LeClairRyan

LeClairRyan is a law firm founded in 1988 in Richmond, Virginia.

History

Founded in 1988 as a venture capital boutique, the firm embodies the industrious spirit of founders Gary D. LeClair and Dennis M. Ryan. LeClairRyan is a highly successful, first generation firm that has grown 100-fold in its first 20 years.

LeClairRyan has approximately 300 attorneys in 20 offices. Attorneys and legal professionals are currently located in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington D.C. The firm provides representation throughout the United States.

Through the firm’s association with several key law firm alliances, including the International Alliance of Law Firms, USLAW Network, State Law Resources and others, LeClairRyan is in the unique position of offering clients the benefit of local insight with global reach.

LeClairRyan has helped launch over 700 businesses and has rapidly grown into a preferred, full-service provider of high-end counsel to Fortune 50 companies as well as emerging startups.

Representative Clients Include

Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, The Travelers Companies, Genworth Financial, Ferguson Enterprises, Waste Management, Inc., Coca Cola Enterprises, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, The Stanley Works, Sodexo, Inc., Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Inc., United Air Lines, Inc., American Airlines, Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., Citibank, N.A. / Private Bk Div, Bank of America, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

Litigation Highlights

  • Landmark First Amendment victory striking down Virginia statute as overbroad infringement on right to speak anonymously.
  • Successful defense verdict for Massachusetts-based bank in removing responsibility for losses suffered by victims of a Ponzi scheme.
  • Obtained a multimillion-dollar settlement for telecommunications client in a complex set of cases that grew out of the collapse of a broadcast antenna tower during construction.
  • Victory protecting Connecticut's Construction Industry from unfair state lawsuits using Nullum Tempus to bring suit long after traditional statutes of limitations and repose have expired.

Notable people

  • Jim Gilmore— Attorney General of Virginia, former Virginia Governor and Presidential Candidate
  • Weldon Rougeau – former president of the Congressional Black Caucus
  • Lizz Acee – Chair of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division 2008-2009; former Chair of the Connecticut Bar’s Young Lawyers Section
  • Karol Corbin Walker – first African-American President of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), first African-American appointed as Chair of the NJSBA’s most prestigious Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, first African-American woman to attain partner status at any major New Jersey law firm, appointed by New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine to the New Jersey State Ethics Commission
  • Tom Wolf – appointed by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to the Board of Commissioners of the Virginia Port Authority (VPA)

References

4Va. high court overturns conviction of N.C. junk e-mailer

5Major Court Victory Protects Connecticut's Construction Industry From Unfair State Lawsuits