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Founded in 1988, Spotts Fain is a full-service law firm focused on advising, counseling and representing businesses in transactional and litigation matters.

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Our business and corporate services include general business counseling on such issues as choice of entity, formation, establishment (including creation of client-specific business policies, forms and procedures), employment law planning and compliance, tax planning, real estate acquisition, land use and zoning, development, leasing and sale, intellectual property protection, local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations, banking law and bank regulatory issues, creditors rights, debt collection, HIPAA and other federal regulatory compliance and lobbying. Spotts Fain also provides wealth management services to individuals in the areas of estate and tax planning and estate and trust administration.

Our litigation attorneys are business trial lawyers who understand the importance of efficient and effective representation and who are experienced in mediation, arbitration, litigation, in state and federal courts, and administrative and licensing hearings. We represent clients in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters including contract, construction, employment, intellectual property, securities, and shareholder disputes. We defend businesses and manage complex litigation involving toxic tort and product liability claims. Spotts Fain litigators serve as both lead counsel and local counsel in Virginia state courts and federal courts.   

Spotts Fain lawyers are proud to abide by the Virginia Bar Association Principles of Professionalism

Spotts Fain Diversity Program

We are conveniently located in downtown Richmond, Virginia with access to I-95, Powhite Parkway, RMA and I-64. Street parking as well as parking lots provide easy access to the firm's office at 411 East Franklin Street, Suite 600, (804) 697-2000 Toll Free (877) 883-6659, and in Irvington, Virginia at 4507 Irvington Road, Suite 300, (804) 697-2085.

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Spotts Fain Consulting Recent News

October 29, 2009 - Betsy Davis spoke on Recent Changes in Employment Law at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

October 27, 2009 - Spotts Fain presented, Commercial Landlords and Tenants: Planning for and Dealing with Bankruptcy, presenters were Jen West and John Anderson

October 26, 2009 - Comments on President Obama's proposal to increase lending limits on SBA loans, by Tom O'Brien

October 21, 2009 - GINA is Coming - Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - by Betsy Davis

September 24, 2009 - Betsy Davis spoke at the Va. Auto Dealers Association meeting at the Marriott Tyson's Corner. Topic: Recent changes in employment law in 2009

September 23, 2009 - Dana McDaniel and John Carroll spoke at the 27th Annual Business Law Seminar, presented by the Va. CLE.  Their topic is Managing and Resolving Conflicts.

September 22, 2009 - Jen West spoke at the Landlord-Tenant Law - Beyond the Basics seminar in Richmond

September 14, 2009 - We are pleased to welcome Elliot Fitzgerald to Spotts Fain.  Elliot will practice in the Litigation Section of the firm.

August 31, 2009 - MECHANIC'S LIENS - CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY ISSUES OPINION LETTER REGARDING INACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF WORK by John Anderson and Andrew Oxenreiter

August 28, 2009 - Hugh Fain spoke at the Virginia CLE Seminar, Difficult Depositions at the Richmond Marriott West

August 3, 2009 - We are very pleased to announce that Hugh Fain and Dana McDaniel have been named in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America.  Hugh was named in two categories, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation.  Dana was named in the Intellectual Property Law category.

July 28, 2009 - Mike Cooper spoke at a Financial Education Seminar presented by LINC, the Legal Information Network for Cancer

July 8, 2009 - Virginia Attorney General issues opinion on Mechanic's Lien Certificate of Mailing

June 24, 2009 - Eight Spotts Fain lawyers named in Virginia Super Lawyers or Super Lawyers Rising Stars

June 12, 2009 Deborah K. Fourness spoke at the Virginia's United Land Trusts (VaULT) conference on Wetlands Mitigation Banks' Interaction with Conservation Easements

June 2009 -  Dana McDaniel has been named to the INTA Panel of Neutrals. The INTA PON is the world's only international panel of neutral mediators who are both expert in trademark and unfair competition law and trained in the art of mediating disputes.

June 2009 - Brian Marron is the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation's President-Elect for 2009-2010

June 4, 2009 - Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchange Transactions: Property Held for Investment Purposes - Tax Court Guidance, by John W. Anderson and Andrew W. Oxenreiter

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