Attorney Hugh Fain, Commercial Litigation, Mediation, employment litigation, local counsel, Richmond, Virginia

Contact Information

411 E. Franklin Street
Suite 600
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 697-2040
(804) 697-2140 (fax)
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Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder and Managing Director

Areas of Practice:

Corporate, Commercial and Business Litigation
Products Liability

Bar Admissions:

Texas, 1984
Virginia, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1985
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1984
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1986
U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1986

Published Works:

Pooling and Unitization in Virginia: The Law, the Regulations And the Reality, Landman - Official Journal of the American Association of Professional Landmen, May/June, 1993

Representative Cases:

Taylor v. Frazer, 42 Fed.Appx. 651, 2002 WL 1893174 (4th Cir. (Va) 2002)
Lightner v. Ferguson, 58 Va.Cir. 76, 2001 WL 1590464 (Va. Cir. Ct. 2001)
KPMG Peat Marwick, L.L.P. v. Estate of Nelco, Ltd., Inc., 250 B.R. 74 (U.S. District Court E.D. Virginia 2000)
Coleman v. Ward, 208 F.3d 208, 2000 WL 245290 (4th Cir. (Va.) 2000)
Waste Management Holdings, et al. v. Gilmore, 87 F.Supp.2d 536, 30 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,334 (U.S. District Court E. D. Virginia 2000)
River Road Shopping Center, Inc. v. Scott, 259 Va. 87, 523 S.E.2d 494 (Supreme Court of Virginia 2000)
Pollard & Bagby, Inc. v. Pierce Arrow, L.L.C., et al., 258 Va. 524, 521 S.E.2d 761 (Supreme Court of Virginia 1999)
Waste Management Holdings, Inc. et al. v. Gilmore, 64 F.Supp.2d 537, 30 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,090 (U. S. District Court E. D. Virginia 1999)
Smith v. Sydnor, 184 F.3d 356 (4th Cir. (Va.) 1999)
Warner v. Clementson, 254 Va. 356; 492 S.E.2d 655 (Supreme Court of Virginia 1997)
Gilbert v. Edward H. Winks Architecture, P.C., 41 Va.Cir. 344 (Circuit Court of the City of Richmond 1997)
Actuarial Benefits & Design Corp. v. Virginia Employment Commission, 23 Va.App 640; 478 S.E.2d 735 (Court of Appeals of Virginia 1996)
U.S. Postal Service v. Real Properties MLP Limited, 907 F.Supp. 154 (U.S. District Court E.D. Virginia 1995)
CaterCorp. Inc. v. Catering Concepts, Inc., 246 Va. 22; 431 S.E.2d 277 (Supreme Court of Virginia 1993)
CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Forst, 808 F.Supp. 517 (U.S. District Court E.D. Virginia 1992)
U.S. v. Harford, 870 F.2d 656, 1989 WL 21563 (4th Cir. (Va.) 1989)
Saul v. Penn Virginia Resources Corp. et al., 121 F.R.D. 657 (U.S. District Court W.D. Virginia 1988)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Recovering Attorney's Fees in Commercial Litigation, Spotts, Smith, Fain & Buis, P.C.

Honors and Awards:

Virginia Business Magazine Legal Elite, 2003 - Present
Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers, 2006 - Present

Hugh M. Fain, III

Hugh M. Fain, III is admitted to practice in Virginia and Texas. His practice emphasizes commercial and business litigation including contract disputes, business torts, employment law, intellectual property, and shareholder and partnership disputes.

Hugh earned a B.A. in Economics, with distinction, from the Virginia Military Institute in 1980. In 1983, he earned a J.D. from the University of Virginia, where he served on the editorial board of the Journal of Natural Resources Law and was a member of the Raven Society.

Hugh is the immediate past President of the Richmond Bar Association and he currently serves on the Board of Governors or the Virginia Bar Association. Hugh has been named by his peers in Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite each year since 2003, and in Virginia Lawyer Magazine's Super Lawyer list each year since its inception. Hugh is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.

Hugh, his wife Renee and their three children live in Richmond. Hugh has coached his children in youth league sports and enjoys hunting, golf and tennis. He is a past president of the Innsbrook Rotary Club, VMI Club of Richmond and the VMI Alumni Association and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the VMI Foundation.

Education:

University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1983
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Raven Society
Law Journal: Editorial Board, University of Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, 1980
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: With Distinction
Major: Economics

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Virginia Bar Association
Board of Governors
Richmond Bar Association
President, 2006 - 2007
VMI Foundation, Inc.
Board of Trustees, 2005 - Present
VMI Alumni Association, Inc.
Past President
VMI Club of Richmond
Past President
Texas State Bar
Member
Innsbrook Rotary Club
Past President

Birth Information:

March 27, 1958, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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Hugh Fain • 411 East Franklin Street, Suite 600, Richmond, VA 23219 • (804) 697-2000