Meet Our Team

JOSEPH T. WALDO – PRESIDENT
One of Joe’s most fulfilling accomplishments came on the high seas, not inside the walls of the courtroom. A lifelong goal was to step foot on every continent, to sail on every ocean and to cross the Arctic and Antarctic circles...
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JOSHUA E. BAKER – PARTNER
One of Josh’s claims to whimsical fame is being remembered at Hillsdale College as the the streakiest 3-point shooter in intramural basketball history. Josh loved basketball, even though he did not have the size and speed to dominate...
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STEPHEN J. CLARKE – PARTNER
Steve loves competition, whether it is in the courtroom defending property owners from overreaching governments, or just in the backyard with friends swinging a mallet at a croquet ball..
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BRIAN G. KUNZE – PARTNER
Starting at age four, year-round soccer was Brian’s life. He wasn’t the fastest or most talented player on the field. But he learned how to excel by out working and outthinking his opponents. Until a leg injury sidelined him, those traits carried him pretty far,...
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JOSEPH L. LYLE, JR. - FOUNDING MEMBER (1936-2004)
Joseph L. Lyle, Jr. was a founding member of The Law Firm of Waldo & Lyle, P.C. Admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1960 after receiving his J.D. and undergraduate degrees from Washington & Lee University, Joe demonstrated extensive litigation experience and aptitude in both state and federal courts. He argued over twenty cases in the Supreme Court of Virginia, achieving significant victories for property owners in the fields of condemnation and eminent domain law.
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RUSSELL TERMAN
Russell traces his interest in protecting private property owners to the outrage he experienced in 2005 when the U.S. Supreme Court OK’d the taking of Suzette Kelo’s Connecticut home for a Pfizer...
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BLAKE A. WILLIS
Blake comes naturally by his passion for private property rights. He grew up in the Connecticut countryside, absorbing a reverence for the the bond between the land and the families that held tight to it...
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