VLW names Influential Women of Law, Circle of Excellence

Virginia Lawyers Weekly//January 12, 2025//  

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is excited to announce the lawyers selected as the Class of 2025 Influential Women of Law and the Circle of Excellence honorees.

The Influential Women of Law awards program honors female attorneys and judges for their excellent work on behalf of the justice system and for their clients, their commitment to their communities and their service to the profession.

The Circle of Excellence honorees were previously named Influential Women of Law and are being honored for their sustained level of achievement and record of leadership.

Our Influential Women of Law and Circle of Excellence honorees are inspiring and accomplished leaders, serve as mentors to others, and contribute significant time and effort to volunteerism, pro bono initiatives or both.

A recognition awards reception will be held Feb. 20 at the John Marshall Ballrooms in downtown Richmond. Tickets will be available soon.

Profiles of the honorees will appear in a special section in the Feb. 24 issue of Virginia Lawyers Weekly.

The Influential Women of Law and their firms or organizations are:

• Hon. Arenda L. Wright Allen, Eastern District of Virginia
• Allison W. Anders, Chaing Anders
• Nupur S. Bal, Bowen Ten Long & Bal
• Ariel L. Baniowski, Livesay & Myers
• Dawn-Marie Bey, Bey & Cotropia
• Dawn E. Boyce, McGavin Boyce Bardot Thorsen & Katz
• Julie M. Cillo, Owen & Owens
• Alyssa Carducci Dangler, Williams Mullen
• Eden M. Darrell, Nelson Mullins
• Jennifer Fluet Huber, Fluet
• Anna Freska, Dominion Law Group
• Michelle D. Gambino, Greenberg Traurig
• Brielle Hunt, Phelan Petty
• Victoria Johnson, Office of the Attorney General
• Belinda D. Jones, Christian & Barton
• Carolé C. Krogmann, Masterman Krogmann
• Tina McRae, Kaleo Legal
• Nora Garcia Nickel, Troutman Pepper Locke
• Melissa E. O’Boyle, Gentry Locke
• Jennifer Lee Parrish, Parrish Snead Franklin Simpson
• Justice Cleo E. Powell, Virginia Supreme Court
• Geetha Ravindra, The McCammon Group
• Mona Raza, Legal Aid Society of the Roanoke Valley
• Anne L. Roddy, Barnes & Diehl
• Maria Simon, The Geller Law Group
• Jacqueline C. Smith, Prince William County Circuit Court
• Jessica Stankus Smith, BrownGreer
• Heather R. Steele, Altmiller Melnick DeMers Steele & Rosati
• Leah M. Stiegler, Woods Rogers
• Elyse H. Stiner, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen
• Katherine Taylor, Norfolk City Attorney’s Office
• Johneal M. White, Glenn Robinson Cathey Skaff & White
• Elizabeth L. Wildhack, MWM Legal Group

The Circle of Excellence and their firms or organizations are:

• Nina J. Ginsberg, DiMuroGinsberg
• Cynthia E. Hudson, The McCammon Group
• Courtney Moates Paulk, Hirschler
• Wendy Collins Perdue, University of Richmond School of Law
• Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow, Woods Rogers