Michael Finney Joins Gentry Locke
Date: 09/21/2009
Contact: Michael J. Finney - Associate
Phone: 540.983.9373
E-mail: michael_finney@gentrylocke.com
Michael J. Finney has joined the Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke 
Rakes & Moore, LLP, as an associate attorney in the firm's Commercial Litigation practice group. Finney is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, the state of California (inactive status), with Virginia Bar membership pending.
"We're pleased to welcome Michael to our Firm," said G. Michael Pace, Jr., Managing Partner of Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore. "He will be a great addition to our team."
Finney joins Gentry Locke after having served as a Judicial Law Clerk in the Western District of Virginia U.S. District Court. He previously gained litigation and appellate experience as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins, LLP. His internships include the Cybercrimes Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General's office; the Elder Abuse/Dependant Adult Unit of the San Francisco District Attorney's office; and a judicial clerkship with the Criminal Division of United States Attorney's office, Eastern District of California.
Finney received his juris doctor in 2006 from Harvard Law School where he was also a research assistant for several professors. He graduated from Stanford University in 2000 with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Political Science.