Proven results across Virginia.Our work speaks for itself. Below is a selection of representative matters reflecting the depth and range of our Virginia real estate practice.
Canton Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Rechlin, et al
HOA and lot owners sued neighboring defendants who tore down a community pier on the Piankatank River and obstructed a 15-foot ingress/egress easement — despite using the easement for deep-water river access for more than 15 years. One of the defendants served as the HOA president. The jury returned a verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages.
PRACTICE AREALand Use & Waterfront Law | Real Estate Disputes & Litigation
COURTGloucester County Circuit Court | Case No. CL22-441
RESULT$400,500 jury verdict.
Cumberland v. Board of Supervisors of Middlesex County
Waterfront property owner challenged the Board of Zoning Appeals’ grant of a neighbor’s exception under the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act. After the Court of Appeals ruled against our client in a split panel decision, we petitioned the Supreme Court of Virginia — which granted the appeal and vacated the lower court’s decision.
PRACTICE AREALand Use & Waterfront Law | Appeals
COURTSupreme Court of Virginia | 2024 Va. LEXIS 21
RESULTSupreme Court vacated the Court of Appeals decision
Boyer v. Cambra (Boyer Trust)
Represented the lender in a dispute over attorney’s fees following default on a promissory note. After the borrower sold a townhouse to satisfy the debt, the borrower disputed the amount of attorney’s fees claimed by our client but paid it anyway. The court granted our plea in bar under the voluntary payment doctrine, holding the borrower could not recover funds voluntarily paid at closing.
PRACTICE AREAReal Estate Disputes & Litigation
COURTCircuit Court of Fairfax County | 98 Va. Cir. 235 (2018)
RESULTPlea in bar granted for the lender
Wood v. DeVault
Clients filed an adverse possession action to quiet title to two abandoned parcels in Middlesex County. After 16 neighbors moved to intervene claiming easement rights and the trial court ordered joinder of all 44 lot owners in the subdivision, we sought interlocutory appeal on a question of first impression: whether easement holders are necessary parties in adverse possession proceedings — an issue no Virginia appellate court has directly addressed.
PRACTICE AREAReal Estate Disputes & Litigation | Appeals
COURTCourt of Appeals of Virginia | Record No. 2067-25-2
RESULTPending — Petition for Rehearing filed
Landeros Construction, Inc. v. Pacific RBLF REO, LLC
General contractor on an eight-unit condominium project in Washington, D.C. was owed $220,495.52 for unpaid work. The mechanic’s lien relates back to the August 2019 commencement of construction, predating the 2021 deed of trust. After the Superior Court granted the property purchaser’s motion to dismiss, we appealed to the D.C. Court of Appeals, challenging whether a lump-sum distressed debt investment qualifies as a “construction loan” entitled to statutory priority over a mechanic’s lien.
PRACTICE AREAReal Estate Disputes & Litigation | Appeals
COURTD.C. Court of Appeals | No. 26-CV-0118
RESULTPending — On appeal
DISCLAIMERPast results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and must be evaluated on its own facts.