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411 East Franklin Street
Suite 600
Richmond, Virginia 23219-2200
(804) 697-2033
(804) 697-2133 (fax)
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Current Employment Position(s):

Associate

Areas of Practice:

  • Bankruptcy Law
  • Collections
  • Creditors' Rights
Bar Admissions:

  • Virginia, 2003
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2004
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2003
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia, 2003
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2004
Honors and Awards:

  • Virginia Business Legal Elite, Young Lawyers' Division, 2006

  • Super Lawyers Rising Star, Richmond Magazine, 2007

Erin Elizabeth Kessel

Erin Elizabeth Kessel (Corbett) graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 2000. She received her J.D. from the University of Richmond, T. C. Williams School of Law in 2003.  Her practice focuses on creditors' rights and bankruptcy. 

Erin is a member of the Richmond Bar Association and the Lewis F. Powell American Inn of Court. She has been named by her peers in Virginia Business magazine's Legal Elite in the Young Lawyers category and also in the Super Lawyers list of "rising stars" in Virginia. 

Education:
  • University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, 2003
    J.D.
    Law Journal: Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business, Business Editor, 2001 - 2003

  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2000
    B.B.A.
    Honors: Cum Laude
    Major:  Marketing with a Supplementary Major in Computer Application

Professional Associations and Memberships:
  • Richmond Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
  • Lewis Powell Inn of Court
  • Virginia State Bar
    Regional Co-Chairperson - No Bills Night 2009
Past Employment Positions:
  • Richmond Children's Law Center, University of Richmond, Guardian ad Litem, 2003

  • Rochester and Monroe County Courts, New York, Law Clerk, 2001

  • Lyon and Lyon, LLC, Law Clerk, 1999

Birth Information:

1978, Rochester, New York

August 20, 2010 - Michael Yager, a Legal Assistant in our Litigation Section, will speak at a NALA LIVE! presentation on electronic discovery, "E-Discovery - Slow Down the Train" 

January 27, 2010 - We are proud to announce that Spotts Fain Managing Director, Hugh M. Fain, III has been elected Chair of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association

December, 2009 - Spotts Fain congratulates our shareholders named in the 2009 Legal Elite list published by Virginia Business magazine.  They are Meade Spotts, Legislative/Regulatory; Hugh Fain, Civil Litigation; Betsy Davis, Labor and Employment; and Dana McDaniel, Intellectual Property. 

December 1, 2009 - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination - article by Betsy Davis

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 - article by Betsy Davis

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