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Spotts Fain Welcomes Deborah Fourness to the Firm

Brian welcomes Debbie to firm 
 Brian Marron and Debbie Fourness
December, 2008 - We are pleased to anounce that  Deborah Fourness has joined us as Of Counsel to the firm and will practice in the Business Section.  "The addition of Debbie Fourness to Spotts Fain provides added depth to our strong and experienced Business Section. We are so delighted to have Debbie practicing with us," said Hugh Fain, Managing Director of the firm.  Business Section shareholder, Brian Marron added, "Debbie is someone I have known and respected for many years. I am very happy that she has decided to move her practice to Spotts Fain,"

Debbie represents lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate and commercial financing transactions, land use and development. She also represents mitigation banking organizations from entity formation, through the regulatory and governmental approval, credit sales, monitoring and compliance processes.

Debbie was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1987. She received her A.B., in Government in 1978 from the College of William and Mary and her J.D. from Wake Forest University in 1987.

Before joining Spotts Fain, Debbie was associated with Parker, Pollard and Brown; LeClair Ryan and Williams Mullen law firms in Richmond and Coudert Brothers in Singapore. She also worked in house with LandAmerica Financial Group and Albright & Wilson Americas. Debbie was also a business owner herself, starting, owning, operating and eventually selling a specialty retail business.

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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