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Nancy Agee President and CEO, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke


December 2017


Virginia Business Person of the


Year COVER STORY 20 feature SPECIAL REPORT: 2017 VIRGINIA LEGAL ELITE


37 Consistency amid change Longtime honorees are recognized along with the 2017 class. by Robert Powell


40 Elite leaders


Twenty-six lawyers have made the list every year since 2000. by Joan Tupponce


42 Legal Elite profiles contact us


BERNARD A. NIEMEIER president & publisher bniemeier@virginiabusiness.com (804) 225-1366


Cover illustration by Matt Brown


ROBERT C. POWELL III editor rpowell@virginiabusiness.com (804) 225-8859


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PAULA C. SQUIRES managing editor psquires@virginiabusiness.com (804) 225-5591


JESSICA SABBATH senior editor jsabbath@virginiabusiness.com (804) 225-0443


VERONICA GARABELLI special projects editor vgarabelli@virginiabusiness.com (804) 225-6942


ADRIENNE R. WATSON art director arwatson@virginiabusiness.com (804) 225-8219


KEVIN DICK production manager kdick@virginiabusiness.com (804) 225-0433


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43 Legal Elite lists


Carilion executive hasn’t forgotten her time on the front lines of patient care.


by Tim Thornton


26 Healing arts Program offers a source of solace in a stressful situation. by Tim Thornton


Photo by Don Petersen Servant leadership


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