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Local Counsel - Litigation - Virginia

Virginia Local Counsel - Litigation

The firm frequently serves as local counsel in federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels.  We regularly appear in a variety of commercial litigation cases including:

  • Business and Contract Cases
  • Partnership and Shareholder Disputes
  • Insurance Coverage Cases
  • Admiralty Cases
  • Commercial, Financial and Banking Disputes
  • Employment Litigation
  • Professional Malpractice Defense
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Probate, Estate and Trust Litigation
  • Real Estate and Construction Litigation

Our litigation attorneys have significant experience in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and understand both the Local Rules and the pre-trial orders and practices in the various courts throughout the District.  With respect to corporate, business and commercial matters, the firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in equal proportion.

In addition, the firm maintains a significant practice defending products liability and toxic tort cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability and property damage as primary and local counsel in state and federal courts throughout the mid-atlantic.

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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