Paul is listed in Best Lawyers in America and has previously been listed as one of the “Legal Elite” in Virginia Business magazine. His litigation experience has also enabled him to provide corporate services to a number of companies seeking to avoid litigation over existing or contemplated corporate policies. Paul has received the highest rating, AV, from Martindale-Hubbell. Paul is a frequent panelist and presenter for various organizations on risk management, professional negligence and ethics. He has been active in the Virginia State Bar including acting as chair of a special committee of the Bar. Paul is also a member of the Richmond and Henrico Bar Associations and the John Marshall Inn of Court.

Prior to forming McSweeney, Crump, Childress & Gould, Paul was a partner with the Richmond firm of Childress, Gould & Russell. Paul is a graduate of the University of Richmond Law School where he served on the Law Review.

• Malpractice litigation in state and federal courts not only in Virginia, but throughout the Southeast.
• Represented parties in complex commercial litigation involving various substantive legal areas such as contracts, insurance, securities and non-compete issues.

Representative clients include:

• Attorneys
• Accountants
• Corporations

Admitted to Practice:

• State and Federal Courts in Virginia
• Fourth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals
• United States Supreme Court.

Professional Associations & Voluntary Bar Memberships

• Virginia State Bar
• Richmond Bar Association
• Henrico Bar Association
• John Marshall Inn of Court
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
  
  

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• B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
• M.B.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
• J.D., University of Richmond, T. C. Williams School of Law
  

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