispute avoidance. Mr. Dunn focuses his practice on labor and employment counseling and litigation where he represents federal government and private sector employees as well as employers.Mr. Dunn also focuses his practice on counseling and litigation involving business torts, creditor?s rights, traffic defense, constitutional law and commercial landlord/tenant issues. He regularly appears in state and federal courts ...
Philip C. Krone concentrates his practice in employment law, civil litigation, and civil rights litigation.Mr. Krone is licensed to practice law in Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Virginia Bar Association, and the Fairfax Bar Association. While Mr. Krone?s practice covers the general span of civil litigation issues, he is often litigating business disputes, contract disputes, wage cases, and personal injury cases in the Circuit and General District Courts of Northern Virginia as well as the Superior Court of the District o...
Andrew J. Tureaud is an associate attorney at Cook Craig & Francuzenko, PLLC. Mr. Tureaud concentrates his practice in employment law, civil litigation, and civil rights litigation.Mr. Tureaud is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia as well as the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Virginia Bar Association and Fairfax Bar Association.Mr. Tureaud obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina in the field of Sports and Entertainment Management. He remained in Columbia, South Carolina, completing his legal studies and received his Juris Docto...
Mr. Craig is a partner in the Law Firm of Cook Craig & Francuzenko, PLLC. Previously he was a partner in the firm, Sparks & Craig, LLP after serving 10 years as an associate attorney in the predecessor law firm of Herge, Sparks & Christopher from 1995-2004.Prior to 1995, he served as a legislative analyst for the government affairs firms of Albers & Co., Inc. and the Center for State Policy Research.Mr. Craig represents companies, corporations, partnerships and individuals in business, contract law, intellectual property, and a wide range of other practice areas to include esta...
As a first generation American, Attorney Beeraj Patel understands firsthand through life experience the struggles of all those who are entangled at any stage of the immigration process. He knows how difficult it can be for talented individuals coming from other nations to negotiate through the complicated and even daunting immigration system of the United States. This shared connection aids Beeraj in constantly improving his services as an immigration attorney. In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Patel is the featured writer on www.fairfaximmigrationfirm.com and www.fairfaxbankruptcylaw.com...
Skilled trial lawyer. Appears in court on an almost daily basis. Provides representation of the highest quality both inside and outside of the courtroom. In every case, civil or criminal, explores opportunities to o...
Mr. Fox is senior partner in the real estate practice group at Fox & Moghul who has over two decades of experience successfully representing developers, real estate brokers, community association boards, title companies, and commercial landlords as well as tenants on a full range of complex real estate matters. Mr. Fox?s sophistication in this subject matter is reflected in the fact that he has handled more than 3,000 commercial real estate transactions for multi-national entities like Exxon Mobil Corporation. Mr. Fox also has noted expertise in title disputes, and his Continuing Legal Edu...
I am a solutions-oriented, service provider with a background in real estate and business law. Prior to law school, I worked in real estate sales, property management, and investments. Throughout law school, my focus was on real estate and business. As a legal professional, I have held positions as an attorney providing services to the low-income and as a judicial law clerk working for a trial court judge providing research, legal drafts, and recommendations. Now, as a legal professional at Woehrle Dahlberg Jones Yao, I supplement my knowledge and experience with those in the firm to provi...
Anne Reilly Jones, a principal at McCandlish & Lillard, received her B.A. in Economics, graduating Summa Cum Laude from St. Joseph?s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1980, where she received an award for being the top student in Economics. Ms. Jones served as a research assistant and economist with the Banking Section of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington, D. C. from 1980-1984. As part of her work, Ms. Jones assisted in forecasting Money Supply figures and bank reserves for use in the conduct of monetary policy....
Laura Golden Liff joined McCandlish & Lillard, P.C. as a summer associate in 2009 and became a full-time associate in 2010. Her primary practice area is civil litigation, with representative experience in the areas of commercial, business and fiduciary matters, as well as domestic relations, medical malpractice defense, and workers compensation. Ms. Liff has experience managing litigation case teams from their inception through trial and on appeal. Significant representations include her integral role in a fiduciary litigation team that obtained a multi-million dollar judgment for the clie...
Ms. Campbell joined McCandlish & Lillard, P.C. as an Associate in 2012. She is licensed to practice before all state courts in Virginia and Maryland, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Ms. Campbell's primary practice areas are civil litigation, business law and land use. She formerly served as Counsel and Director of Projects to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott....
Chris DeSimone joined the GRDD Law team in 2007 and manages the firm?s corporate and transactional division. Chris serves as general corporate counsel to numerous small businesses in the Washington metropolitan area and beyond. Chris tackles a wide range of legal projects for his business clients, including: Establishing new start-up companies and assisting with initial registrations. Preparing operating/shareholder agreements carefully tailored to meet the needs of business owners. Providing counsel on business sale transactions, including asset sales, stock sales, mergers, and other...
R. Peyton Mahaffey is the President, Managing Partner, and a member of the Executive Committee of McCandlish & Lillard, and has actively litigated business, corporate and commercial matters on a continuing basis since 1980. He has broad experience as a trial lawyer and lead counsel in state and federal cases, as well as arbitration and mediation. He has tried numerous jury and non-jury cases, written and argued several appellate briefs to the Virginia Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and been the principal attorney on a number of reported state and federal decisions....
J. Robert McAllister, III concentrates his law practice in business, health care and tax-exempt organization matters. His business and health care practice has consisted of representation of health care providers and organizations, including health care practitioners, practitioner groups and entities, hospitals, continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), and health care joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions. His practice has also consisted of representation of businesses and tax-exempt organizations, including representation of closely held and other businesses and business owners and ...
Bill joined McCandlish & Lillard, P.C. as Senior Counsel on January 1, 2009, bringing with him 35 years of experience in handling complex, multi-party commercial litigation in federal and state courts; arbitrating and mediating commercial, insurance, securities, and employment disputes; and counseling business clients on a broad range of contracting, employment, creditor rights, and entity formation matters. Bill is licensed to practice law in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Before joining the firm, he was Of Counsel in the Washington, DC office of Pepper Hamilton LLP....
William Walsh is an associate at McCandlish & Lillard, P.C. His practice areas include business law, real estate, and civil litigation. Admitted to practice before the Courts of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Mr. Walsh is a member of the Virginia Bar Association and Fairfax Bar Association....
Edward Gross has practiced law since 1980. Early in his career he developed a reputation for handling tough collection cases and criminal trials. Because of his ability to combine legal acumen with hard work, he developed a loyal clientele of large, medium and small businesses. Over the years, he has developed a strong business practice including representation of many local and national commercial landlords. As managing principal of the law firm, he understands that every case is very important and deserves to be handled in a competent, aggressive manner. He has always insisted that the fi...