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Philip L. Hatchett

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T (757) 873.6316
F (757) 873.6359
plhatchett@kaufcan.com

Philip is a partner in the firm's Newport News office. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and serves businesses and individuals in the areas of estate planning and administration, tax, litigation, real estate, and corporate law.

Practice Areas

Representative Matters

  • Represented estate fiduciaries before the Internal Revenue Service
  • Served as counsel for creation of joint venture between client and Fortune 500
  • Represented multiple parties in contested estate administration matters including being the court-appointed attorney to the state’s largest defalcation
  • Represented and served as Virginia counsel in private-public military housing projects
  • Coordinated and organized multiple family partnerships and limited liability companies to expand management governess and financing opportunities
  • Testified before the Virginia House of Delegates regarding a high profile $41 million dollar investment scandal

Recognition and honors

  • Best Lawyers in America, 2002-2012
  • Virginia’s Legal Elite, Taxes and Estates & Trust; Virginia Business Magazine, 2007-2008
  • BV® Rated; Martindale-Hubbell
  • Omicron Delta Kappa, 1983
  • The McNeil Law Society, University of Richmond, 1983
  • University of Richmond Law Review, 1982-1984

Associations

  • Commissioner of Accounts, 7th Judicial District
  • American Bar Association
  • Virginia Bar Association; Trust and Estates Section
  • City of Newport News Employees Retirement Board; Chairman, 2006-2009; 2004-present
  • Hampton Bar Association; Treasurer, 1988-1989
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Certified 1979
  • Peninsula Estate Planning Council, 1988-present
  • RBC Centura Bank; Co-Chairman, Regional Advisory Board of Directors, 1998-2005, Co-Chairman, 2003-2005
  • Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation; Board Member, 1998-2008
  • Chesapeake Retirement Community; Advisory Board, 2002-2008
  • WHRO Foundation; Board of Trustees, 2001-2008
  • WHRO; Board of Directors, 2008-present
  • American Red Cross, Hampton Roads Chapter, 1986-1996; Past Chairman, 1994-95; 1996 Volunteer of the Year
  • Peninsula-Williamsburg American Heart Association Walk; Board, 2000-2003; Chairman, 2002
  • St. Andrews Episcopal Church Foundation; Chairman, 2004-present
  • Virginia Symphony; Board of Directors, 2000-2007
  • Oyster Point Rotary Club
  • Hampton Public Library Foundation, 2003-present

Education

  • Washington & Lee University; B.S., 1977
  • University of Richmond School of Law; J.D., 1984

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