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Community Involvement

Spotts Fain attorneys and staff are active members of national, state and local civic, charitable and bar associations and corporate boards, frequently serving in leadership positions:

Recent Community Activities

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

Reardon

Member

American Bankruptcy Institute Chappell, McCullagh, West Member

American Bar Association

Chappell, Davis, Gambardella, Spotts, West

Member

American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources

Spotts

Member

American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law

Davis

Member

American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

Spotts

Member

American Health Lawyers Association

Reardon

Member

Arthritis Foundation (Va. Chapter) Anderson Past Board Member, 2004 Annual Campaign Chair, Legal Counsel and Active Volunteer

Bar Association of the City of Richmond

Fain

President, 2006-07; Member, Board of Directors

Bar Association of the City of Richmond

Christian Past President

Bar Association of the City of Richmond

West Chair, Membership Committee, 2008
Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Bankruptcy Section Chappell, Corbett, West Members; Chappell, Immediate Past Chair
Bar Association of the City of Richmond, CLE Committee Ware, Landry Member

Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Creditors Rights Section

Chappell, McCullagh Members

Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Intellectual Property Section

Davis Member

Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Litigation section

Davis, Moore Members
Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Pro Bono Committee Marron Member
Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Real Estate Section Anderson, Marron, O'Brien, Rothermel, Spotts, Stephens Members
Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Young Lawyers Conference Davis Member

Benedictine High School Alumni Board

Reardon, Gambardella

Board Member, Reardon; President, Gambardella

Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond Gambardella Member, Distinguished Leadership Awards Committee
Business Coalition on Worker's Compensation Firm Member
Catholic Diocese of Richmond Advisory School Board

Reardon

Board Member

Central Virginia Legal Aid Society

West

Pro Bono Hotline Project

Chesapeake Academy

Stephens

Past Chair

Children, Inc. McDaniel Board Member; Firm is partnering with Children, Inc. to sponsor Kindergarten children at Swansboro School

Citizens and Commerce Bank

Spotts

Director

Downtown Richmond Civitan Club

Adams

Past President

Downtown Richmond YMCA

Spotts

Past Board Member

Ducks Unlimited, Richmond Chapter Mullins Committee Member
Federal Bar Association Mullins Member
Federal Circuit Bar Association McDaniel Member
First Community Bank Anderson Chairperson, Richmond Advisory Board
Froehling & Robertson, Inc. Chappell Director
Greater Richmond Bar Foundation Marron President Elect
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Firm

Member

Greater Richmond Intellectual Property Bar Association McDaniel Member and a Founding Director

Henrico County Bar Association

Adams, Christian, Rothermel

Members; Rothermel, Director, 2006-

Henrico School Board

Christian

Past Chair

Hokie Club, Tri-Cities Chapter West Member

Innsbrook Rotary Club

Fain

Past President

Irvington Chamber of Commerce see Lancaster Firm Member
John Marshall Inn of Court McDaniel Member

Junior League of Richmond

Davis

Member

Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce

Stephens

Tourism Chair

Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library

Stephens

Past Chair

Masons (Richmond #10 - A.F. & A.M.)

Adams Member

Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association

Kessel, Revels, West

Members
West, Member, Legislative Committee

Northern Neck Heritage Area Designation Task Force

Stephens

Advisory Board Member

Northern Neck Insurance Company Stephens Director
Northern Neck Land Conservancy Stephens Member, Board of Directors
Powell Endowment for American Enterprise Firm Sponsor, Summer Economics Institute Intern 2004

Rappahannock Westminster Canterbury

Stephens

Past Board Member

Resort Hotel Association

Stephens

Past Chair

Richmond Area Association of Retarded Citizens (RAARC)

Adams

Past Board Member

Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity, Inc. O'Brien, Marron Past Presidents and Past Board Members

Richmond Shakespeare Festival at Agecroft Hall (Encore Theatre Co.)

Adams

Secretary and Member of Board of Trustees

Southern Innkeepers Association

Stephens

Virginia Director

St. Bridget’s School Board

Reardon

Chairman

St. Margaret's School

Stephens

Past Board Member

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Ware

Vestry

Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) Fain Sponsor 2004 and 2005
Veterans Services Foundation (VA) Spotts Member, Board of Trustees, 2008-2011
Virginia Association of Community Banks Chappell Member
Virginia Association of Nonprofit Homes for the Aging Reardon Member
Virginia Automobile Dealers Association Firm Member
Virginia Bankers Association Chappell Member
Virginia Bar Association Anderson, Christian, Fain, Gambardella, McDullagh, Mullins, O'Brien, Ware, West Members
Virginia Bar Association Fain Member, Board of Governors
Virginia Bar Association Anderson Member, Business Law and Real Estate Sections
Virginia Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section, Section Council Stephens, Ware Ware, Past Chair
Ware, Member, Capital Area Regional Advisory Committee

Virginia Chamber of Commerce

Firm

Stephens, Tourism Committee Member

Virginia Creditors Bar Association

Adams

Dorsey, Secretary

Virginia Historical Society

Firm

Corporate and Foundation Fellows

Virginia Hospitality & Travel Association Stephens Member, Board of Directors, Supplier Division
Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Gambardella Member, Executive Committee, Boys Soccer

Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation

Stephens

Schooner Virginia” Advisory Board

Virginia Physicians’ Inc.

Ware

Past Member, Institutional Review Board

Virginia State Bar

All attorneys

Members

Virginia State Bar

Davis, West

Young Lawyers Division, Regional Chairperson of “No Bills Night”

Virginia State Bar

McDaniel Member, Intellectual Property Law Section and Board Member 1996-1998
Virginia State Bar Chappell, West Member, Bankruptcy Section
Virginia State Bar Anderson Business and Real Estate Sections
Virginia State Bar Adams, Anderson Construction Law Section
Virginia State Bar Marron Director
Virginia Tech Alumni Association West Member

Virginia’s River Country

Stephens

Past Board Member

VMI Alumni Association

Fain

Past President

VMI Club of Richmond

Fain

Past President

West Richmond Businessmen's Association Anderson Legal Counsel
Wildlife Foundation of Virginia

Spotts

Chairman, 2005-06 and Counsel

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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