{"id":96643,"date":"2025-10-29T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/?post_type=news&p=96643"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:55:20","slug":"partner-candace-ali-blydenburgh-named-a-go-to-lawyer-for-negligence-law","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/news\/press-releases\/2025\/10\/partner-candace-ali-blydenburgh-named-a-go-to-lawyer-for-negligence-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Partner Candace Ali Blydenburgh Named a \u201cGo To Lawyer for Negligence Law\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the second year in a row, McGuireWoods partner Candace Ali Blydenburgh<\/a> has been named one of Virginia Lawyers Weekly<\/em><\/a>\u2019s \u201cGo To Lawyers for Negligence Law<\/a>\u201d for her success representing corporate defendants in high-exposure cases in state and federal courts around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blydenburgh, based in McGuireWoods\u2019 Richmond office, has a national practice representing corporate clients in catastrophic personal injury and product liability cases, mass tort matters, and insurance recovery and medical device actions. She serves as national product liability counsel for a medical device company. She has tried cases to verdict in Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina and Puerto Rico, among other locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am proud to be included with the distinguished lawyers selected for this honor,\u201d Blydenburgh said. \u201cI am grateful to my McGuireWoods colleagues for their support and to our clients who trust us with their most critical legal matters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blydenburgh also was named one of Virginia Lawyers Weekly<\/em>\u2019s \u201cInfluential Women in Law<\/a>\u201d in 2023 and was inducted into the Virginia Law Foundation\u2019s Fellows Class of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCandace is a trusted adviser and fierce advocate for corporate clients facing potentially significant exposure in litigation disputes,\u201d said Samuel L. Tarry Jr.<\/a>, co-leader of McGuireWoods\u2019 Product Liability & Mass Tort Practice Group<\/a>. \u201cThis honor from Virginia Lawyers Weekly<\/em> is a fitting tribute to her commitment to excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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