Practice Expertise

  • Financial Institutions
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Crisis Management
  • Global Economic Development, Commerce and ...

Areas of Practice

  • Colleges and Universities
  • Crisis Management
  • Financial Institutions
  • Global Economic Development, Commerce and ...
  • Global Economic Development, Commerce, and ...
  • Government Relations
  • Infrastructure
  • State Government Relations
  • Transportation Infrastructure
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Profile

Whitt’s practice focuses on government affairs and lobbying. Whitt, who helped establish the firm’s state government relations practice group, represents a variety of business and industry interests before the legislative and executive branches of state government in Virginia on a broad range of matters including: developing and implementing public policy strategies, drafting legislation, testifying before legislative committees and subcommittees, lobbying state policy makers, monitoring legislation, advising and administering clients’ political action committees and campaign contributions. Formerly, Whitt was a principal at Clement & Wheatley, LLC and served as Law Clerk for The Honorable John A. MacKenzie, US District Court, Norfolk, Virginia.

Bar Admissions

    Education
    JD, University of Virginia School of Law

    BA, University of Virginia

    Areas of Practice

    • Colleges and Universities
    • Crisis Management
    • Financial Institutions
    • Global Economic Development, Commerce and Government Relations Group
    • Global Economic Development, Commerce, and Government Relations Group
    • Government Relations
    • Infrastructure
    • State Government Relations
    • Transportation Infrastructure

    Professional Career

    Significant Accomplishments
    • Co-chair, Governor-Elect McAuliffe’s Transition Team, November 2013
    • Virginia Secretary of Transportation, 2002 - 2005
    • Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1988-2002
    • Former Member, House Appropriations Committee
    • Former Chair, Commerce and Trade, Transportation and Capital Outlay Subcommittees of House Appropriations Committee
    • Former Member, House Committee on Commerce and Labor
    • Former Member, House Transportation Committee


    Professional Associations
    • Member, Board of Visitors, University of Virginia and Affiliated Schools, 2015
    • Past Chair, Board of Directors, LEAD Virginia, 2013
    • Past Chair, Board of Directors, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 2011
    • Past President, Board of Directors, Virginia Law Foundation, 2010
    • Member and past president, Virginia Bar Association, 1993
    • Past Member, Board of Directors, Virginia FREE
    • Member and past chair, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)

    Professional Activities and Experience
    • Named among the 50 Most Influential Virginians by Virginia Business magazine, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
    • AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Martindale-Hubbell's webpage.
    • Virginia Legal Elite, Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative category, Virginia Business magazine, December 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 
    • Selected for inclusion in Top 25 People You Need to Know by Virginia Business magazine, March 2011


    Articles

    • Another View of Virginia's History of Potential Uranium Mining, Virginia Lawyer, Vol. 60, No. 3
    • Transportation: Congress needs long-term plan, Richmond Times-Dispatch
    • The Commonwealth, Colleges Stand at a Crossroads..., Richmond Times-Dispatch
    • Clement/Haymore: Danville Rising - Not boarded up; definitely not desperate, GoDanRiver.com
    • Whitt Clement, Lisa Guthrie and Danny Plaugher Column: Governor Northam’s Transportation Omnibus Keeps Virginia Moving in the Right Direction, Richmond Times-Dispatch
    • Clement/Haymore: Danville Rising, GoDanRiver.com
    • Virginia Law Foundation - Charitable Arm of the Profession, Virginia Lawyer

    Blogs

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