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Current Employment Position(s):

Associate

Areas of Practice:

  • General Business Law
  • Health Care
  • Estate Planning & Administration
Bar Admissions:

  • Virginia, 2007
Published Works:

  • Comment: Dissecting the Constitutional Admissibility of Autopsy Reports after Crawford, 57 Cath. U.L. Rev. 269, 2008

Matthew Yanovitch

Matt Yanovitch joined Spotts Fain in 2008 as an associate practicing in the business section of the firm. He was admitted to practice in Virginia in 2007. Matt received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Virginia in 1999 and his J.D. from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in 2007, where he was a staff member of the Catholic University Law Review.  Following law school, Matt served as a law clerk to the Honorable William D. Hamblen of the Thirty-First Judicial Circuit of Virginia. 

Before embarking on his legal career, Matt served as a professional firefighter for the City of Charlottesville from 2000 to 2004.  His volunteer community service includes eight years as an emergency medical technician with the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, where he served as a member of the board of directors and held various leadership positions including deputy chief of operations.  He also volunteered with the Manchester Volunteer Rescue Squad from 1994-1999.

Education:
  • Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 2007
    J.D.
    Law Review: Catholic University Law Review, Staff Member

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1999
    B.S., Chemistry

Past Employment Positions:
  • Hon. William D. Hamblen, 31st Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Judicial Clerk, 2007 - 2008

  • City of Charlottesville, VA, Professional Firefighter, 2000 - 2004

  • Hill Neuroscience Laboratory, Laboratory Specialist, 1999

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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