The Law Office of Clement & Wheatley

Michael C. Guanzon

Practice Concentration: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Corporate Law; Health Law.

Admitted to Bar: 1995, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1997, District of Columbia; 2000, North Carolina.

Law School: University of Richmond, J.D., 1995.

College/University: University of Virginia, B.A., 1991.

Membership: Virginia Bar Association (Health Law Council, 2000- , secretary, 2005-2006, vice chair, 2007- ; Community Service Program Council, 2004- ; Chair, Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, 1996-1998); Virginia State Bar (Bar Council: Executive Committee, 2007- and at-large member, 2003- ; Young Lawyers Conference: Chair, Membership Involvement Committee, 1995-1997; Circuit Representative, 1997-1998; Co-Chair, Young Lawyer's Division Southside Pro Bono Hotline Committee, 1998-1999); Danville Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; American Health Lawyers Association; Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia, Inc., Board of Directors, 2007- ; T.C. Williams School of Law Young Grads Council (1996-2000).

Honors: University of Richmond Law School: Editor-in-Chief, Juris Publici, 1993-1994. Recipient of Nina R. Kestin Service Award, 1995; Student Bar Association Service Recognition, 1994; Faculty Recognition of Service, 1994; Leadership Southside IV, Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, 1997; Leader of Tomorrow, Association of Philippine Physicians in America, 1996; Outstanding Alumnus of Sacred Heart School, 1996.

Virginia Business magazine: Named in multiples issues as one of Virginia's "Legal Elite" in the Health Law category or Young Lawyers category.

Virginia Super Lawyers magazine: Featured in January 2007 "Virginia Rising Stars" edition, published by Law & Politics magazine and Richmond magazine.

Lecturer for Continuing Legal Education to Attorneys: "Clinical Drug Trials under the Microscope: Ethical and Legal Concerns", co-lecturer, presented at 117th Annual Meeting of The Virginia Bar Association, Williamsburg, Virginia, January 20, 2007; "Advance Medical Directives: Protecting Our Clients, Our Families and Ourselves", co-lecturer, presented at 6th Annual Virginia Health Law Legislative Update and Health Law Extravaganza", Richmond, Virginia, April 29, 2004; "Advance Medical Directive Workshop Volunteer Attorney Training", co-lecturer, sponsored by Virginia Bar Association Health Law Council, February 10, 2004.

Published Work: "Health Care Law", University of Richmond Law Review, Annual Survey of Virginia Law, November 2006 issue (Vol. 41, No. 1).

Biography: Michael, a native of Danville, brings to Clement & Wheatley a variety of experiences in science and healthcare. Michael completed pre-med studies at the University of Virginia, with a focus on neuroscience. Before entering law school at the University of Richmond, Michael was a visiting baccalaureate scholar at the Humanities Division of the U.Va. School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and a research assistant in the Gastroenterology/Internal Medicine Department of the U.Va. Health Sciences Center. During law school, Michael worked as an intern at the University of Richmond Mental Disabilities Law Clinic and as an extern at the Medical Society of Virginia. Michael formerly worked as an associate in the North Carolina based law firm of Womble Carlyle, where he was a member of its healthcare practice group.

Michael currently serves as a member and officer of the Health Law Council of the Virginia Bar Association, whose activities include community service projects, legislative initiatives, continuing education programs, and publications. For many years, he served on the Institutional Review Committee at Danville Regional Medical Center, which reviews medical research conducted in the Danville area, and the Danville Regional Medical Center School of Health Advisory Committee.

In the past, Michael has served on the Board of Directors of the Free Clinic of Danville, which provides free medical care to the indigent population in the Danville area, and has been general counsel to the Foundation of the Southwest Virginia Association of Philippine Physicians and the Association of Philippine Physicians in America Auxiliary. In 1996, the Association of Philippine Physicians in America presented Michael with the Leader of Tomorrow award in Chicago.

In addition to activities in healthcare field, Michael has been active in other civic and community activities, including Sacred Heart Church, Leadership Southside, and the Danville Rotary Club as one of its directors. He currently serves on the Board of Associates of The Future of the Piedmont Foundation. Appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court, Michael also serves on Bar Council, the governing body of the Virginia State Bar, and in 2007, was elected to its Executive Committee.