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| | Address | | One Columbus Center, Suite 1100 | | Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462-6765 | | (Independent City) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| Wolcott Rivers Gates practices in the following areas of law:
Banking, Charitable Estate Planning, Commercial Collections, Commercial Finance, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Construction, Corporate Law, Creditor Bankruptcy, Creditor Rights, Criminal/Traffic Law, Domestic Relations, Elder Law, Environmental, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Estate/Trust Litigation, Family Law, Franchise, Government Contracts, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Lender Liability, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non Profit Organizations, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Residential and Commercial Real Estate, Retail Collections, Retirement Planning, Securities, Taxation, Time Share Development, Trial Practice, Workers Compensation Defense. General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. | | Year Established: 1895 | Firm Profile:
The firm has been in continuous practice in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia since 1895. Offering a wide range of legal services, the firm concentrates on the issues facing corporations, businesses, financial institutions and individuals. Its broad base of legal expertise allows the firm to serve not only business entities in complex transactions and litigation, but also clients in their personal legal matters. | | Firm Size: 26 | Representative Clients:
Air Coastal, LLC; Beasley Enterprises, Inc.; Branch Banking & Trust Co. of Virginia; Bush Construction Corp.; Citicorp Acceptance Co., Inc.; Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc.; Elizabeth City State University; E.V. Williams, Inc.; Ford Motor Co.; Ford Motor Credit Company; General Motors Acceptance Corporation; Heritage Bank & Trust; Jared Foundation, Inc.; Land America; Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation; Military Distributors of Virginia Management Company; Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation; PGA Tour Golf Course Properties, Inc.; Rauch & Company; Resource Bank; Sun Trust Bank; Stewart Title Guaranty Co.; Tournament Players Club of Virginia, Inc.; Valley Foodservice and Poultry; Virginia National Gas; Volvo Finance North America, Inc. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: American Title Insurance; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; First American Title Insurance Co.; Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; Ticor Title Insurance Co.; Stewart Title & Settlement. | Rate Information:
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MasterCard | | W. Brantley Basnight, III (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, February 4, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, Virginia; 2001, Florida. Education: Old Dominion University (B.S., 1966); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1971). Substitute Judge, General District Courts (Criminal, Civil and Traffic Divisions), Commonwealth of Virginia, 1973-2004. Substitute Judge, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1973-2004. Substitute Judge, Family Court (Pilot Project), Commonwealth of Virginia, 1991. Member, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 1994-2004; Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Committee, Second District, (1984-1987); Virginia State Bar Medical Malpractice Review Panelist, 1985-2001. Commissioner, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia Development Authority, (1993-2001); Member, Community Corrections Resources Board (1991-1992). Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia (Member, Domestic Relations Section) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Family Law Section); The Florida Bar (Member, Family Law Section); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Family Law Section). Fellow, The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Fellow, The International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Divorce Law; Family Law; Civil Litigation. Email: W. Brantley Basnight, III | | David M. Bastiaans (Member) born Holyoke, Massachusetts, July 31, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Virginia and Massachusetts; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Western New England College (B.S.B.A., 1990; J.D., 1997). Certified Public Accountant, Massachusetts, 1995-1999 and Virginia, 1996—. Co-Speaker and Co-Author, "Incorporating Uniform Trust Code Changes Into Your Practice," National Business Institute Seminar, July 2006. Co-Speaker and Co-Author, "Drafting LLC and LLP Agreements in Virginia," National Business Institute Seminar, March 2005. Member: Virginia, Virginia Beach, Norfolk-Portsmouth and Massachusetts Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (Tidewater Chapter). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Tax Law; Commercial Transactions; Corporate Law; Business Law; Estate Administration; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Tax Exempt Organizations; Religious Institutions. Email: David M. Bastiaans | | Richard E. Biemiller (Member) born Prince George's County, Maryland, August 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Virginia; 2001, North Carolina. Education: Mary Washington College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1985); University of Virginia (J.D., 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. National Economics Honor Society. National Political Science Honor Society. Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Tidewater Bankruptcy and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Reported Cases: First Virginia Bank v. Virginia Builders, Inc., 153 B.R. 729 (Bankr. E.D. Va., 1991). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Commercial Collections; Commercial Loans; Loan Workouts; Retail Collections. Email: Richard E. Biemiller | | Steven L. Brown (Member) born New York, N.Y., April 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia. Education: Lehigh University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1981); Marshall Wythe College of William & Mary (J.D., 1984). Co-Presenter: National Business Institutes Continuing Legal Education Seminar, "In Depth Title Insurance Principals for the Advanced Practitioner in Virginia," 2005; Sterling Education Service, Inc. Continuing Legal Education Seminar, "Landlord-Tenant Law in Virginia," 2005. Presenter at the Tidewater Chapter of the Virginia Society of CPAs Annual Tax Forum on Taxes and Bankruptcy. Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk Portsmouth and Virginia Bar Associations; Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Corporate Law; Real Estate. Email: Steven L. Brown | | Jennifer E. Damelio (Member) admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia State Bar. Education: Christopher Newport University (B.S., 1996); Regent University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Virginia State Bar (Member, Family Law Section, 2004—); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Family Law Section, 2005—). Practice Areas: Family Law(95%); Criminal Defense(5%). | | Barry Dorans (Member) born Staten Island, New York, October 27, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1980); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor, William & Mary Law Review, 1982-1983. Law Clerk to Honorable J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1983-1984. Secretary, 1990-1991, Vice-Chair, 1991-1992, 1992-1993, Second District Committee. Board Member, Small Business Financing Board, 2000. Board Member, Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation, 1996-2000. Board Member, Virginia State Bar Client Protection Fund, 2004—. Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Portsmouth and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Robbins v. Ribbons, ___ Va App ___ (August 1, 2006) (Va App. 2006); Decipher, Inc. v. ITRIBE, Inc., 262 Va. 588 (2001); Garrett v. I.R. Witzer Co., 258 VA. 264 (1999); Hegwood v. Virginia Natural Gas, 256 Va. 362 (1998). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Labor and Employment; Partnership Law; Internet Law; Litigation; Workers Compensation Defense; Business Law. Email: Barry Dorans | | Carl A. Eason (Member) born Portsmouth, Virginia, September 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1974; M.A., 1975); University of Virginia; University of Richmond (J.D., 1979). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, National Moot Court Team. Law Clerk to Honorable Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico, Supreme Court of Virginia, 1979-1980. Second District Committee, Secretary, 1988-1989, Chairman, 1989-1990. Member, Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board, Member, 1991-1994, Vice-Chair 1994—; Member, Committee on Lawyer Discipline, 1998-1999. Bankruptcy Bar Advisory Committee (United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia), 1996. Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Federal and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Gee v. Hudson, 746 F.2d 1471 (1984), cert. denied; 471 U.S. 1058 (1985); Eaton v. First American Bank of Virginia, 134 B.R. 178 (E.D. Va. 1991); Langley v. Meredith, 237 Va. 55, 376 S.E.2d 519 (1989); Fox v. Tempeton, 229 Va. 380, 329 S.E.2d 6 (1985); Hill v. Hill, 227 Va. 569, 318 S.E.2d 292 (1984); Mosteller v. Commonwealth, 222 Va. 143, 279 S.E. 2d 280 (1981). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights; Civil Litigation. Email: Carl A. Eason | | Cheshire I'Anson Eveleigh (Member) born Lincoln, Nebraska, January 24, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Oral Roberts University (B.A., 1984); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1989). Named: One of the Top Women Attorneys in Virginia, 2007; One of Virginia's "Super Lawyers" (Family Law) Virginia Business Magazine 2006 and 2007; Virginia's "Legal Elite," Family Law, Virginia Business Magazine, 2001-2004, 2006-2007 and Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2005. Author: "The Future of Surrogacy in Virginia," The Colonial Lawyer, Volume 18, No. 2, Fall, 1989. Co-Author, "The Role of the Guardian ad litem in Custody Cases," The Virginia Lawyer, February, 2002. Lecturer: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, Virginia Women Attorneys Association State Convention; Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association Family Law Seminar; Ethical Considerations in Alternative Dispute Resolution for Family Law Attorneys, Virginia Trial Lawyers Seminar; The Role of the Guardian ad litem in Mediation, Virginia Beach Bar Association Seminar. Member: The McCammon Group (Mediation); Virginia Attorney General's Task Force on Child Abuse Fatalities. Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Portsmouth (Past President), Virginia (Board of Governors) and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Chair, Board of Governors, Family Law Section). Reported Cases: Debra Diane Robbins v. Joseph Allen Robbins, 2006 WL 2129052 (Va. App. 2006). Practice Areas: Family Law; Civil Litigation; Divorce; Divorce Mediation; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Post Divorce Modification; Premarital Agreements; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support. Email: Cheshire I'Anson Eveleigh | | Ronald M. Gates (Member) born Newport News, Virginia, March 25, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Virginia. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1966); Washington & Lee University (J.D., cum laude, 1969). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1968-1969. Assistant District Legal Officer, Fifth Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard, 1970-1973. Listed in: Who's Who Worldwide in Business Law. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate and Business Law; Securities; Banking Law; Franchise Law; Joint Ventures; Business Formation. Email: Ronald M. Gates | | Kyle D. Korte (Member) born Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 5, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Virginia Beach and Norfolk/Portsmouth Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Creditors Rights; Collections; Litigation. Email: Kyle D. Korte | | Samuel W. Meekins, Jr. (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, August 1, 1945; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia. Education: Old Dominion University (B.S., Business Administration, 1972); Campbell University (J.D., with distinction, 1980). Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Notes Editor, Campbell Law Review, 1979-1980. Named to Virginia's "Legal Elite" for Civil Litigation, Virginia Business Magazine, 2005. Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1980-1982. Member, 1989-1994 and Chairman, 1992-1994, Virginia Beach City School Board. President, Central Business District Association; General Counsel, The Virginia Self Insurer's Association. Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk/Portsmouth, Virginia, Federal and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Immediate Past President, Board of Governors, Litigation Section, 2005-2006); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Reported Cases: Chase v. City of Portsmouth, 428 F. Supp. 2d 487 (E. D. Va. 2006); Chase v. City of Portsmouth, 236 F.R.D. 263 (E. D. Va. 2006); Chase v. City of Portsmouth, 2005 WL 3079065; U.S. v. Walker, 796 F.2d 43 (4th Cir. 1986); Hegwood v. Virginia Natural Gas, 256 Va. 362, 505 S.E.2d 372 (1998). Practice Areas: Federal Civil Practice; Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense; Construction Law; False Claims Act. Email: Samuel W. Meekins, Jr. | | Kellam T. Parks (Attorney) born Norfolk, Virginia, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Virginia; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: St. Andrews Presbyterian College (B.A., with honors, 1996); College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Norfolk/Portsmouth, Virginia Beach and Federal Bar Associations; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Hammaker v. Brown & Brown, Inc., 214 F. Supp. 2d 575 (Ed. Va., 2002). Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Consumer Rights; Civil Litigation. Email: Kellam T. Parks | | Mark V. Pascucci (Attorney) born Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 20, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia. Education: Gordon College (B.A., 1998); College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Virginia Bar Association; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Corporate Law. Email: Mark V. Pascucci | | M. Powell Peters (Member) born Elizabeth City, North Carolina, January 14, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, North Carolina; 1992, Virginia and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of North Carolina (B.S., 1982); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1986); Babcock Graduate School of Management (M.B.A., 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Author and Faculty: National Business Institute, 1992-2007. Author and Speaker, Old Dominion University Annual Tax Conference. Virginia Society of CPAs. Past President, Hampton Roads Tax Forum. Vice-President, Hampton Roads Estate Planning Council. Senior Tax Consultant, Ernest & Young, 1986-1991. Member: Norfolk/Portsmouth and North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Elder Law; Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law; Tax Law) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, Taxation Section, Past Chairman; Member, Trusts and Estates Section); Virginia Bar Association (Member, Elder Law, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law and Tax Law). Practice Areas: Trust Administration; Family Business Law; Elder Law; Estate Administration; Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Succession Planning; Taxation; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Charitable Giving; Wills and Probate; Tax Exempt Organizations. Email: M. Powell Peters | | Stephen P. Pfeiffer (Member) admitted to bar, 2007, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Carroll College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); Regent University (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: Virginia State Bar; Virginia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law; Corporate Law; Environmental Law; Labor and Employment. | | Anthony F. Radd (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, March 16, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1972); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1975). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Real Estate Attorneys League; Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association; International Trademark Association. Practice Areas: Business; Commercial Law; Commercial Real Estate; Corporate; Banking; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Business Litigation; Intellectual Property; Estate Planning. Email: Anthony F. Radd | | David N. Reda (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, August 22, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois; 1980, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Loyola University at New Orleans (B.A., 1969; J.D., magna cum laude, 1973); George Washington University (LL.M. in Labor, 1976). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1972-1973. Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Illinois State, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Labor and Employment; Partnership Law; Industrial Development Bonds; Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Law; Finance. Email: David N. Reda | | Wilson L. Rivers (Member) born Washington, D.C., January 10, 1931; admitted to bar, 1959, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1956; J.D., 1959). Delta Theta Phi. Commissioner in Chancery, Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk. Medical Malpractice Review Panelist, 1976-1982. Member, Second District Committee, 1980-1983. Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Transactions: Powhatan Plantation, 1984; Powhatan Associates Mortgage Trust I, 1993. Practice Areas: Business, Corporate and Creditors Rights Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Timeshare Development; Estate Planning; Wills; Trust Administration; Probate. Email: Wilson L. Rivers | | Glen M. Robertson (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, January 14, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1995, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society; Phi Delta Phi. Heiner Scholar. Member: Richmond Bar Association, 1989-1990; Board of Trustees, Virginia Historic Preservation Foundation, 1997-2002. Member: Virginia Beach Bar Association; Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association; Virginia State Bar (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property; Litigation); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Commercial Litigation Section); Master, James Kent American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Torts; Employment Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Glen M. Robertson | | C. Arthur Robinson, II (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, September 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1979); College of William & Mary (M.B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Certified Public Accountant, Virginia, 1982. Member: Norfork Portsmouth, Virginia and American (Member, Property and Probate Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Association of Attorney-CPAs; The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Hampton Roads Estate Planning Council; Hampton Roads Gift Planning Council. Special Agencies: Internal Revenue Service. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Complex Transaction Planning; Tax Planning; Estate and Trust Administration; Corporate Formation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Succession Planning; Tax Exempt Organizations. Email: C. Arthur Robinson, II | | John F. Sawyer (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, April 30, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1997); The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2003). Recipient: Richard Reeve Baxter Award. Articles Editor, Member, Penn State International Law Review, 2002-2003. Author: "Shipbreaking and the North-South Debate: Economic Development or Environmental and Labor Catastrophe?" 20 Penn St. Int'l. L. Rev. 535 (2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Environmental Law; Creditors Rights. Email: John F. Sawyer | | Leslie R. Watson (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, April 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (A.B., 1969); University of Virginia (J.D., 1973). Law Clerk to Hon. Richard B. Kellam, U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia, 1973-1974. Member: Virginia Beach and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Golf Course Development; Real Estate; Commercial Law; Entertainment Law. Email: Leslie R. Watson | | Marshall A. Winslow, Jr. (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, April 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Georgia, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia. Education: Old Dominion University (B.S., 1985); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., 1989). Recipient, M.C. Barwick Pleading and Practice Award. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Virginia Beach Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; Tidewater Builders Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Eminent Domain; Land Use; Construction; Products Liability; Premises Liability. Email: Marshall A. Winslow, Jr. | | Edward W. Wolcott, Jr. (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, August 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Virginia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1976); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1981). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; James Kent American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Domestic Relations; Wills; Estate Planning; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Estate Administration; Civil Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: Edward W. Wolcott, Jr. | | Brandon Harvey Zeigler (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 22, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: George Mason University (B.A., 1991); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1996). Author: Chapter, "Opening the Door—Counseling your Client at the Beginning of the Lease," Virginia CLE's Continuing Legal Education Seminar "A Guide to Virginia Residential Landlord-Tenant Law," 2007; Chapters, "Understanding Key Landlord/Tenant Laws and Standards" and "Choose the Appropriate Notice to Quit Option," in "Preventing or Successfully Resolving Residential Eviction Actions in Virginia," National Business Institutes Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2005; Chapter, "Endorsements and Exceptions," in "In-Depth Title Insurance Principals for the Advanced Practitioner in Virginia," National Business Institutes Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2005; "Responding to July's Revisions of Article 9 of the Virginia Commercial Code," The Journal, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 2001. Co-Presenter: "A Guide to Virginia Residential Landlord-Tenant Law," Virginia CLE's Continuing Education Seminar, 2007; "Virginia Real Estate Titles: Identifying Defects and Finding Solutions," National Business Institutes Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2006; "In-Depth Title Insurance Principles for the Advanced Practitioner in Virginia," National Business Institutes Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2005; "Preventing or Successfully Resolving Residential Eviction Actions in Virginia," National Business Institutes Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2005. Co-Lead Speaker, "Civil Liabilities and Other Legal Issues," Virginia Department of Criminal Justice, Lynchburg and Fredericksburg, Virginia, 2003. Speaker, "Landlords Have Rights, Don't They?" Divaris Property Management Corporation Property Management Seminar, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2001. Member: Virginia Beach, Norfolk/Portsmouth and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Richfood v. Jennings, 255 Va. 588 (1998); City of Virginia Beach v. Carmichael Dev. Co., 259 Va. 493 (2000); Hammaker v. Brown & Brown, Inc., 214 F.Supp. 2d 575 (E.D. Va. 2002); Schneider v. Commonwealth, 47 Va. App. 609 (2006); Gillikin v. Burchett, 06 Vap. Unp. 2468051 (2006). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Domestic Relations; Collections. Email: Brandon Harvey Zeigler |
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