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Address
11817 Canon Boulevard, Suite 408
Newport News, Virginia 23606 ((Independent City))
Average Client Review Rating
5.0
out of 5
Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
THE FIRM Tracing its origins to 1919, Kaufman & Canoles has developed its business law practice over the years to become the largest law firm headquartered in Southeastern Virginia. With offices in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News, Chesapeake, Hampton, Richmond and Williamsburg, the firm serves international, national and regional clients needing assistance in a broad range of legal specialties. Areas of concentration include commercial and banking law; business investments; acquisitions and joint ventures; real estate transfers, leasings, and financings; corporate and partnership taxation; estate planning; intellectual property; computer law; securities; antitrust; immigration; labor and employment; employee benefits; regulatory compliance; environmental law; health care law; mediation and arbitration, and litigation. AREAS OF PRACTICE Kaufman & Canoles is a full service firm comprised of 134 attorneys employing over 45 legal assistants and over 125 administrative and clerical personnel. The firm is organized according to areas of concentration; a strong working relationship exists allowing for full coordination of client matters within the firm. In many cases, client teams are established coordinating representatives of multiple practice areas to ensure the integration of all areas of expertise in the overall planning for larger clients. The five primary areas of practice include: Corporate and Banking, Litigation (including Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights) Labor and Employment, Real Estate Finance, and Tax and Estates CORPORATE AND BANKING The commercial section is the largest department in the firm and handles a variety of matters in connection with the representation of international, national, regional and local clients. Acting as business consultants, the commercial section lawyers advise clients regarding all manner of corporate and commercial matters and are often sought to negotiate transactions and solve business problems. Kaufman & Canoles attorneys routinely handle matters requiring expertise in areas such as securities, syndications, finance, mergers, acquisitions, distribution and licensing arrangements, antitrust, health care, bankruptcy, and intellectual property law. The firm's banking practice encompasses the representation of some of the region's largest banks, smaller local financial institutions as well as regulatory agencies. Kaufman & Canoles attorneys have considerable experience in the banking industry and representation includes formations, acquisitions and mergers of all types of financial institutions and branch banking issues as well as commercial and real estate loan transactions. The banking practice also involves complex financing and refinancing transactions and regulatory compliance issues such as electronic banking and consumer credit. LITIGATION The firm's litigation practice encompasses a wide variety of trial and appellate matters in federal and state courts and before administrative bodies. The practice consists primarily of representation of commercial clients in various areas of the law, including antitrust, banking, bankruptcy, environmental, securities, labor and EEOC, construction, government contracts, products liability, medical malpractice and hospital law, real estate, intellectual property and trade secrets, immigration, insurance defense and admiralty. LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT The labor and employment section has achieved an innovative, leadership role in the southeastern Virginia market and beyond. The firm represents management in a full range of employment and traditional labor issues such as class actions and multiple plaintiff cases involving discrimination, as well as discharge and wage and hour litigation in federal and state courts and before federal and state government agencies. The firm has also developed a significant employer counseling practice which features daily advice to employers and frequent drafting of employment manuals, handbooks and practical policies for managing the workplace. We have also long represented management in union avoidance and unfair labor practice matters. Business owners and personnel professionals from throughout the region attend the firm's annual seminar on recent developments in the employment law field. TAX The tax section's practice centers on corporate, partnership and individual tax planning. Particular areas of expertise include corporate organizations, reorganizations, redemptions and liquidations; limited and general partnership formations; ERISA and other deferred compensation planning; estate planning and administration; industrial development bond financing; international taxation and partnership syndications, including real estate and equipment leasing. Clients in the tax area include foreign individuals and entities, as well as U.S. taxpayers. REAL ESTATE FINANCE The real estate finance section is engaged in a broad commercial practice offering a full range of services to industrial/commercial developers. The section handles purchases, sales, financing, zoning and leasing arrangements often associated with mergers, acquisitions and new development. In addition, the real estate practice includes debt and equity financing, syndications, residential/condominium sales and environmental due diligence and regulatory matters. Clients represented by this section consist of corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, developers, individual buyers and sellers and lending institutions. Kaufman & Canoles is approved by all principal title insurance companies in the state of Virginia and most national companies. The real estate finance section also specializes in a variety of municipal financing techniques such as housing bonds and hospital bonds. Kaufman & Canoles attorneys have considerable expertise in coordinating methods of financing industrial, commercial bstahl@vbumc.org, and retail projects. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice. Admiralty, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Corporations, Creditors Rights, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning, Government Contract, Family Law, Health Care, Immigration Intellectual Property, International, Labor, Litigation, Municipal Finance, Probate, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation. Year Established: 1919
Firm Size: 124
Representative Clients:Branch Banking & Trust Company
City of Hampton
City of Newport News
First American Title Insurance Company
G.M. Garrett Realty, Inc.
Graham & Rollins, Inc.
Fidelity National Title Group, Inc.
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
RBC Bank
Virginia Surety Company, Inc.
PARTNERSBrian O. Dolan (Partner) born Alexandria, Virginia, July 8, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Virginia. Education: James Madison University (B.S., cum laude, 1990); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1993). Phi Delta Phi (President, 1992-1993). Note and Comment Editor, Law Review. Author: "Misconceptions of Contractual Indemnification Against CERCLA Liability," 42 Cath.U.L.Rev. 179 (Fall 1992). [Capt., U.S. Army, 1994-1998]. Practice Areas: Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Estate Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Products Liability Defense.Email: Brian O. Dolan
Frank A. Edgar, Jr. (Partner) born Hampton, Virginia, February 12, 1962; admitted to bar, 1992, Idaho; 1994, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1984); University of Idaho (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Editor-in-Chief, Idaho Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Stephen S. Trott, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Real Property Litigation; Business Torts; Defamation.Email: Frank A. Edgar, Jr.
Philip L. Hatchett (Partner) born Newport News, Virginia, December 30, 1954; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., 1977); University of Richmond (J.D., 1984). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: The McNeill Law Society; University of Richmond Law Review, 1982-1984. Certified Public Accountant, Virginia, 1979. Commissioner of Accounts, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Virginia, 1998. Member, City of Newport News Employees' Retirement Board, 2004. Chairman, City of Newport News Investment Council, 2008. Director and Treasurer, Hampton Public Library Foundation, 2002. Trustee, Hampton Public Library Perpetual Fund, 2007. Trustee, St. Andrews Episcopal Church Foundation, 2000. Member: Board of Directors, WHRO, 2008; Peninsula Estate Planning Council, 1988. Member, Taxation Section, Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Wills; Estate Administration; Corporate Law; Elder Law; Tax; Litigation.Email: Philip L. Hatchett
Christopher R. Papile (Partner) born Bourne, Massachusetts, June 11, 1954; admitted to bar, 1991, Virginia. Education: Christopher Newport College (B.A., 1976); University of Richmond (J.D., 1991). Member, University of Richmond Law Review, 1990-1991. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation; Contract Litigation; Insurance Law.Email: Christopher R. Papile
James J. Reid (Partner) born Newport News, Virginia, February 13, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1993); T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Co-Author: "2002 Year in Review: Analysis of Significant Federal Circuit Government Contracts Decisions"; "2003 Year in Review: Analysis of Significant Federal Circuit Government Contracts Decisions". Member: Newport News and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate; Contracts; Construction Law; Commercial Law.Email: James J. Reid
Mark Andrew Short (Partner) born Newport News, Virginia, June 23, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1994). Order of Barristers; Moot Court; Moot Court Board; Vanderbilt National Moot Court Tournament, Best Brief. Member: Newport News Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Eminent Domain; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate Finance.Email: Mark Andrew Short
Winthrop A. Short, Jr. (Partner) born New York, New York, November 9, 1946; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1968); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Director, Norfolk Law Library Foundation, 1989-1992, President, 1991. Member, 1997-1998, Executive Committee, Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Trust and Estate Litigation; Real Estate and Environmental Litigation; Banking Litigation; Professional Liability.Email: Winthrop A. Short, Jr.
James L. Windsor (Partner) born Rochester, New York, April 30, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Virginia. Education: James Madison University (B.S., cum laude, 1982); University of Richmond (J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi (President, 1984). Member, Moot Court Board, 1984-1985; The Order of Barristers. Author: "Perfection and Enforcement of a Mechanics Lien in Virginia: A Defense Lawyer's Perspective," 25 U. Rich. L.Rev. 291-337 (1991). Publications: Virginia Supplement to Modern Real Estate Practice, Longman Financial Institute, Inc., Chicago, Ill. (1989); Perfection and Enforcement of a Mechanic's Lien in Virginia: A Defense Lawyer's Perspective, 25 U. Rich. L. Rev. 291 (1991); Virginia Title Insurance Claims Manual, co-authored (2001); "Mechanic's Lien," chapter in Enforcement of Liens and Judgments in Virginia, Virginia Continuing Legal Education (1999); "Equitable Subrogation in Virginia," Virginia Land Title Association Examiner (2001); "Mechanic's Lien," chapter in Debt Collection for Virginia Lawyers, A Systematic Approach, Virginia Continuing Legal Education (2002); "Record No. 060713 Jan. 12, 2007 (undue influence) Virginia Supreme Court: Bailey v. Turnbow," VLTA Examiner (2007); "Mechanic's Lien," chapter in Virginia Construction Law Deskbook, Virginia Continuing Legal Education (2008). Practice Areas: Real Property; Title Insurance Law; Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Creditors Rights.Email: James L. Windsor
ASSOCIATESMarc E. Darnell (Associate) born Newport News, Virginia, August 1, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2005, Illinois; 2007, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1999); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2002). Member: Ohio State (Member, Litigation Section) and American Bar Associations (Member, Litigation Section); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Fraud and Deceit; Civil Practice.Email: Marc E. Darnell
Jean Marie Walker (Associate) born Suffolk, Virginia, June 29, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1999); University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., 2002). Golden Key Honor Society. Practice Areas: Litigation; Property Law; Insurance; Transportation.Email: Jean Marie Walker
OF COUNSELDaniel F. Basnight (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia; 1999, North Carolina; 2000, South Carolina (Inactive). Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1998); Virginia Tech (M.B.A., 1979); Old Dominion University (M.A. in International Studies, 1990). Order of the Coif. Dillard Fellow. North Carolina Civil Mediator. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Real Estate; Property Law; Contracts.Email: Daniel F. Basnight
All attorneys are members of their local bar association and the Virginia State Bar.
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