Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, P.L.C.


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Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, P.L.C.


1200 Bank of America Center, One Commercial Place Norfolk, Virginia 23510-2111View Map

Practice Areas:

General Civil Practice. Admiralty and Maritime Law, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial and Municipal Finance, Corporations, Creditor's Rights, Customs, Eminent Domain, Employment and Labor, Environmental, ERISA, Estate Planning and Probate, FELA, Government Contracts, Housing, International Commerce, Land Use Planning and Development, Litigation, Municipal and Public Agency Law, Real Estate, Construction Law, Toxic Torts, Transportation.

Year Established: 1923

Firm Size: 13

Representative Clients:

American International Group; Boat Owners Association of the United States; City of Franklin, Virginia; City of Norfolk, Virginia; Chubb-Group of Insurance Companies; CNA Commercial Insurance; CNA Marine; Exxon Mobil; Paymentech; Franklin Redevelopment and Housing Authority; Housing Authority Insurance; Hvide Marine Inc.; Lankford Sysco; Lambert's Point Docks; MFL Trading, Inc.; MOAC; Moran Towing Corporation; Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company; Norfolk Dredging Co.; Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority; Norfolk Southern Corporation; Norfolk Warehouse Distribution Centers, Inc.; Ramsey Scarlett & Co., Inc.; Royal and SunAlliance; Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, SunTrust Bank; Verizon Wireless; Weeks Marine.

Approved ATTORNEYS FOR:

Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; Pioneer Title Insurance Co. References: Bank of America; SunTrust Bank.

Howard W. Martin, Jr. (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, March 10, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., 1964); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1967). Phi Alpha Delta. Fellow: Virginia Law Foundation; American Bar Foundation. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth (President, 1997-1998), Virginia (Member, Executive Committee, 1987-1990; Secretary, 1989-1990) and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (President, 2007-2008); Virginia Law Foundation (President, 1995-1996); Tidewater Estate Planning Council. [LCDR, USNR, 1967-1975]. Practice Areas: Land Use; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Probate; Public Agency Law.

Timothy A. Coyle (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Virginia. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1969); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (J.D., 1974). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Executive Editor, William and Mary Law Review, 1973-1974. Law Clerk to Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1974-1975. Fellow: Virginia Law Foundation; American Bar Foundation. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials; National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Practice Areas: Municipal and Public Agency Law; Housing; Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Municipal Finance; Banking Law.

Ann K. Sullivan (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, January 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1975); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1978). Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law and Virginia's Legal Elite, Alternative Dispute Resolution. Certified Conflict Mediator, 1998. Hearing Officer, Supreme Court of Virginia. President, Norfolk Sunrise Rotary, 2000-2001. Member, Steering Committee, Boyd-Graves Conference, 2002. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia (Chair, Civil Litigation Section Council, 1997-1998; Judicial Selection Committee, 2002-2004) and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; James Kent American Inn of Court (Master). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; ERISA; Civil Litigation; Mediation; Construction Law; Insurance; Admiralty and Maritime Law.

James L. Chapman, IV (Member) born Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Virginia; 1998, North Carolina. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1982). Best Lawyers in America, Maritime Law; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Adjunct Professor of Law, Regent University School of Law, 2001-2006. Co-Author: "Cargo Litigation: A Primer on Cargo Claims and Review of Recent Developments," 16 U.S.F. Mar. L.J.1 (Spring 2004) and presented at 2002 Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute Program; "Treasure Salvage: Finders-Keepers?" presented at 1991 Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute Program. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia and North Carolina Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; North Carolina State Bar; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Chairman, 1997); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; I'Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court (Master, President-elect). [Capt., Judge Advocate General's Corps U.S. Army, 1982-1986]. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transportation Law; Commercial Litigation; Toxic Torts.

Donald C. Schultz (Member) born Alexandria, Virginia; admitted to bar, 1989, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1986); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1989). Member, Moot Court Board, 1988-1989. Law Clerk to the Hon. Blackwell N. Shelley, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, 1989-1990. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth (Executive Committee, 2002—), Virginia (Member, Sections on: Bankruptcy; Litigation) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Second District Disciplinary Committee, 2004—); Tidewater Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association (Secretary, 1995-1996; Treasurer, 1996-1997; President, 1997-1998); Leadership Hampton Roads, 2002. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Eminent Domain; Civil Litigation.

Shawn A. Voyles (Member) born Watseka, Illinois, October 12, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia. Education: DePauw University (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Regent University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Articles Editor, Regent University Law Review; Adjunct Professor of Admiralty Law, Regent University School of Law; Author: "Fundamentals of Cargo Claims," presented at the Handling Marine Claims Lorman CLE Program; "Update on the Supreme Court and the Fourth, First, Second, and Third Circuits," presented at the 2006 SEALI Annual Program; "Key Eminent Domain Concepts," presented at the Virginia Eminent Domain: Legal Update NBI CLE Program; Co-Author: "Cargo Litigation: A Primer on Cargo Claims and Review of Recent Developments," 16 U.S.F. Mar. L.J.1 (Spring 2004), also presented at 2002 SEALI Annual Program; Author: "Choosing Between Tax-Exempt Status and Freedom of Speech: The Dilemma Facing Politically Active Churches," 9 Regent U. L. Rev. 219 (Fall 1997). Member: Virginia (Co-Chair, Tidewater Pro Bono Hotline, 2004-2006), Norfolk-Portsmouth (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 2003-2004) and Federal Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Board of Directors, 2006-2007). Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Civil Litigation; Transportation; Eminent Domain.

W. Ryan Snow (Member) born Fort Sill, Oklahoma, October 12, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Virginia. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2001). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu; Federalist Society (Chapter President, 1999-2000); John Marshall Scholar; Davis Moot Court Judge, 2000; Co-editor, The Law of Damages in Virginia, 2008; Co-author, "Developments in Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Virginia State and Federal Courts," presented to Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, 2002; "Injunction Practice in Virginia State and Federal Courts," presented to Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, 2003. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia, American and Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; I'Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Construction Law; Civil Litigation; Creditors Rights; Transportation.

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Delphine G. Carnes (Associate) born Asnieres-sur-Seine, France, August 17, 1976; admitted to bar, 1999, France (C.R.F.P.A.); 2002, Virginia. Education: Nanterre University, Paris, France (B.A., French Law, with high honors, 1998; Diploma in English and American Law; Law Graduate Degree, European Union Law, Valedictorian, with honors, 2000); Sorbonne University (Law Graduate Degree, English and American Corporate Law, with honors, 1999); University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Women Attorneys Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Public Sector; Tax Credits; Real Estate; Corporate; Taxation.

Melissa Morris Picco (Associate) born Buffalo, New York, September 13, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia; 1999, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: College of William & Mary (B.S., Environmental Law, 1995); Washington and Lee University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Co-Presenter, "Design Practice in a Competitive and Litigious World (Understanding the Legal Issues and Liabilities Related to the Professional Practice of Architecture and Engineering)," April, 2003. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Construction Law.

Elaine K. Inman (Associate) born Virginia Beach, Virginia, October 12, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia. Education: Old Dominion University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment.

Steven M. Stancliff (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 2007, Virginia. Education: United States Coast Guard Academy (B.S., Marine Engineering, 1984); University of Rhode Island (M.M.A., Marine Affairs, 1992); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1996). Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. [Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, 1984-2006]. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Civil Litigation.

OF COUNSEL

Guilford D. Ware (Of Counsel) born Dunnsville, Virginia; admitted to bar, 1952, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce (B.S., 1949); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1952). Phi Alpha Delta; Chi Phi. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2004; Virginia's Legal Elite. Recipient: Egglestor/I'Anson Professionalism Award, Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association, 2003. Editor, The Law Of Damages in Virginia. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Virginia Law Foundation; Defense Research Institute; Tidewater Estate Planning Council. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth (President, 1987-1988), Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; American Judicature Society; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Institute Chairman, 1985; Seminar Chairman, 1982, 1989); I'Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court (Counselor; President, 1999-2000). [Lt. Col., J.A.G.D., U.S. Air Force Reserve]. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime; Litigation; Corporate Law; Customs Law; International Commercial Law; Government Contracts.

Henry D. Light (Of Counsel) born 1940; admitted to bar, 1969, Ohio; 1979, Virginia. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.E.E., 1962); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1969). Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Ohio and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. [Lieutenant, U.S. Navy; With UDT-21]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Governance; Transportation; Appellate Practice; Compliance.

Allan S. Reynolds, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Norfolk, Virginia, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, New York; 1984, Virginia. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1978); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1981). Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Insurance; Automobile Insurance Defense; Tort Defense.

Harriet T. Reynolds (Of Counsel) born St. Louis, Missouri; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1986, Virginia. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 1978); Boston College (J.D., 1981). Managing Editor, 1980-1981 and Case Editor, Uniform Commercial Code Reporter Digest. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; Civil Litigation.

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