ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, February 25, 1993                   TAG: 9302250459
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E-11   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

MATTHEW B. BROUGHTON of Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore in Roanoke has been named the 1993 secretary-treasurer of the Young Lawyers Section of the Virginia Bar Association.

\ CHARLIE CHANG, executive chef and owner of the Fiji Island Restaurant in Roanoke, has been named chef of the year by the Southwest Virginia chapter of the American Culinary Federation.

Chang, who volunteers as a guest chef for charity projects, also was elected chairman of the chapter's board.

Other officers are: Jack Harteis, president; Curtis Carter, vice president; Steve Williams, treasurer; Jeff Shupe, secretary; and Bobby Simmons, newsletter editor.

\ WOODWARD/WHITE INC. of Aiken, S.C., has released the names of Roanoke Valley lawyers to be listed in its upcoming edition of "The Best Lawyers in America." They are:

Bankruptcy law - M. Caldwell Butler of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.

Business litigation - William B. Poff of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove; and William R. Rakes of Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore.

Corporate law - Douglas W. Densmore and Talfourd H. Kemper of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove; and G. Franklin Flippin of Glenn, Flippin, Feldmann & Darby.

Criminal defense - Robert F. Rider of Rider, Thomas, Cleaveland, Ferris & Eakin.

Family law - Harwell M. Darby Jr. of Glenn, Flippin, Feldmann & Darby; G. Marshall Mundy of Mundy, Rogers & Frith; and Arthur E. Smith.

Health care law - Heman A. Marshall of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.

Labor and employment law - Bayard E. Harris of The Center for Employment Law; Donald Wise Huffman of Bird, Kinder & Huffman; and Clinton S. Morse of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.

Personal injury litigation - James R. Austin and S.D. Roberts Moore of Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore; David B. Hart and George W. Wooten of Wooten & Hart; James F. Johnson of Johnson, Ayers & Mathews; G. Marshall Mundy of Mundy, Rogers & Frith; and William B. Poff of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.

Public utility law - Allen Glover of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.

Real estate law - W. Heywood Fralin of Jolly, Place, Fralin & Prillaman; and Talfourd H. Kemper and Michael K. Smeltzer of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.

Tax law - Frank W. Rogers Jr. of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove; and Bruce C. Stockburger of Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore.

Trusts and estates - Frank W. Rogers Jr. of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.



by Archana Subramaniam by CNB