Brad Reeser
Brad focuses his practice on the defense of medical professionals and their employers in medical malpractice claims, transportation and premises liability cases, consumer litigation, and commercial litigation. He also advises physicians, hospitals, and surgery centers in credentialing and privileging matters. Brad has a broad background in administrative, trial, and appellate litigation in state and federal courts in Virginia. He has first chair trial experience in Virginia Circuit and General District Courts, and he has represented clients in numerous proceedings before the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission and the United States Department of Labor. Brad’s appellate experience includes multiple oral arguments before the Virginia Court of Appeals and extensive briefing in all of Virginia’s state and federal appellate courts.
Brad earned his undergraduate degrees in Economics and Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication from James Madison University. He attended the University of Richmond School of Law, where he represented the University in the 2015 Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition and worked with a local attorney to provide pro bono appellate representation before the Virginia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Virginia.
Outside of the office, Brad teaches mock trial and appellate advocacy as part of Virginia’s Model Judiciary Program. He enjoys spending time outdoors and cherishes time spent with family, friends, and his dog, Lady.
Nathaniel focuses his law practice on defending hospitals, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers in medical malpractice cases. He handles cases in courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Nathaniel received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Central Florida. He also played football at Colgate University in New York, and Graceland University in Iowa, owned his own business as a personal trainer, and worked as a lead security guard. He earned his J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law.
While in law school, Nathaniel was a research assistant for Professor Jud Campbell, exploring a variety of subjects including the 13th and 14th Amendments, state action, general common law, due process, and related topics of 19th century civil rights jurisprudence. He also competed regionally as a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Board, served as the Alumni Relations Chair of the UR chapter of the Federalist Society, and was member of the Dean’s Student Advisory Group. As a student attorney at the Intellectual Property & Transactional Law Clinic, Nathaniel advised clients on intellectual property and business matters. For his efforts, he was honored with the Auzville Jackson Jr. Award for Excellence in Intellectual Property upon graduation. Nathaniel also served as a Student Advisor for the Fund for American Studies Summer Law Fellowship and is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the same organization.
Outside of the office, Nathaniel enjoys hurling with Richmond Battery GAA, weight training, painting, and reading about new developments in intellectual property and constitutional law.
Randy Wimbish is a founding member of Wimbish Gentile McCray & Roeber. He concentrates his practice primarily in the area of medical professional liability in both state and federal courts throughout Virginia. With more than 30 years of experience, Randy has represented physicians in a wide variety of medical specialties, as well as dentists, nurses, allied health providers, and hospitals of all types and sizes. He has tried more than 80 jury cases, but also has extensive experience with mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Randy’s practice includes advising health care providers on risk management in order to prevent claims before they occur. He also represents health care providers before various state regulatory and disciplinary boards. Randy has significant appellate experience, as well. In 2005, he won the landmark case of Sanchez v. Medicorp, which significantly limits liability for Virginia’s hospitals for the alleged negligence of non-employee physicians.
Randy has lectured frequently to both health care providers and attorneys on subjects related to trial tactics generally and medical negligence cases specifically. One of his favorite presentations is “Your First Jury Trial,” which he gives every other year to the VADA Young Lawyers Boot Camp. He is a contributing author to Medical Malpractice Law in Virginia, published by the Virginia CLE Foundation, and the Virginia Medical Law Report. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America for both Medical Malpractice Defense and Health Care Law, and has twice been voted by his peers as the Lawyer of the Year for Medical Malpractice Defense in Richmond. He has been recognized as a Virginia Super Lawyer every year since 2006.
Randy has a strong track record of successful representation of health care providers at trial. He is particularly proficient in the defense of high risk, high exposure cases, including cases involving a high degree of sympathy that can tilt the scales in favor of the plaintiff at the beginning of the case. Over the years, Randy has obtained defense verdicts for doctors and hospitals in cases involving maternal and infant death, neurologically compromised infants (so called “bad baby” cases), cancer, strokes, and a wide variety of surgical complications. He has been recognized by Virginia Lawyers Weekly and the Virginia Medical Law Report for obtaining at least one of the largest defense verdicts in Virginia on numerous occasions, including five of the largest defense verdicts in Virginia in 2005.
Randy’s recognition by his peers culminated with his election as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Founded in 1950, the College recognizes the very best trial lawyers from the United States and Canada. The College’s Fellows are chosen strictly by invitation and only after a rigorous and lengthy investigation. The candidate must be identified as a highly skilled trial lawyer in the opinion of judges and practitioners, and as a person whose ethics, moral standards and collegiality are above reproach. Fellowship is limited to one percent of the lawyers in any individual State or Province, and the candidate must have practiced for at least 15 years. At the time of his induction in 2010, Randy was one of the youngest Fellows in the College.
Randy was recently inducted as a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation. Nominated confidentially by their peers, Virginia Law Foundation Fellows are recognized for leadership in their practices, their communities, and the Commonwealth. As a member of the Fellows Class of 2026, Randy joins a group of more than 800 of the best and brightest legal practitioners in Virginia who are committed to the highest ideals of the law and exemplify the concept of citizen lawyer.
Randy is also a member of the Boyd-Graves Conference, an invitation-only group of civil trial lawyers, legal educators and judges which studies and suggests changes to Virginia civil procedure.
As a graduate of Virginia Tech, Randy is an avid follower of the Hokies’ football program, and is confident that Coach Franklin will soon return the program to its rightful place among the nation’s elite. His other interests include reading and traveling, and he recently completed a 50 mile hike along the coast of Cornwall, England. He is a leader in the bar, and is a Past President of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Randy is also active in the community, having served on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Tech Athletic Fund and as the Scholarship Chair for the Richmond chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association. He currently serves as a part time Sunday School teacher at Second Baptist Church.
Michelle Warden concentrates the bulk of her law practice on representing medical professionals and their employers in defense of professional malpractice claims. Michelle has defended health care providers in a variety of areas including, without limitation: cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, sepsis, vascular treatment, psychiatric treatment, ophthalmic treatment, dental treatment, surgery, family medicine, shoulder dystocia, venipuncture, nursing, pressure ulcers, and radiological issues. She also represents health care facilities such as hospitals, doctors’ offices, dental offices, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers and retail clinics, and laboratories.
In addition to her health care practice, Michelle takes great pride in representing law enforcement officers, private entities, and municipalities in the successful defense of Section 1983 claims involving allegations of excessive force or wrongful denial of medical care, including allegations of negligent medical care in the jail or prison setting, or while in police custody. Michelle also has experience with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and drafting and reviewing policies and procedures for law enforcement agencies. Michelle brings a unique perspective to this area of law having previously served as a Fairfax County Police Officer for six years prior to Law School.
Michelle is a 1999 graduate of State University of New York College at Buffalo and a 2008 graduate of T.C. Williams School of Law (Cum Laude). While attending Law School, she served on University of Richmond Law Review and participated in the Disability Law Clinic. Following Law School, Michelle worked as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable (Ret.) Charles J. Maxfield in the Fairfax County Circuit Court.
Michelle handles cases throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is admitted to practice in state and federal courts including Virginia General District and Circuit Courts, Supreme Court of Virginia, United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and United States Bankruptcy Court. She has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Healthcare since 2012, by Virginia Business magazine as a member of the Legal Elite in the categories of Young Lawyers and Health Law, and by Richmond magazine as one of the Top Attorneys: Outstanding Young Lawyers in Virginia. Michelle is a published author in Virginia Lawyer and the Journal of Local Government Law. She has also lectured to health care providers regarding various medical malpractice issues, and has lectured to law enforcement officers, private agencies, and attorneys regarding policing issues, the use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement, and FERPA.
Katherine focuses her law practice on representing medical professionals and their employers in the defense of professional malpractice claims. She defends various health care providers, including hospitals, physicians, nurses, and private practices in professional liability cases. Katherine handles cases in state and federal courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. She also represents health care providers before professional licensing boards.
Katherine has been recognized by Virginia Business magazine as a member of the Legal Elite in the Young Lawyer category from 2017 to 2024. She was also the recipient of the 2024 Chappell-Morris Award by the Virginia State Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers for her professionalism, high ethical and moral standards, excellent character, and outstanding trial skills.
Katherine graduated magna cum laude with distinction from Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. While in law school, Katherine served as Lead Articles Editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review. Her article, Coverage for Ill-Gotten Gains? Discussing the (Un)Insurability of Restitution and Disgorgement, was published in Volume 72 of that journal. She also interned for The Honorable John A. Gibney, Jr., District Court Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Katherine graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Ken Roeber is one of the founding members of Wimbish Gentile McCray & Roeber PLLC. Ken graduated from the University of Virginia in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. He then graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1997 with his Juris Doctor degree. When he entered law school, Ken knew that he wanted to devote his practice to protecting the interests of health care providers. Ken attributes this desire to his medical background, which includes four years as an Emergency Medical Technician with a volunteer rescue squad, and three years as an ophthalmic medical assistant. Following a two-year clerkship with the Circuit Court for the City of Alexandria, he joined Sands Anderson PC. Building on his 17 years at Sands Anderson, Ken continues to focus his practice on the representation of health care providers in medical malpractice litigation and in administrative matters. Ken has also assisted physicians in the resolution of disputes with health insurers. Over the course of his career, Ken has represented all manner of health care providers, including physicians, podiatrists, dentists, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, massage therapists, hospitals, and medical or dental practices.
Ken has also represented law enforcement officers, private entities, and municipalities in the successful defense of Section 1983 actions involving allegations of excessive use of force or wrongful denial of medical care, including allegations of negligent medical care in the jail or prison setting, or allegations of medical care by health care providers allegedly acting under color of state law. Ken has also been involved in the resolution of law enforcement officer grievances and the formation of law enforcement policies. In all such matters Ken is able to call upon the unique experience that he has achieved in 12 years of very active service as a sworn Chesterfield County Auxiliary Police Officer, who is certified by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. He was named Chesterfield Auxiliary Officer of the Year for 2009 and received the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police/Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation Valor Award in 2011.
Ken has tried over 35 jury trials to a verdict and has twice obtained dismissals midway through trial—at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence. Ken has been recognized by Virginia Business Magazine as one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” in Health Law and has been recognized by Virginia Lawyers Weekly as a Leader in the Law.
Joel M. McCray has represented hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, long-term care facilities, home health care providers, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, psychiatrists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychiatric nurse practitioners, nurses, physical therapists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors and pastoral counselors in a variety of legal proceedings. Joel has tried cases throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, including Central Virginia, Tidewater, Southside Virginia, Northern Virginia, and Southwest Virginia. He has also represented a variety of health care providers before the various Boards of the Virginia Department of Health Professions. Joel has also served as chairman of the Medical Malpractice Section of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Joel graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. from the University of Tennessee, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Joel earned his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law. Joel served in the United States Navy from 1979 to 1983.
Colleen M. Gentile is one of the founding members of Wimbish Gentile McCray & Roeber PLLC. Colleen graduated from Ithaca College in 1989 with a B.S. in Finance. She received her J.D. in 1992 from Syracuse University College of Law. Upon graduating from law school, Colleen lived and worked in New York State. She then relocated to Virginia where she worked as a defense attorney trying cases in the Virginia Circuit Courts and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before making the switch to exclusively defending health care providers. For over twenty-five years, she has focused her career on trial advocacy by defending physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals sued for medical malpractice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. Her clients include hospitals, physicians, nurses, physical therapists, dentists, psychologists, and physician practices. She also provides risk management advice to hospital and physician group clients. In addition, Colleen represents health care providers before professional licensing boards.
Colleen is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell and has been recognized as one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” in Health Law (Virginia Business Magazine) numerous times. Colleen has tried over 65 jury trials.
Angela Boice Axselle has a broad litigation background with experience in civil and criminal law. In almost twenty years of practice, Angela has taken more than fifty civil jury trials to verdict, most as first chair or the sole attorney. She has handled cases before General District Courts, Juvenile & Domestic Relations Courts and Circuit Courts across the Commonwealth. She has also litigated cases before the Workers’ Compensation Commission and has argued appeals before the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Virginia. Angela devotes her civil litigation practice to the defense of health care providers and facilities in professional malpractice claims. She also provides risk management advice to hospitals and other health care providers.