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411 East Franklin Street
Suite 600
Richmond, Virginia 23219-2200
(804) 697-2080
(804) 697-2180 (fax)
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Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder and President

Areas of Practice:

  • Real Estate Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Legislative Practice
  • Government Relations & Lobbying
  • Business Organizations
Bar Admissions:

  • Virginia, 1982
Honors and Awards:

  • Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law

  • Virginia Business Legal Elite

  • Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers

  • AV Rating

  • VBA Pro Bono Servant

  • VBA Community Servant

Meade A. Spotts

Meade A. Spotts is President of Spotts Fain PC, a Virginia law firm focused on advising, counseling and representing businesses in transactional and litigation matters since 1988.  Meade's practice emphasizes real estate and environmental issues, legislative representation and lobbying, general corporate and business law. He represents his clients' interests before the Virginia General Assembly, local and state boards, planning commissions and agencies.  He has participated in public and private trade missions to China and represents companies with interests in North America, China and other countries.

Meade earned his B.A. in History, with distinction, from the Virginia Military Institute in 1979. He earned his J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in 1982. First commissioned in 1979, he is a graduate of the U. S. Army Command and General Staff Course and is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve.

He is a member of the Richmond Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar and is also a member of the Real Estate and Environmental Law Sections of these organizations. He is a member of the Board of Directors of C&F Bank - Richmond, is a Commissioner of the Port of Richmond Authority, is a past Chairman of the Wildlife Foundation of Virginia and has recently been appointed to the Board of the Veterans Services Foundation.  Meade has been named in Best Lawyers in America in the real estate law category and in the business law, real estate and lobbying and regulatory categories of the Legal Elite list published annually by Virginia Business Magazine. 

His off-duty time likewise covers much of the state. Meade lives on the James River in Richmond with his wife and four children, and spends free time either hunting with friends on his farm in Southwest Virginia or enjoying the Chesapeake Bay with family in Deltaville. He enjoys hunting, military history, farming and traveling.

Education:
  • The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1982
    J.D.

  • Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, 1979
    B.A.
    Honors: With Distinction
    Major:  History

Professional Associations and Memberships:
  • Virginia Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
    Member
  • Virginia Bar Association, Real Estate Section
    Member
  • Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Environmental Law Section
    Member
  • Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Real Estate Section
    Member
  • Wildlife Foundation of Virginia
    Past Chairman
  • United States Army Reserve
    Retired Lieutenant Colonel
  • Port of Richmond Authority
    Commissioner
  • Veterans Services Foundation, 2008 - Present
    Board of Trustees
Birth Information:

1957, Richmond, Virginia

October 5, 2010 - Mike Rothermel will speak at a seminar in Richmond, Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law

August 20, 2010 - Michael Yager, a Legal Assistant in our Litigation Section, spoke at a NALA LIVE! presentation on electronic discovery, "E-Discovery - Slow Down the Train" 

August 5, 2010 - Four Spotts Fain lawyers named in Best Lawyers in America, Meade Spotts, Hugh Fain, Robert Chappell and Dana McDaniel.

August 2, 2010 - Spotts Fain attorney, Lee Stephens assisted clients with first Fort Pickett Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) conservation easement held by a State agency.

July 28, 2010 - Lessons on Charitable Conservation Contributions from Schneidelman v. Commissioner, by Robert Allen and Lee Stephens.

July 2010 - Spotts Fain congratulates Brian Marron, who begins his term as President of the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation.

July 9, 2010 - 'Much Ado About Nothing' - Bilski v. Kappos, by Bob Barrett.

June 23, 2010 - We are proud to announce that six Spotts Fain lawyers were named in the Virginia Super Lawyers list for 2010 and six named Virginia Rising Stars.

June 21, 2010 - Section 1031 Update - Exchange Facilitators Act is effective July 1, 2010, by John Anderson

June 19, 2010 - You may be required to notify your employees of their right to join a union, by Betsy Davis.

June 15, 2010 - Spotts Fain Creditors' Rights lawyers spoke at a Virginia Association of Community Banks Teleseminar on Bankruptcy and Collections

May 24, 2010 - Virginia Supreme Court Affirms Circuit Court Decision Confirming Arbitration Award in Dispute Involving a Limited Liability Company, by Andrew Oxenreiter and John Anderson.

May 18, 2010 - Health Care Reform - Priorities for Employers 2010 by Elliot Fitzgerald

May 13, 2010 - Mark With Care: The Rise of § 292 False Patent Marking Lawsuits, by Bob Barrett.

April 23, 2010 - Business people should be aware of the consequences for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

April 23, 2010 - Bob Barrett presented The $612.5 Million Question: How to protect your intellectual property at the Greater Richmond Chamber.

April 7, 2010 - The Spotts Fain Intellectual Property Team welcomes Bob Barrett to our growing practice group.

April 1, 2010 - We are very pleased to announce that Connell Mullins has been elected a shareholder of the firm and Deborah Fourness has been elected a director. 

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

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