Practice Areas
- Health Care
- Labor & Employment
- Employee Benefits
- Employment Law Counseling
- Employment Litigation Defense
- Labor Relations Experience
- General Civil Litigation
- Local Government
Speeches
- 30th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar
- 29th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - Roanoke
- 29th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - Lynchburg
- 29th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - Danville
- 28th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - Roanoke
- 28th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - Lynchburg
- 28th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - Danville
- Human Resource Audits
- Respect and Diversity in the Workplace in Virginia
News
- 30th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar
- 14 Woods Rogers Lawyers Honored as Super Lawyers and 5 Honored as Rising Stars
- 33 Woods Rogers Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America 2011
- 15 Woods Rogers Lawyers Honored as Super Lawyers and 5 Honored as Rising Stars
- 31 Woods Rogers Attorneys Named by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2010
- 15 Woods Rogers Attorneys Featured as Super Lawyers and 4 Honored as Rising Stars
- 30 Woods Rogers Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2009
- 14 Woods Rogers Attorneys Honored as Super Lawyers
- 18 Woods Rogers Lawyers Selected to Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite
- 27 Woods Rogers Lawyers Selected to Best Lawyers in America 2008
- 12 Woods Rogers Lawyers Honored as Virginia Super Lawyers!
Newsletters
- Labor & Employment Update: Recent Immigration Issues
- Labor & Employment Update - NLRA & "No-Match" Letters
- Labor & Employment Update - COBRA Subsidy / The Federal HIRE Act
- Labor & Employment Update - Interns
- Health Care Reform - An Overview for Employers
- Labor & Employment Group Update - Recess Appointments to NLRB, EEOC
- Labor & Employment Update - Private Sector Employees Say "No" to Unions
- Labor & Employment Update - COBRA Update / ICE / GINA
- Labor & Employment Update - Updated COBRA
- Labor & Employment Update - COBRA Changes and Benefits Expanded
- Labor and Employment Update - Arbitration of Age Claims
- Labor & Employment Update, EFCA February 2009
- Labor & Employment Update - Special Presidential Election Edition
- May 2008 Labor & Employment Update
- Labor & Employment Update, Winter 2008
- Labor & Employment Update, Fall 2007
- Labor & Employment Update, July 2007
Agnis C. Chakravorty is a principal in the firm. Agnis specializes in labor and employment law solely for management clients. Prior to Woods Rogers, Agnis was a principal at the Center for Employment Law, P.C.
Agnis is a member of the Labor and Employment sections of both the Virginia Bar Association and the American Bar Association, where he serves on The Developing Labor Law Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Roanoke Bar Association. Agnis was the 1996 recipient of the Roanoke Valley Jaycees Outstanding Young Man Award and has been recognized for a number of years by Virginia Business Magazine as a "Legal Elite" in the field of Labor and Employment and is also listed in "Best Lawyers in America" and "Virginia Super Lawyers".
Agnis is a 1989 honor graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law, and a 1985 graduate of the College of William & Mary where he received a B.A. degree in Government and Religion.
Experience
- Worked on model non-competition agreements for Fortune 500 company for employees nationwide.
- Drafted handbook for one of Virginia's largest contractors.
- Worked on re-organization issues for one of Virginia's largest private medical practices.
Professional Affiliations
- Roanoke Bar Association, 2000 - 2002, Board of Directors
- Virginia Bar Association, Member, Labor and Employment Section
- American Bar Association, Member, Labor and Employment Section, Developing Labor Law Subcommittee
- Virginia State Bar, Member
- Society for Human Resource Management, National; Roanoke Valley; Lynchburg; New River Valley
Professional Activities and Honors
- Board member, The Al Pollard Memorial Foundation
- AV rate by Martindale Hubbell; Listed consistently: as a Virginia Legal Elite, Virginia Superlawyer and the Best Lawyers in America. Also listed as a Best Lawyer by Corporate Counsel Magazine.



