General litigation with focus on land use issues, condemnation, eminent domain, real estate, zoning, local government, administrative law, corporate, contracts, professional malpractice and medical malpractice.
Credentials
Partner, Reed Smith LLP, Falls Church.
Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia, since 2004.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Former Chair, Litigation Section Board of Governors, Virginia State Bar.
Former Town Attorney, Town of Herndon.
Former Substitute Judge – Town of Herndon Municipal Court.
Former Fairfax City School Board attorney.
Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation.
Member, Committee to Study the Code of Professional Responsibility, Virginia State Bar.
Member, Board of Directors: Herndon Community Television, and the Herndon Chamber of Commerce.
Member, Board of Directors: a) Millennium Bankshares Corp; b) Millennium Bank, N.A.; c) Chairman of Board of Directors of the Herndon Visitor’s Center; d) Greater Dulles Chamber of Commerce.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Member, Supreme Court Historical Society.
Former Chair, 10th District Grievance Committee, Virginia State Bar.
Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Member, George Mason Inn of Court.
Former 19th Circuit Representative, Virginia State Bar Council.
Author, “On Vested Rights to Land Use and Development,” Washington and Lee Law Review, 1989; and “Litigating a Zoning Case,” Virginia Bar News, 1987.
George Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1963.
University of the South, B.A., 1960.
