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411 East Franklin Street
Suite 600
Richmond, Virginia 23219-2200
(804) 697-2015
(804) 697-2115 (fax)
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Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder and Director

Areas of Practice:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Litigation
  • Collections and Creditors' Rights
  • Americans with Disabilities Act - (ADA) Public Accommodations Litigation
  • Immigration Litigation
Litigation Percentage:

75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

  • Virginia, 1991
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
Published Works:

  • Whose Beneficiaries Are They Anyway? Copenhaver v. Rogers and the Attorney's Contract to Prepare a Will in Virginia, University of Richmond Law Review, 24 U. Rich. L. R. 415, 1990

Representative Cases:

  • Commonwealth Transp. Comm'r v. Ahmed, 2003 Va. Cir. LEXIS 262 (Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Law No. 212942, 2003)

  • Capital Hauling, Inc. v. Forbes, 75 Fed.Appx. 170 (4th Cir. 2003)

  • Sydnor v. Conseco Finance Servicing Corp., 252 F3d 301 (4th Cir. 2001)

  • River Road Shopping Center v. Scott, 259 Va. 87, 523 S.E. 2d 494 (Supreme Court of Virginia 2000)

  • Actuarial Benefits & Design v. Virginia Employment Comm., 23 Va. App. 640, 478 S.E. 2d 735 (Virginia Court of Appeals 1996)

  • McCray v. Nicholson, 76 F.3d 374 (4th Cir. 1996)

  • Hill v. McIntyre, 30 Va. Cir. 163 (1993)


Brian R. M. Adams

Brian Adams represents clients in a wide range of commercial litigation matters with an emphasis on creditors' rights, construction litigation, business disputes and immigration. He has handled a number of cases involving charges under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) physical barriers and access codes and access to public accommodations provisions. Brian is experienced in handling federal litigation on the Rocket Docket of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia as well as in state circuit courts throughout the Commonwealth. He also has successfully enforced his clients' rights in federal and state court appellate matters as well as in arbitration proceedings.

After graduating magna cum laude from Amherst College in 1983, Brian spent several years working in New York City on the business side of a large, multi-national advertising and public relations firm. While attending the T.C. Williams School of Law at The University of Richmond, Brian served as the Managing Editor of the University of Richmond Law Review, where he was also published.

Brian is active in the Richmond community. He is a 32nd Degree Mason (A.F. & A.M., Scottish Rite) and is a Past President of the Downtown Richmond Civitan Club. He also serves on the boards of several non-profit civic organizations. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar Construction Law Section, the Virginia State Bar Military Law Section, the Richmond Bar Association, the Henrico County Bar Association and the Virginia Creditors Bar Association. Brian currently serves as a Captain and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps of the Virginia Defense Force, which is the reserve to the Virginia Army National Guard.

Education:
  • University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, 1991
    J.D.
    Law Review: University of Richmond Law Review, Managing Editor

  • Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1983
    B.A.
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude
    Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Law Society
    Major:  English Literature

Fraternities/Sororities:
  • Alpha Delta Phi
Professional Associations and Memberships:
  • Virginia State Bar, Construction Law Section
    Member
  • Virginia State Bar, Military Law Section
    Member
  • Virginia Creditors Bar Association
  • Richmond Bar Association
  • Henrico County Bar Association
Birth Information:

1961