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Virginia Business<\/em> magazine selected four McGuireWoods partners for its 2025-2026 Virginia 500 Power List<\/a> \u2014 Jonathan P. Harmon<\/a>, Mark T. Bowles<\/a>, Janet P. Peyton<\/a> and Jack L. White<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The magazine\u2019s annual Power List recognizes the commonwealth\u2019s \u201cmost powerful and influential leaders in business, government, politics and education.\u201d Harmon, Peyton and White were selected in the law category, while Bowles \u2014 also chairman of McGuireWoods Consulting \u2014 <\/a>was selected in the professional services category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harmon, a nationally known trial lawyer, represents Fortune 500 companies in high-stakes litigation across the country. His clients include some of the largest U.S. financial institutions as well as telecommunications giants and leading automotive, food and product manufacturers. Harmon led McGuireWoods\u2019 Business & Securities Litigation Department before being elected chairman of the firm in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowles joined McGuireWoods Consulting as a senior vice president when the public affairs firm was founded in 1998. Based in Richmond, Bowles provides strategic counsel and policy advice to business and organizations with issues before state legislatures and regulatory agencies. Before joining McGuireWoods, he served on the staffs of a member of Congress and Virginia\u2019s attorney general and managed statewide campaigns, congressional campaigns and legislative races. Bowles became MWC\u2019s chairman in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As McGuireWoods\u2019 Richmond office managing partner since 2023, Peyton practices in the areas of intellectual property and data privacy and security. She provides worldwide brand protection, enforcement, licensing and transactional IP services. She also assists clients with preventive data security and handles compliance issues in the aftermath of a data breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White, the Tysons office managing partner since 2023, is an accomplished trial lawyer and legal strategist who guides clients through high-profile and sensitive litigation and government investigations. White handles civil litigation, regulatory enforcement and congressional investigations for clients in the defense, technology, federal contracting, K-12 and higher education, and other business sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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