- Divorce
- Child Custody and VisitationWorkers' Compensation, Insurance Defense & General Civil Litigation, Domestic Relations (Divorce and/or Child custody and Adoption), Creditor's Rights and Debt Collection, Eminent Domain (representing the Commonwealth of Virginia) & Criminal Defense (Misdemeanor & Traffic).
- Adoption
- Criminal DefenseThe firm provides legal advice to businesses, individuals and governmental entities on a regular basis in ten counties and three cities in Southside Virginia and actively practices in both the state and federal court systems throughout the region. Lawyers with the firm are proficient in a variety of legal specialties with emphasis on business organization and practice, estate planning and administration, civil litigation, creditor’s rights, commercial real estate development, employment law, workers’ compensation defense and criminal defense.
- Traffic Violations
- RobberyDecember 2015 - Represented a client charged with First Degree Murder, Attempted Robbery and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery. After a two day trial, the jury returned verdicts of Not Guilty on all counts.
- MisdemeanorsMarch 2017 - Represented a client charged with aggravated malicious wounding (carrying a possible life sentence). The Court granted a motion to strike and convicted the client only of assault and battery, a misdemeanor.
- Assault
- MurderOctober 2015 - Represented a client charged with two counts of first degree murder and eleven other charges. The jury rejected the murder charges and convicted only of voluntary manslaughter.
- Manslaughter
- Corporate LawThe law firm of Daniel, Medley & Kirby, P.C. represents clients in Danville and the surrounding parts of Virginia, including Martinsville, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Pittsylvania County, Halifax County, Mecklenburg County, Patrick County, Franklin County, Henry County, Campbell County, Amherst County, Nelson County
- Mergers and AcquisitionsMs. Walters graduated from Middlebury College in 2002, and she received her law degree in 2007 from Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Walters worked in a large New York law firm practicing in the area of corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions. As a member of the firm, Ms. Walters' practice will focus on general civil litigation, corporate law and employment law.
- Business Disputes
- Business Transactions
- Workers CompensationThe firm has served as general counsel for Averett University, a four year liberal arts institution located in Danville, for the past twenty-five years. The firm has organized and provides ongoing legal advice to numerous medical practices, corporations and businesses in Southside Virginia. The firm serves as local Right-of-Way Counsel for the Virginia Department of Transportation, in addition to handling civil litigation and workers' compensation defense for the Virginia Attorney General’s Office on a local basis. The firm members engage in extensive practice before various administrative agencies, including the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Virginia Employment Commission, and the Social Security Administration. The firm also serves as general counsel for numerous other professional corporations and local corporations, in addition to providing counsel to many non-profit organizations, including the The Womack Foundation, Langhorne House, God's Storehouse, The Arc of Southside Virginia, Danville Science Center, The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, The River Region, Inc., The Danville-Pittsylvania Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, The Danville Historical Society,and The New College Institute.
- Premises LiabilityBrent Gammon is a partner with Daniel, Medley & Kirby, P.C. A native of Danville, Brent returned to his hometown in 2013 to join the firm after practicing law in Florida for six years. Mr. Gammon is a trial attorney, concentrating his practice in handling workers' compensation claims, defending employers, self-insureds and insurance companies, as well as, defending employers, businesses, municipalities and insurers in automobile, premises liability and other liability claims in civil litigation. In addition, Brent's practice includes work in divorce/domestic relations, debt collection, business law, eminent domain and traffic defense.
- Construction Litigation
- Eminent DomainToday, Daniel, Medley & Kirby, P.C. is recognized as a full-service corporate law firm that, in addition to a strong general civil litigation practice, concentrates in business law, insurance defense, estate planning, employment law, eminent domain, creditors' rights, real estate development, workers' compensation and health care law, among other areas.
- Land Use and Zoning
- Landlord-Tenant DisputesKostopanagiotis, a Danville native, joined the firm as an associate in 2019 and primarily focuses his practice on landlord tenant matters, civil litigation, business law, & estate planning and estate administration.
- Personal InjuryDaniel, Medley & Kirby, P.C. is pleased to announce that T. Brent Gammon, a partner in the firm, has been selected in the Second Edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2022 for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, as part of the Best Lawyers in America publication. Best Lawyers in America is one of the oldest, most well-respected attorney ranking services in the United States. To be included again in the publication is a great reflection of the dedication that Mr. Gammon has to the practice of law.
- Social Security Disability
- Estate PlanningAs a member of the firm, Ms. Holland's practice will focus on domestic relations and family law, and it will also include gereral civil litigation, estate planning, and criminal and traffic defense. Daniel, Medley & Kirby, P.C. is a full service law firm with offices in both Danville and Martinsville. The principals of the firm are: James A. L. Daniel, Martha W. Medley, William L. Kirby, III, Michael A. Nicholas and T. Brent Gammon. Pete Kostapanagiotis and Khalilah Walters are also members of the firm.
- WillsCivil Litigation, including General Liability Defense; Transactional Law; Corporate Law; Wills and Estate Planning; Estate Administration and Estate Litigation.
- Trusts
- Probate
- Debt Collection