About Us
The attorneys at Pender & Coward have extensive expertise representing individuals, families, small and medium sized businesses, national and regional corporations, municipalities, state constitutional officers and other governmental entities, financial institutions, and other business entities of all kinds, at the trial and appellate levels, and in all forms of alternate dispute resolution (including arbitration and mediation), on matters encompassing the full spectrum of legal practice.
The firm's century-plus tradition of providing first-quality legal service dates back to 1889 when W.D. Pender began his legal practice in Norfolk. Pender & Coward has over 30 talented attorneys, and offices in the heart of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Suffolk, which means that we are a full-service law firm that possesses the experience, expertise and legal staffing capacity to deliver top quality big firm legal services at small firms pricing. Though Hampton Roads is our primary legal market, Pender & Coward is a member of MERITAS, an alliance of independent full service business law firms with offices in every major city worldwide, which enables us to provide our clients with local counsel and local knowledge anywhere in the world.
Our excellent reputation in the business and professional community stems, at least in part, from the frequency with which members of the firm are elevated to state and federal judgeships, particularly during the last three decades. Two members of the firm became Circuit Court Judges in the City of the Virginia Beach during the 1980's and 1990's. In the 1990's one of the Circuit Court Judges who took the state court bench in the 1980's, and one other member of the firm, were invested as United States District Court Judges for the Eastern District of Virginia. In 2009 a member of the firm was elevated to the General District Court for the City of Chesapeake.
The firm's century-plus tradition of providing first-quality legal service dates back to 1889 when W.D. Pender began his legal practice in Norfolk. Pender & Coward has over 30 talented attorneys, and offices in the heart of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Suffolk, which means that we are a full-service law firm that possesses the experience, expertise and legal staffing capacity to deliver top quality big firm legal services at small firms pricing. Though Hampton Roads is our primary legal market, Pender & Coward is a member of MERITAS, an alliance of independent full service business law firms with offices in every major city worldwide, which enables us to provide our clients with local counsel and local knowledge anywhere in the world.
Our excellent reputation in the business and professional community stems, at least in part, from the frequency with which members of the firm are elevated to state and federal judgeships, particularly during the last three decades. Two members of the firm became Circuit Court Judges in the City of the Virginia Beach during the 1980's and 1990's. In the 1990's one of the Circuit Court Judges who took the state court bench in the 1980's, and one other member of the firm, were invested as United States District Court Judges for the Eastern District of Virginia. In 2009 a member of the firm was elevated to the General District Court for the City of Chesapeake.
