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W. David Paxton

W. David Paxton

Partner
 
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP
SunTrust Plaza, 10 Franklin Road, S.E., Suite 800, P.O. Box 40013
Roanoke, Virginia  24022-0013
(Independent City)

Telephone: 540-983-9334
Fax: 540-983-9400
http://www.gentrylocke.com/paxton


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Practice AreasLabor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Sexual Harassment; Retaliatory Discharge; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Trade Secret Misappropriation; Corporate Litigation; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Executive Severance Contracts; ERISA Litigation; Employment Civil Rights; Public Sector Employment Law; Police Labor Law; Appellate Practice; College and University Law; Wage and Hour Law
 
EducationUniversity of Virginia, J.D., 1980, Hampden-Sydney College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1976; U.S. Naval Justice School, with distinction, 1980
 
Admitted1980, Virginia and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1999, Guam, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals. Fourth Circuit, U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western District of Virginia
 
MembershipsAmerican Bar Association (Member, Sections on Labor and Employment Law and Litigation); The Virginia Bar Association, (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law); Virginia State Bar (Past Member and Vice Chair, Bench-Bar Relations Committee, 1995-1999).
 
MilitaryLieutenant, U.S. Navy, JAG, 1980-1983; Navy Commendation Medal, 1983
 
BornSeneca Falls, New York, 1953
 
BiographyPhi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Inclusion, The Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law, 1998-2009. Named, Top 50 Virginia Super Lawyers, Labor and Employment Law, 2007. Designated, Legal Elite in the Labor/Employment Field, Virginia Business Magazine, 2000-2008. Co-Author: chapter, "The Virginia Lawyer: A Desk Book for Practitioners"; "Employment Law: Employee Rights and Employer Responsibilities," 2000-2008, supplements. Co-Author: "Annual Survey of Virginia Law: Labor and Employment Law," 42 U. RICH. L. REV. 489 (2007); 40 U. RICH. L. REV. 241 (2005). Member, Steering Committee, VA CLE Labor & Employment. Member and Presenter, Annual Employment Law Update, 2001-2008, Steering Committee, Labor & Employment Practice Group, ALFA International; Board of Directors: St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church; VHSL Foundation, Inc.; Interfaith Hospitality Network of Roanoke Valley.
 
Reported CasesU.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000); Weingarten v. Gross, 264 Va. 243, 563 S.E.2d 771 (2002); Gross v. Weingarten, 217 F. 3d 208 (4th Cir. 2000), aff'd 18 F.Supp 616 (E.D. 1998); Thomas v. Boston Mutual Life Ins. Co., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23061, accepted 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31836 (W.D. Va. Apr. 17, 2008); LCM Corp v. Leach, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4017 (W.D. Va. Jan. 18, 2008); United Co. v. Keenan, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88049, 75 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 247 (W.D. Va. Nov. 30, 2007); 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38853 (W.D. Va. May 11, 2007); 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82116 (W.D. Va. Nov. 9, 2006); Mills v. Giant Foods, LLC, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21545 (W.D. Va. Apr. 20, 2006); Marshall v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8880 (W.D. Va. Feb. 28, 2001); Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 115 F. Supp 20 677 (W.D. Va. 2000); Teamsters Local Union No. 171 v. Keal Driveaway, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6103 (W.D. Va. Feb. 9, 1998); Int'l Paper Co. v. Brooks, 63 Va. Cir. 494 (2003); Int'l Paper Co. v. Gilliam, 63 Va. Cir. 485 (2003).
 
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