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4507 Irvington Road
Irvington, Virginia 22480
(804) 697-2085
(804) 438-9895
(804) 697-2185 (fax)
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Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder and Director

Areas of Practice:

  • Business & Commercial Law
  • Business Organizations
  • Business Successions
  • Closely Held Businesses
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Contracts
  • Employment Law -- Employer
  • Environmental Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Formation & Business Planning
  • Insurance Law
  • Limited Liability Companies
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
  • Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
  • Real Estate Law
  • State, Local & Municipal Law
  • Tourism, Travel & Leisure
Bar Admissions:

  • Virginia, 1987
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1987
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1987
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1988
Honors and Awards:

  • Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference

Ancillary Businesses:

  • Lobbying
  • Business Consulting

R. Lee Stephens, Jr. 

R. Lee Stephens, Jr. is the resident shareholder at Spotts Fain's Irvington Office. Mr. Stephens served as General Counsel to The Tides Inn, a nationally-acclaimed resort, and then as President of the resort. His law practice concentrates on business and commercial real estate. His consulting practice focuses on government relations and economic development.

Mr. Stephens received a B.A in English from the University of Virginia in 1979. From 1979 to 1984 he served as a destroyer officer in the United States Navy, and continued to serve in the Intelligence community of the U.S. Naval Reserve until 1992. Mr. Stephens earned his J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary in 1987.

Mr. Stephens is a director of the Northern Neck Insurance Co. In 2005, he was appointed by Governor Warner to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Virginia's Natural Resources, and in 2006 he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Board. He has served as chair of the Resort Hotel Association. He is an active member of the Virginia Bar Association, and in 2006 he was appointed to the Council of the VBA Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section. He is also actively involved with many non-profit organizations in Virginia, such as the Northern Neck Land Conservancy, where he currently serves as a member of the board of directors.

Education:
  • The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1987
    J.D.

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1979
    B.A.
    Major:  English

Professional Associations and Memberships:
  • Northern Neck Insurance Co.
    Director
  • Foundation for Virginia's Natural Resources, 2006 - Present
    Vice Chairman
  • Foundation for Virginia's Natural Resources, 2005 - 2008
    Member, Board of Trustees
  • Virginia Bar Association, 2003 - 2006
    Member, Corporate Counsel Section Council
  • Virginia Bar Association, 2006 - Present
    Member, Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section Council
  • Northern Neck Land Conservancy
    Member, Board of Directors
  • Resort Hotel Association
    Past Chairman
  • Steamboat Era Museum
    Registered Agent
  • Steamboat Era Museum
    Former Director
  • Chesapeake Academy
    Past Chairman
Past Employment Positions:
  • The Tides Inn, Inc., General Counsel & President, 1990 - 2002

  • Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, Associate, 1987 - 1990

  • U.S. Navy & USN Reserve, Lieutenant Commander (Surface & Intelligence), 1979 - 1992

Birth Information:

1958, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America



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