I love this time of year. We have the country’s Independence Day and I get to celebrate taking my practice of construction law “independent.” July 1, 2021 (yesterday) marked 11 years since my first day as a solo practitioner of construction law at The Law Office of Christopher G. Hill, PC. Time sure has flown by thanks to the great clients and friends that followed me to solo practice and that I have met since the firm’s founding on July 1, 2010. I also could not have made the transition and had the fun and success over the past 11 years without the support of the best wife and family that a lawyer could want.
Since the firm’s last anniversary, my oldest child got married (talk about a great event!). My second oldest graduated from Appalachian State University and will be starting his career as a math teacher and my youngest graduated from high school and will be headed to N. C. State University in August. This is a far cry from the family status 11 years ago when I started this solo journey. Of course, most of this past year involved many adjustments to construction and the practice of law because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frankly, the flexibility of my solo practice helped this past year be at least as good as the one before it despite the challenges.
Professionally, I’ve had a great year. I rotated off as the chair of the legislative committee and began my post as Treasurer of the Section Council of the Virginia Bar Association Construction and Public Contracts Law section. I was also honored to be nominated and elected to the Virginia Legal Elite in Construction Law for the 14th straight year and to the Virginia Super Lawyers in Construction Litigation for the 5th year running. I also continued to have the opportunity to teach in various construction-related venues on relevant topics and to help out some of the best clients around.
All in all the 11th year as a solo construction attorney has been as good as I could have hoped. Thank you again to the clients, friends, and particularly family that have made the last 10 years of solo practice fulfilling and fun.
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