Rodney Satterwhite > McGuireWoods LLP > Richmond, United States > Lawyer Profile
McGuireWoods LLP Offices

GATEWAY PLAZA
800 EAST CANAL STREET
RICHMOND, VA 23219
VIRGINIA
United States
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Rodney Satterwhite

Career
For over 25 years, Rod has protected and pursued his clients’ interests in high stakes intellectual property, employee mobility and employment litigation. Maintaining a national practice, Rod guides clients through disputes with competitors and employees alike. He has litigated claims in state, federal and administrative courts, including the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th circuits. Much of his practice focuses on disputes at the executive level, and includes investigating and prosecuting malfeasance such as trade secret theft, fiduciary breaches, and unfair competition.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
McGuireWoods LLP is noted for its ability to act on a range of labor and employment issues for its clients in the health, energy and technology sectors. The practice represents these clients in wage and hour disputes, discrimination matters, and transitional arrangements for senior executives. The practice is led by Los Angeles-based Sabrina Beldner, with experience in discrimination and wage and hour litigation. Also featured in the team are IP-specialist Rodney Satterwhite and Dana Rust in Virginia; the latter has over 30 years of experience in litigation and labor negotiations. Also in Virginia, associate John Thomas focuses on trade secrets and restrictive covenant disputes.
United States > Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
McGuireWoods LLP’s multidisciplinary trade secrets team is regularly engaged by a strong mix of well-known corporate clients from the worlds of technology, telecoms, healthcare, energy, and financial services. In the Richmond office, practice chair David Finkelson is highly rated for his capabilities in the telecoms and wireless technology space, while Rodney Satterwhite litigates numerous claims in the state, federal and administrative courts, focusing on executive level disputes regarding misappropriation and IP theft. Also in Richmond, Brian Riopelle is a seasoned lead trial lawyer who represents some of the largest industrial manufacturers in the market. Houston-based Yasser Madriz and Meghaan Madriz are recommended for their capabilities in technology and employment-related matters, respectively.
Lawyer Rankings
- Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense - United States > Labor and employment
- Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) - United States > Intellectual property
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Industry focus > Transport: rail and road - litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus > Healthcare: service providers
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Industry focus > Transport: aviation and air travel - finance
- Industry focus > Transport: shipping - litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Project finance