In a June 12 ceremony at downtown Richmond’s John Marshall Hotel, DAGG principal Wyatt B. Durrette Jr. will be one of 33 attorneys inducted into Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s first-ever class of the Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame.

A little over two centuries ago, in 1812, Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry signed a law creating a state senate district shaped to favor Democratic-Republican candidates over Federalist opponents. This year, a legal challenge to what nonpartisan organization OneVirginia2021 claims are 11 oddly shaped legislative districts – six in the Virginia Senate and five in the House of Delegates – reached its final round before the commonwealth’s Supreme Court.

It was just supposed to be a pleasant boating trip. Graham McCormick was visiting his friend John Randolph (Rand) Hooper in Lancaster County last August. When the two were enjoying a ride in Hooper’s father’s powerboat on the Rappahahannock River, the boat struck something underwater, knocking McCormick into the river, where he drowned to death. Representing Hooper’s parents, Christine Williams, a DAGG attorney specializing in complex litigation, worked to negotiate a settlement.

Our new website is the first change. And it’s here because of the other three changes. We’ve changed our name to Durrette, Arkema, Gerson & Gill because Frederick Gerson is now a partner. As a business and transactional attorney who also specializes in Intellectual Property, Mr. Gerson offers new expertise and capabilities to entrepreneurs, startups, and businesses of all sizes.