Firm News Table of Contents

2007

2006

December 8, 2006 - Benjamin R. Dorsey, IV will speak at a VA CLE program, General District Court for Newbies: Trying Your First (Second? Third?) Civil Case in GDC.

October 2006 - Spotts Fain welcomes new associates Leas K. Anderson and Martin C. Boyle to the firm.

October 10, 2006 - Michael J. Rothermel spoke at a conference in Richmond, Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law.

September 2006 - Spotts Fain welcomes new associate Michael C. Cooper to the firm.

July 2006 - Dana D. McDaniel has been appointed to chair the Virginia State Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism.

July 2006 - Spotts Fain is pleased to announce that Stephen G. Reardon has been appointed by the Virginia Speaker of the House to serve as a member of the Commonwealth Council on Aging. His term runs from 2006 to 2010.

June 2006 - Spotts Fain Super Lawyers 2006 - Meade A. Spotts, Hugh M. Fain, III and Dana D. McDaniel named in inaugural issue of Virginia Super Lawyers.

June 2006 - Meade A. Spotts speaking at the annual convention of the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association in Amelia Island, Florida.

May 16, 2006 - Swansboro kindergarten children visited the National Zoo. Spotts Fain and Children, Incorporated partnership made the trip possible for some of the children.

May 9, 2006 - Meade A. Spotts spoke on real estate documentation and new title issues at the trucking industry's Terminal Property Exchange (TPE) Seminar at Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.

May 9, 2006 - Congratulations to the Spotts Fain foursome, led by Michael J. Rothermel, winners of the 2006 Henrico County Bar Association Golf Tournament!

May 1, 2006 - Spotts Fain is very pleased to announce that Hugh M. Fain, III has been elected President of The Bar Association of the City of Richmond.

April 29, 2006 - Again this year, Spotts Fain sponsored a team in the Richmond Arthritis Walk-Walk for a Cure. This year's walkers have raised over $80,000 to date. Congratulations to all who participated.

April 27, 2006 - Congratulation to Bryan G. Scott for passing the Virginia Bar Exam! Bryan is also licensed to practice in North Carolina.

April 2006 - Michael J. Rothermel has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Henrico County Bar Association.

March 27, 2006 - Congratulations to Timothy G. Moore and R. Lee Stephens Jr. on being elected shareholders and directors of the firm.

March 22, 2006 - Spotts Fain welcomes new shareholder and associate to the firm. Brian R. Marron and Tonia E. Peake are practicing in the Business Section of the firm.

March 2006 - R. Lee Stephens Jr. has been appointed to the Council of the Virginia Bar Association Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section.

March 2006 - Children, Incorporated announces partnership with Spotts Fain to benefit Swansboro Elementary School kindergarten students.

February 2006 - Dana D. McDaniel spoke on recurring intellectual property issues and possible alternative dispute resolution strategies at the Richmond Bar Association CLE program, Current Issues in Litigating Business Tort Cases.

January 2006 - R. Lee Stephens Jr. has been elected Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Virginia's Natural Resources.

January 2006 - John W. Anderson receives Leadership Award from Arthritis Foundation of Virginia

January 2006 - Henry N. Ware, Jr. was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Civil Litigation Section of the Virginia Bar Association

January 2006 - Eleanor Bruce Elected Senior Warden at Richmond Church

January 2006 - Spotts Fain welcomed two new associates in January, J. Andrew Reynolds and Bryan G. Scott.

2005

December 6, 2005 - Mary Elizabeth Davis spoke on The Employment Process at a seminar entitled Fundamentals of Employment Law.

December 1, 2005 - Michael J. Rothermel spoke on Land Use Considerations at the one-day seminar, Negotiating Complex Real Estate Transactions in Virginia.

November 2005 - John W. Anderson has been named legal counsel to the Virginia Association of Roofing Contractors.

November 2005 - R. Lee Stephens, Jr. was named to the Board of Trustees for the Foundation for Virginia's Natural Resources.

October 2005 - Spotts Fain is pleased to welcome Brian Thomas Chase to the firm as an associate in the Richmond office.

September 2005 - Fundraising Efforts to Raise Money for Victims of Hurricane Katrina are a Huge Success.

September 2005 - Hugh M. Fain, III has been appointed to serve on the Task Force on the Public and The Courts of the Commission on Virginia Courts in the Twenty-First Century. He will also serve on the committee to make recommendations regarding the scope of public access to confidential information contained in court records.

September 2005 - R. Lee Stephens, Jr. has attained the status of Permanent Member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.

August 2005 - During the late summer and fall 2005 Spotts Fain's Creditors' Rights lawyers will be making presentations to clients and professional associations in the mid-Atlantic regarding Fundamentals of Bankruptcy for Lenders. Please contact Robert H. Chappell, III or Jennifer Jo West for additional information

June 2005 - Meade A. Spotts has been elected Chairman of the Wildlife Foundation of Virginia for 2005-06.

May-July 2005 - Spotts Fain is Pleased to Welcome Three Summer Associates to the Firm in 2005.

June 6 - Spotts Fain is pleased to announce that Tara A. Manson has joined the firm as an associate in the litigation section.

May 21 - Spotts Fain Team Supports 2005 Arthritis Foundation Walk

May 2 - Spotts Fain is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Irvington, Virginia. R. Lee Stephens, Jr. will serve as Resident Attorney in the new office, which will serve the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia.

May 2005 - Hugh M. Fain, III has been elected President-Elect of the Richmond Bar Association

April 2005 - Hugh M. Fain, III has been elected to the Board of Governors of the VMI Foundation

April 1 - Mary Elizabeth Davis was elected shareholder and director of the firm

March 22 - Mary Elizabeth Davis spoke on The Hiring Process at a seminar in Richmond entitled, The Employment Process from A to Z

R. Lee Stephens, Jr. has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Supplier Division of the Virginia Hospitality & Travel Association

Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Davis spoke on the Fair Labor Standards Act at the Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association Annual Legislative Conference in Richmond, January 31

Spotts, Fain, McDaniel and Davis named Legal Elite

Malcolm M. Christian has received the Hunter W. Martin Professionalism Award from the Bar Association of the City of Richmond

Henry N. Ware, Jr. has been named to the Virginia Bar Association Capital Area Regional Advisory Committee

Tom O'Brien is 2004-05 President of the Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

John W. Anderson has been named Chairperson of the Richmond Advisory Board for First Community Bank. First Community Bank has 47 locations in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina

Meade Spotts visited Beijing, Shanghai and Ningbo, China as a Delegate to the Commonwealth's China Trade Mission

Lee Stephens has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Northern Neck Insurance Company.

2004

New officers of the Richmond Bar Association 2004-05 include Hugh M. Fain, III, Vice President. Mr. Fain previously served as Secretary-Treasurer.

May 1 - Spotts Fain Chappell & Anderson, P.C. is pleased to announce that effective May 1, 2004 it will continue its business, creditors’ rights and litigation practices under the abbreviated name of Spotts Fain PC. Firm leaders commented that the shortened name is the result of the firm’s steady growth over the years. Please see our news release for additional information.

Spotts Fain is proud to sponsor a Summer Intern with the E. Angus Powell Endowment for American Enterprise Summer Economic Institute. The mission of the endowment is to promote economic literacy among young people. The work portion of the program allows participating students to examine the principles of the American enterprise system first-hand.

We are very pleased to announce that Dana D. McDaniel has joined the firm as a Shareholder and Director. Mr. McDaniel was named Top Information Technology/Intellectual Property Lawyer in Virginia by Virginia Business magazine in Dec. 2000. He was a founding director of the Greater Richmond Intellectual Property Association and is active in national and state bar associations.

J. Thomas O'Brien, Jr. is President-Elect of the Metropolitan Richmond Habitat for Humanity.

John W. Anderson is the 2004 Chair of the Annual Giving Campaign for the Virginia Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation.

2003

Meade A. Spotts, Hugh M. Fain, III and Robert H. Chappell, III were recognized by their peers as being among Virginia's 2003 Legal Elite.

In November, Erin Elizabeth Corbett joined the firm as an associate and will practice in the firm's Collections section. Ms. Corbett earned her B.B.A in Marketing with a supplemental major in Computer Applications from the University of Notre Dame in 2000. She earned her J.D. from the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 2003.

Brian Thomas Chase, a second-year student at the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, has accepted an offer to join our 2004 Summer Associate program.

In September, Maurice F. (Connell) Mullins, Jr. joined the firm as an associate. Mr. Mullins earned a B.A. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 1997. In 2001, he received a J. D. from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable M. Langhorne Keith, Judge for the Circuit Court of Fairfax County from 2001-2002. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Henry E. Hudson, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, from 2002-2003.

One of SFCA's legal assistants, Kate Philpott, was accepted to University of Virginia School of Law and began her studies in August.

In June, SFCA sponsored its second Summer Economics Institute intern, Anna Almore, from the Powell Endowment at Collegiate School. Last year's Godwin High School intern, Stephanie Hassell, is returned to the firm for summer employment.

On April 18, 2003, Hugh Fain spoke at the Spring Conference of the International Management Accountants, Virginia Council. Mr. Fain's topic was Selected Issues in Human Resources: Military Leave Rights, The Americans with Disabilities Act and Restrictive Employment Covenants.

In April, Hugh Fain was nominated to serve as Secretary-Treasurer of the Richmond Bar Association for the 2003-04 Bar year. Mr. Fain has served on the Board of the Richmond Bar Association since 1999.

In April, the firm's Administrative Manager, Kimberly A. King, was elected President of the Richmond Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators.

In March, Harry Ware was elected to the Vestry of St. Mary's Episcopal Church.