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Flora Pettit Attorneys Named in 2025 Best Lawyers in America Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch In America John W. Flora Named Best Lawyers 2025 “Lawyer Of The Year”
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Flora Pettit Attorneys Named in 2025 Best Lawyers in America Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch In America John W. Flora Named Best Lawyers 2025 “Lawyer Of The Year”

Flora Pettit announces that eight of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America® and one of its attorneys has been named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America list (COPYRIGHT 2013 BY WOODWARD/WHITE, INC., OF AIKEN, SC). The attorneys listed include Michael E. Derdeyn, John W. Flora, Richard H. Howard-Smith, Donald D. Long, Marc A. Peritz, Jennifer E. Shirkey, Elizabeth C. Southall, Cathleen P. Welsh, and J. Page Williams.

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Flora Pettit Attorneys Named in 2023 Best Lawyers in America® and John W. Flora Named Best Lawyers® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”
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Flora Pettit Attorneys Named in 2023 Best Lawyers in America® and John W. Flora Named Best Lawyers® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”

Flora Pettit announces that nine of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. (COPYRIGHT 2013 BY WOODWARD/WHITE, INC., OF AIKEN, SC). The attorneys listed include Michael E. Derdeyn, John W. Flora, Richard H. Howard- Smith, Donald D. Long, Marc A. Peritz, Jennifer E. Shirkey, Bill Shmidheiser, Cathleen P. Welsh and J. Page Williams.

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Eight Flora Pettit Attorneys Honored by Best Lawyers in America
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Eight Flora Pettit Attorneys Honored by Best Lawyers in America

Flora Pettit announces that eight of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. (COPYRIGHT 2013 BY WOODWARD/WHITE, INC., OF AIKEN, SC). The attorneys listed include Michael E. Derdeyn, John W. Flora, Richard H. Howard- Smith, Donald D. Long, Jennifer E. Shirkey, Bill Shmidheiser, Cathleen P. Welsh and J. Page Williams.

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Jennifer Shirkey Attending the ESOP Association’s 2020 Professionals’ Forum in New Orleans February 5-7, 2020
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Jennifer Shirkey Attending the ESOP Association’s 2020 Professionals’ Forum in New Orleans February 5-7, 2020

The ESOP Professionals' Forum is a meeting designed exclusively for high-level professionals who provide technical and legal assistance to ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) companies. Jennifer Shirkey practices extensively in this highly specialized and complex area of law providing advice to selling shareholders, companies, and trustees at all stages of their ESOPs’ life cycles—from formation to termination and everything in between.

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Nine Flora Pettit Attorneys Named in the 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers in America ®
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Nine Flora Pettit Attorneys Named in the 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers in America ®

Flora Pettit announces that nine of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). The attorneys listed include Michael E. Derdeyn, John W. Flora, Lisa Anne Hawkins, Richard H. Howard-Smith, Donald D. Long, Jennifer E. Shirkey, Bill Shmidheiser, Cathleen P. Welsh and J. Page Williams.

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Jennifer Shirkey Elected Fellow of The American College Trust and Estate Counsel
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Jennifer Shirkey Elected Fellow of The American College Trust and Estate Counsel

Lenhart Pettit is pleased to announce that Jennifer Erdman Shirkey has been elected as a Fellow of The American College Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Established in 1949, ACTEC is the nation’s premier association of trust and estate lawyers. ACTEC Fellows are peer-elected after demonstrating the highest level of integrity, commitment to the profession, competence and experience as trust and estate counselors. Just 68 of approximately 32,566 active lawyers in Virginia are ACTEC Fellows. Jennifer is currently the only ACTEC Fellow located in the Shenandoah Valley.

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Jennifer Shirkey Elected Chair of Virginia State Bar Trusts & Estates Section
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Jennifer Shirkey Elected Chair of Virginia State Bar Trusts & Estates Section

Lenhart Pettit is pleased to announce that Jennifer E. Shirkey, of our Harrisonburg office, has begun her term as Chair of the Virginia State Bar's Trusts & Estates Section for 2015-16. Jennifer leads the Trusts and Estates Section of the State Bar which is comprised of over 1,800 estate planning attorneys and which promotes the statewide exchange of ideas among estate planners.

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Lenhart Pettit Sponsors Valley Vines Twilight 5K Run
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Lenhart Pettit Sponsors Valley Vines Twilight 5K Run

Lenhart Pettit is pleased to be a sponsor of the inaugural Valley Vines Twilight 5K Run, presented by the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County Chamber of Commerce. Scheduled for September 18th, the Twilight 5K is a fundraising event with proceeds going towards the Chamber’s education and business development support programs. Lenhart Pettit attorney Jennifer Shirkey serves on the Chamber's board of directors.

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