Who We Are
We are a multi-disciplinary Government & Municipal Law team that provides practical and economical solutions to issues faced by government and municipal officials in the Mid-Atlantic region. Our team provides daily and long-term support to municipalities and government, streamlining and strengthening your results.
How We Help
We work with our clients on various issues ranging from day-to-day operational needs to complex bond counsel financing, labor and employment matters, construction litigation, and opioid litigation. As community leaders strive to make the best decisions possible, they need to have the counsel of an experienced government and municipal law team on their side. Our team works diligently with clients in a collaborative effort to remove roadblocks, reduce risks, and capitalize on opportunities to provide best-in-class representation.
Our multi-disciplinary Government & Municipal Law Team serves as counsel and advisors to government and municipal officials seeking practical solutions to legal issues affecting local government, including daily and long-term support to municipalities and governmental entities, with an emphasis on the following legal services:
- Airport operations
- Authority representation
- Airports
- Economic Development
- Hospitals
- Transportation
- Bond financing (tax-exempt and taxable) including all facets of financing municipal and authority projects including
- General Obligation Bonds
- Revenue Bonds
- Airport Bonds
- Multifamily Housing Bonds
- Transportation Bonds
- Health Care and Senior Housing Bonds
- Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds
- Tax Increment Financing Bonds
- Civil litigation
- Construction
- Acquisition and development
- Contracts
- Bond claims and mechanics lien claims (Public-Private Projects)
- Leasing, lending, foreclosures, financing
- Litigation
- PPEA
- Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Mediation and Arbitration
- Economic development
- Development Agreements
- Loan and Grant Award Program Agreements
- Organizational Governance and General Counsel
- Bond Financings
- Organization and representation of community development authorities, regional industrial facility authorities and commissions
- Employment law
- Personnel policies
- Handbooks
- Discrimination
- Personnel records
- Wage hour requirements
- FMLA, HIPAA and the ADA
- Environmental law
- Freedom of Information Act
- Negotiation of regional authority contracts
- Opioid litigation
- Our litigation team represents local governments across the country in lawsuits against manufacturers and distributors of powerful and addictive opioid painkillers. The lawsuits charge that members of the pharmaceutical industry have fueled dramatic increases in opioid abuse and deaths by indiscriminately flooding rural and urban communities with prescription opioids. The drugs in question include brand names, such as OxyContin, as well as generics
- The lawsuits contend that pharmaceutical companies overstated the benefits and downplayed the risks of using opioids and that distributors failed to monitor suspicious orders of prescription opiates. As a result, local governments have been burdened with a range of costs associated with services needed to fight the crisis, including treatment centers and medical services for addicted residents
- Regulation and financing of landfills
- School board law
- State and Local Tax Disputes and Planning
Who We Represent
We represent a diverse clientele, working with city and town attorneys, human resource departments, and school board members to address issues that often include:
- Airports
- Cities and towns
- Commissions
- Economic development entities
- Local counties
- Sanitation
- School boards
- Other public entities within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Representative Matters
Represented surviving entities in family business split-ups
Assisted transition of family businesses to the next generation
Implemented wealth transition plans with family values
Financial and business advice in connection with most matters
