NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 2, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HMPR), the financial holding company for Bank of Hampton Roads, is pleased to announce that Douglas J. Glenn has joined the company as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Glenn will be headquartered at the company's corporate headquarters in downtown Norfolk.
Prior to joining Hampton Roads Bankshares, Mr. Glenn practiced law for sixteen years at Pender & Coward, P.C.; he had served as a partner in the law firm since 1998. In his private practice he specialized in corporate law, particularly in the following areas: commercial collections, bankruptcy, real estate transactions, franchising, formation of business entities, and community association law. Mr. Glenn has assisted the company with legal matters since 1996. Mr. Glenn also served as General Counsel and Secretary of Geeks on Call America, Inc., a company that he helped form in 1999.
Mr. Glenn has a long relationship with Hampton Roads Bankshares. He joined Bank of Hampton Roads' Indian River Advisory Board in 1998, was later elected chairman of the Pembroke Advisory Board, and was elected to the company's Board of Directors last year.
Mr. Glenn is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Washington and Lee University School of Law. He also attended the Virginia Bankers' Association's Compliance School. He is a past president of the Chesapeake Kiwanis Club and a graduate of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce's Lead Hampton Roads.