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PARTNER
WILLIAM H. RIDDICK, III
Bill Riddick has practiced in Smithfield since 1984. It is the only place he has every practiced since becoming a lawyer. Smithfield is his home and he has a passion for this community. He has been the Town Attorney for Smithfield and the Commissioner of Accounts for Isle of Wight County since 1993. He has watched Smithfield and Isle of Wight County grow and prosper and has been actively involved in all those things that have made this such a great community. Bill has a general practice of law but it his experience in real estate and related matters that make him unusual in today's legal world. Real estate is not glamorous but it is a complicated area of the law in which fewer and fewer lawyers have knowledge and experience. Bill is regularly appointed by the courts as a commissioner in chancery to report on complicated real estate issues. Bill is a problem solver and has the unique ability to explain complicated matters in simple and understandable terms.
Representative clients
The Town of Smithfield
Farmers Bank
American K-9 Interdiction, LLC
Education
Campbell University
Juris Doctor, 1984
University of Virginia
B.A., History, 1981
Professional and Community service
- Isle of Wight County Bar Association, Member & Past President
- Served as representative to Virginia State Bar Counsel
- Served as member and chairman of Virginia State Bar disciplinary committee
- Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, past Chairman & member of the Board of Trustees
- Isle of Wight-Smithfield-Windsor Chamber of Commerce, former member of board of directors
- Rotarian, Paul Harris Fellow
Bar Admissions
Virginia
PARTNER
Ashby Leigh Pope
Mrs. Pope has the expertise to assist you with your legal needs in a variety of legal areas. Her main areas of practice are criminal law and family law, but she regularly assists clients with other civil matters and legal issues, to include personal injury. She brings a maturity and creativity to the practice to help her clients get the results they deserve.
2001
Graduated from Nansemond Suffolk Academy with Honors
2005
Graduated from University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in both English and History
2005-2006
Employed as a Dispatcher with Isle of Wight County Communications Center
2009
Internship with the Isle of Wight County Commonwealth's Office, using her Third Year Practice Certificate
2010
Graduated from Regent University School of Law with a Juris Doctor Degree
Passed the Virginia State Bar Examination and admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth; sworn in on November 3, 2010
2011-2015
Associate Attorney with The Clark Law Office
Handled criminal and traffic charges and family law matters including custody, visitation, and divorce, personal injury claims, and other legal matters.
2015-2021
Partner at Thompson & Pope (formerly Clark, Thompson & Pope)
2022 - Present
Partner at Riddick & Pope
Certifications & Memberships
- Virginia State Bar (No Bar Complaints)
- Guardian Ad Litem for Children
- Indigent Defense Commission
- Isle of Wight Bar Association
- Portsmouth Bar Association
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
