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 124 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 Practice

General 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.

Representative Clients:

Bank of America, N.A.
City of Virginia Beach
Harbor Group International, L.L.C.
National Land Partners
Sentara Healthcare
Stewart Title Insurance Corporation
SunTrust Bank
Tidewater Hotels and Resorts
TowneBank
Wachovia Bank.

Address

2101 Parks Avenue, Suite 700 P.O. Box 626
Virginia Beach, VA 23451, ((Independent City))

Phone

Phone: 757-491-4000
Fax: 757-491-4020

Website

http://www.kaufcan.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

PARTNERS

Dale Truitt Berrett (Partner) born Norfolk, Virginia, January 19, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Virginia. Education: Randolph-Macon College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1987); University of Virginia (J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Board Member, Family Law Sections, Virginia State Bar. Member: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice-Chair, 1999, Chairperson, 2000, Family Law Section); Family Law Organization of Greater Hampton Roads (Chairperson, 2004 and 2005). Practice Areas: Family Law; Collaborative Family Law.Email: Dale Truitt Berrett

Ann K. Crenshaw (Partner) born Virginia Beach, Virginia, August 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia, U.S. District Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Sweet Briar College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976) Phi Beta Kappa; Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1980). Law Clerk to the Hon. Walter E. Hoffman, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Member, Virginia State Bar Council, 2005—. Adjunct Member, Board of Governors, Litigation Section. Member, Technology Committee, 1999-2008. Former Chair and Member, Seventh District Disciplinary Board. Board Member, Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation, 2005—. Board Member, President Crew Hampton Roads, 2009—. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Title Insurance Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Ann K. Crenshaw

Jill Roseland Harris (Partner) born Waterloo, Iowa, December 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Coe College (B.A., 1990); Creighton University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Virginia Beach Juvenile Court Liaison, 2001—. Member, Virginia Legal Elite in Family/Domestic Relations Category in 2006. Member: Virginia Beach Bar Association; Virginia Bar Association (Community Servant); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Jill Roseland Harris

Jeffrey L. Marks (Partner) born Virginia Beach, Virginia, August 31, 1965; admitted to bar, 1997, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., 1987); College of William & Mary School of Law (J.D., 1996). Certified Public Accountant, Virginia, 1989. Member: Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association (Past-President). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Civil Litigation.Email: Jeffrey L. Marks

John W. Richardson (Partner) born Reidsville, North Carolina, July 21, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Virginia. Education: University of North Carolina (B.S., B.A., 1973); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1976). Member: Virginia Beach Bar Association (President, 1993). Practice Areas: Chancery and Equity; Real Estate; Business Law; Commercial Real Estate; Trusts and Estates.Email: John W. Richardson

Edward R. Stolle (Partner) born January 24, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Virginia. Education: Western Carolina University (B.S., 1975). Virginia Law Reader, 1981. Publications: http://www.virginiaestatelaw.com. Practice Areas: Probate and Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Wills and Trusts; Real Estate Law; Business Law.Email: Edward R. Stolle

Kenneth W. Stolle (Partner) born July 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1983, Virginia. Education: Berry College (B.S. in Criminal Justice, 1975); Law Reader, Virginia. Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation.Email: Kenneth W. Stolle

OF COUNSEL

Debra Cooney Albiston (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., March 7, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Virginia and Supreme Court of Virginia; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: George Mason University (B.A., with high distinction, 1980); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1983). Member, National Moot Court Team. Contributor, The Virginia Lawyer, 1985, 1988 and 1991. Member, Second District Disciplinary Committee, 2001-2007; Member, Domestic Relations Section Council, 2000-2004, Virginia State Bar. Member: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations.Email: Debra Cooney Albiston

Michael E. Barney (Of Counsel) born Petersburg, Virginia, April 20, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1969); University of Richmond (J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi; McNeill Law Society. Articles Editor, University of Richmond Law Review, 1971-1972. Chairman, YLS, Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association, 1987-1988. Member/Area Representative/Past Chairman, 1982—, Real Property Board of Governors, Virginia State Bar. Member, Council, Real Estate Section, Virginia Bar Association, 1994-2002. Member, Chair, Title Insurance Committee, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 1989—. Practice Areas: Business Law; Environmental Law; Real Estate Law; Land Use Law; Probate and Administration.Email: Michael E. Barney

Thomas C. Broyles (Of Counsel) born Donalsonville, Georgia, November 29, 1930; admitted to bar, 1957, Virginia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.S., 1951; M.S., 1953); Washington & Lee University (LL.B., 1957). Phi Alpha Delta (President, 1956-1957). Member, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1956-1957. President, Virginia Beach Bar Association, 1969. Past Chairman, VA Marine Science Foundation. Vice Chairman, TowneBank. Trustee, VA Wesleyan College. Director, VA Beach Foundation, Trustee Sentara Hospital. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1951-1953].Email: Thomas C. Broyles

Robert E. Farmer, III (Of Counsel) born Farmville, Virginia, November 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Virginia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1970) University of Virginia (J.D., 1974). Practice Areas: Real Estate-Commercial Law; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Finance.Email: Robert E. Farmer, III

Alison Mitchell McKee (Of Counsel) born Flushing, New York, November 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia. Education: Boston College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); University of Virginia (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Sigma Nu. Chairman, Young Lawyers Division, 1993 and Executive Committee, 1992-1993, Virginia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law(40%); Banks and Banking(30%); Commercial Real Estate(30%).Email: Alison Mitchell McKee

ASSOCIATES

Allison W. Anders (Associate) born Richmond, Virginia, August 14, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Virginia. Education: Old Dominion University (B.S.C.J., 1996); Loyola University at New Orleans School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Virginia Beach Bar Association (Chair of the Young Lawyer's Committee). Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Allison W. Anders

Jason Alan Dunn (Associate) born Fredericksburg, Virginia, April 14, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.S., 2000); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Practice.Email: Jason Alan Dunn

Ryan G. Ferguson (Associate) born Richmond, Virginia, February 28, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Virginia. Education: James Madison University (B.S., 2001); Regent University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law; Contracts; Landlord and Tenant Law; Family Law.Email: Ryan G. Ferguson

Christy L. Murphy (Associate) born Norfolk, Virginia, February 17, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Virginia. Education: Virginia Tech (1997-2000); Old Dominion University (B.S., 2001); Regent University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Christy L. Murphy

All attorneys are members of their local bar association and the Virginia State Bar.