Rich Maxwell heads the Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights group at Woods Rogers and is chair of the firm’s Business section. Under Rich’s counsel, a $50 million manufacturing company was able to reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy within 90 days. Rich also focuses on commercial law.
Rich is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and serves on the Planning Committee for the Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice. He also edits and writes about the enforcement of liens and judgments for the Virginia Law Foundation. He is a past director and chairman of the Bankruptcy Section of the Virginia State Bar. He also served as the President of the Roanoke Bar Association.
Rich graduated cum laude from University of Richmond’s law school, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, an honor society for law school graduates.
Rich has been named to the Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers Business Edition and Virginia Super Lawyers rankings. He is on Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite list and holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating.
His community activities in the Roanoke area include having served on the boards of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, the Clean Valley Council, and the National D-Day Memorial Foundation.
Affiliations
American Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
Clean Valley Council—Director
National D-Day Memorial Foundation—Former Director
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra—Past President
Roanoke Bar Association—President 2014-2015
Virginia State Bar—Bankruptcy Law Section, Past Chairman
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Recognition
31 Woods Rogers Attorneys Listed as “Legal Elite” and “Rising Stars” | November 30, 2020
Five Woods Rogers Attorneys Named a Roanoke Lawyer of the Year | August 24, 2020
Forty-one Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for 2021 | August 20, 2020
Eighteen Woods Rogers Attorneys Selected as 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers | April 15, 2020
“Legal Elite” Ranking Lists 30 Woods Rogers Attorneys | December 10, 2019
Thirty-nine Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for 2020 | August 16, 2019
Six Woods Rogers Attorneys Named a Roanoke Lawyer of the Year | August 15, 2019
Twenty-two Woods Rogers Attorneys Named 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers | April 11, 2019
Virginia Business Names 26 Woods Rogers Attorneys as 2018 “Legal Elite” | December 5, 2018
Thirty-nine Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America | August 16, 2018
Twenty-three Woods Rogers attorneys awarded honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine | April 20, 2018
Twenty-four Woods Rogers Attorneys Named by Virginia Business as 2017 “Legal Elite” | December 1, 2017
Thirty-six Woods Rogers Attorneys Are Recognized by Best Lawyers in America | August 15, 2017
Twenty-one Woods Rogers attorneys awarded honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine | May 1, 2017
Twenty-seven Woods Rogers attorneys named by Virginia Business as 2016 “Legal Elite” | December 5, 2016
Thirty Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized as 2017 The Best Lawyers in America | August 16, 2016
Twenty-two Woods Rogers Attorneys Awarded Honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine | April 7, 2016
Nineteen Woods Rogers attorneys named by Virginia Business as 2015 “Legal Elite” | December 1, 2015
Thirty Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized as 2016 Best Lawyers in America | August 19, 2015
Twenty-Two Woods Rogers Attorneys Awarded Honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine | April 9, 2015
Eighteen Woods Rogers attorneys named by Virginia Business as Legal Elite | December 1, 2014
Thirty-four Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized as 2015 Best Lawyers in America | August 22, 2014
20 Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized as Virginia Super Lawyers or Rising Stars | July 10, 2014
2013 Legal Elite | December 2, 2013
33 Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2014 | August 15, 2013
Richard Maxwell Named Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy | March 15, 2013
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