Dygert Wright Hobbs & Heilberg

GEORGE H. DYGERT
Experience:
January 1984 - Present
Private Practice of Law in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia

1981- 1983
Assistant Professor of Business, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia

1965 -1981
Judge Advocate Generals Corps

1959- 1961
Officer, United States Army

1959 - 1965
Corps of Engineers

1958 - 1959
Construction Engineer, Drevote Corporation, Neville Island, Pennsylvania

Education:
1975
Darden School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
~ Masters, Business Administration

1965
University of Denver, College of Law, Denver, Colorado
~ Juris Doctor

1958
Clarkson College of Technology, Potsham, New York
~ B.A., Civil Engineering

Bar Admissions:
1968, Colorado
1976, Virginia

JOSEPH W. WRIGHT, III
Experience:
Mr. Wright has over sixteen years experience in the trial of civil cases in the federal and state courts, including complex commercial litigation, construction claims, trusts and estates suits, landlord and tenant disputes, detinue actions and real property litigation (including quiet title actions, partition suits, boundary line disputes and the enforcement of restrictive covenants). He also has substantial experience in the drafting of construction contracts, real estate and business transaction documents and litigation and appellate pleadings.

1989-2002
McGuireWoods, LLP, (McLean and Charlottesville)

2002-2005
Dygert Wright & Hobbs, PLC,

2005-Present
Dygert Wright Hobbs & Heilberg, PLC,

Education:
1989
~ Juris Doctor, University of Virginia School of Law

1984
~ Master of Divinity, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.

1977
~ Bachelor of Arts, University of Tennessee

Bar Admissions:
Virginia Supreme Court,
U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland U.S. Court of Claims

KELLY A. HOBBS
Experience:
Ms. Hobbs has substantial experience defending clients charged with felonies and misdemeanors in the Virginia state courts. She also practices regularly in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts of the Commonwealth as both an advocate and a guardian ad litem. Her civil practice includes divorce and family law, contracts and real estate.

1996-2002
George H. Dygert & Associates

2002-2005
Dygert Wright & Hobbs, PLC

2005-Present
Dygert Wright Hobbs & Heilberg, PLC

Education:
1992
~ Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia

Bar Admissions:
Virginia, 1996

DAVID L. HEILBERG
Experience:
Mr. Heilberg has more than 28 years of experience, principally as a trial attorney. He received a BA in 1975 from Union College and his JD from Washington & Lee University in 1979.

Mr. Heilberg started his private law practice in Charlottesville in 1982 after working for three years as the Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia. He represents clients throughout Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.

Mr. Heilberg handles criminal trials, civil trials and appeals in both the state and federal courts. Mr. Heilberg has tried more than 100 cases to juries, including capital murder charges.

He is a member of the National and Virginia Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Virginia Bar, the Virginia Trial Lawyer's Association and is a member of the Charlottesville - Albemarle Criminal (President, 1992-1993) and general Bar Associations. Mr. Heilberg is a Board Member (2006 to present) and Treasurer (2007) for the VACDL.

Areas of practice include serious Felonies and Misdemeanors; DUI and Traffic Matters; Juvenile Criminal and Traffic Defense; State and Federal Appeals; Injuries from Automobile Accidents; Social Security Disability; Professional Malpractice; Personal Injury Cases; Civil litigation; Divorce, Custody and Support.

Admitted: 1979, Virginia and Virginia Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court.

Reported Appellate Cases: Kleinfield v. Veruki, 7 Va. App. 183, 372 S.E.2d 407 (Va. App. 1988); Roach v. Comm., 251 Va. 324, 468 S.E.2d 98 (Va. 1996); U.S. v. Johnson and Lewis, 54 F.3d 1150 (4th Cir. 1995); U.S. v. Cropp, 127 F.3d 354 (4th Cir. 1997); U.S. v. Grimmond, 137 F.3d 823 (4th Cir. 1998).

Reported Fourth Amendment Evidence Suppression Case: U.S. v. Gillespie, 332 F.Supp.2d 923 (W.D. Va. 2004).

Professional Background: Court appointed Acting Commonwealth's Attorney for Albemarle, Fluvanna and Greene Counties and City of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1984- . Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia, 1979-1982. Lecturer regularly at Virginia CLE courses; Course Instructor, Jefferson Institute of Lifelong Learning (JILL), 2002-present; Law Instructor, University of Virginia, 1985-1986; Instructor, Insurance Law, Piedmont Virginia Community College, 1984; Instructor, Business Law, James Madison University, 1979-1980. Board of Directors, Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid Society (Chairman, 1988-1989 and Treasurer, 1987-1988).

Virginia Recognized Certifications: Certified Guardian Ad Litem (to investigate, report and represent the best interests of children in court proceedings). State and Federal Qualified lead counsel to defend Capital Murder Cases.