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Seven from Sands Anderson Marks & Miller Selected Among Virginia's "Legal Elite"

Published on: 12/06/2002

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA (December 6, 2002)...Seven attorneys from the law firm of Sands Anderson Marks & Miller have been selected as part of Virginia Business's 2002 "Legal Elite." Six of the seven lawyers are selected for the second year running. Virginia Business magazine's "Legal Elite" features the top approximately 400 attorneys who practice in nearly every major specialty of law throughout the state of Virginia. More than 6,000 lawyers were asked to nominate attorneys in and outside their own firms in ten categories of law.

Selected in 2001 and again in 2002 are C. Michael DeCamps,

Elaine R. Jordan, Ben R. Lacy, IV, Bruce L. Mertens,

Frank B. Miller, III and Daniel M. Siegel. Albert M. Orgain, IV is selected this year in the new category of Transportation/Admiralty/Intermodal.

C. Michael DeCamps, Chair of the Employment practice, was acknowledged for his practice in Labor/Employment. Elaine R. Jordan, Chair of the Construction practice, was acknowledged for her practice in Real Estate/Construction. Ben R. Lacy, IV, Chair of the Government Relations practice, was acknowledged for his practice in Lobbying/Government Relations. Bruce L. Mertens, Chair of the Estate and Tax Planning practice, was acknowledged for his practice in Taxes/Estates/Trusts. Frank B. Miller, III, a member of the firm's Business and Professional Litigation team, was acknowledged for his Litigation practice. Daniel M. Siegel, Chair of the Local Government practice, was acknowledged for his practice in Business Law.

Albert M. Orgain, IV, Chair of the Risk Management practice group, was acknowledged for his practice in Transportation/Admiralty/Intermodal. For more information on these attorneys, visit www.sandsanderson.com/attorney.html.

With nearly sixty lawyers and offices in Richmond, Radford and Fredericksburg, Virginia and the Research Triangle of North Carolina, Sands Anderson provides legal services to corporations and businesses, financial institutions, local governments and insurance companies. Sands Anderson is changing your outlook on legal services.

Founded nearly 170 years ago, Sands Anderson has 70 lawyers practicing among its offices in Richmond, Christiansburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2011, it was ranked 11th in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly annual listing of the state's largest law firms. Sands Anderson provides a full range of legal services to corporations and businesses, healthcare providers, financial institutions, state and local governments, the insurance industry and individuals.