Dutro, Daniel G.

Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr. is first and foremost a trial lawyer. In 2010 he received the prestigious Hunter W. Martin Professionalism Award from the Richmond Bar Association. He was selected by his peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Commercial Litigation and carries Martindale-Hubble's top rating of AV Pre-eminent, is listed in Virginia Business Magazine's "Legal Elite," is named as one of fifteen Leaders in the Law for 2007 by Virginia Lawyers Weekly and named each year among the Top Fifty Super Lawyers in all practice areas. He was also named in the initial list of the Top 33 Lawyers in the City of Richmond by Richmond Magazine in 2011. Mr. Durrette is a member of the Boyd Graves Conference, a group of leading lawyers and judges functioning as an arm of the Virginia Bar Association to recommend legislation to the Virginia General Assembly to improve Virginia's civil practice. He also served as Chairman of the Business Torts and Commercial Litigation Sections of the American Association for Justice and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, respectively. He is also recognized in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2010.

Mr. Durrette focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation including antitrust. His trial experience includes representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts across the country. He is regarded by his colleagues as particularly effective in cases where fact patterns tend to be complex and records or witnesses numerous. He gives personal attention to a wide variety of matters handled by the firm as well as serving as a resource for attorneys managing cases in which he has no direct role. Mr. Durrette maintains close ties within the professional community, and is often consulted by lawyers in other firms. His trial experience includes serving as Lead Counsel in a case considered to be "perhaps one of the most complex case litigated [in Virginia] in the modern era."

Mr. Durrette is one of the firm's representatives to the XDL Group, Multidimensional Intellectual Property Advocates, of which the Firm is a founding member. The XDL Group, composed of litigators and IP experts around the country, specializes in intellectual property litigation. More information on the XDL Group can be found atwww.XDLgroup.com.