Brian Adams

Director
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411 East Franklin Street
Suite 600
Richmond, VA
23219

(804) 697-2015
(804) 697-2115 (fax)

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Areas of Practice

• Banks and Financial Institutions
• Construction Industry Practice
• Electronic Discovery and Information Analytics
• Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Creditors' Rights, Bankruptcy and Insolvency

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Brian Adams

Brian represents clients in a wide range of commercial litigation matters with an emphasis on construction litigation, mortgage broker litigation, business disputes and breach of contract matters. He has handled a number of cases involving charges under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) physical barriers and access to public accommodations. Brian is experienced in handling federal litigation on the Rocket Docket of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia as well as in state circuit courts throughout the Commonwealth and is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court. He also has successfully enforced his clients' rights in federal and state court appellate matters as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings.  

Brian is the Chair of the firm’s E-Discovery Team, which focuses on preserving Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in federal and state court litigation.   He is also the Vice-Chair of the firm’s Construction Industry Practice Group.  

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Education

• University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., 1991) Law Review: University of Richmond Law Review, Managing Editor
• Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (B.A. in English Literature, magna cum laude, 1983) Harlan Fiske Stone Law Society

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Representative Cases

• Keck v. Virginia, Docket No. 12-200, ____U.S. _____(U. S. Supreme Court 2012)
• Reynolds Foil, Inc. v. Pai, 2010 U.S. Dist LEXIS 28473 (E.D. Va 2010)
• Epes v. Green Tree Financial Servicing Corp., 228 Fed. Appx. 275, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 11946 (4th Cir. 2007)
• Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. v. Standard Security Life Ins. Co., 73 Va. Cir. 441, 2007 Va. Cir. LEXIS 135 (2007)
• Commonwealth Transp. Comm'r v. Ahmed, 2003 Va. Cir. LEXIS 262 (Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Law No. 212942, 2003)
• Capital Hauling, Inc. v. Forbes, 75 Fed.Appx. 170 (4th Cir. 2003)
• Sydnor v. Conseco Finance Servicing Corp., 252 F3d 301 (4th Cir. 2001)
• River Road Shopping Center v. Scott, 259 Va. 87, 523 S.E. 2d 494 (Supreme Court of Virginia 2000)
• Actuarial Benefits & Design v. Virginia Employment Comm., 23 Va. App. 640, 478 S.E. 2d 735 (Virginia Court of Appeals 1996)
• McCray v. Nicholson, 76 F.3d 374 (4th Cir. 1996)
• Hill v. McIntyre, 30 Va. Cir. 163 (1993)

 

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Virginia State Bar, Construction Law Section
  Member
• Virginia State Bar, Military Law Section
  Member
• Virginia Creditors Bar Association
• Richmond Bar Association
• Henrico County Bar Association

Published Works

• Whose Beneficiaries Are They Anyway? Copenhaver v. Rogers and the Attorney's Contract to Prepare a Will in Virginia, University of Richmond Law Review, 24 U. Rich. L. R. 415, 1990

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Fraternities/Sororities

• Alpha Delta Phi

Community Involvement

• Acca Shriners, Board of Trustees, benefitting Shriners Hospitals for Children
• Scottish Rite Childhood Language Center
• Richmond Civitan Club, Past President