Our People
Andrew G. Bury, Jr | Founding Partner
Andy Bury has practiced Virginia real estate law for close to five decades. He founded Bury & Co. in 1980 while serving as counsel to the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the U.S. House of Representatives — leaving Capitol Hill in 1983 to practice full-time.
Andy started in criminal defense before transitioning to real estate. He built the firm’s transactional practice representing builders and developers across Virginia, including Scarborough Homes, a Weyerhaeuser Real Estate subsidiary that became Winchester Homes. What began with a single subdivision grew into representation across the commonwealth.
His career spans thousands of real estate transactions, countless easement and boundary disputes, and decades of counsel to property owners across Northern Virginia and the Middle Peninsula. Today he focuses on real estate transactional work from the firm’s Urbanna and Fairfax offices, including solar farm leases and commercial loan documents for community banks.
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Notre Dame (1980)
B.A., University of Notre Dame (1976)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Virginia | Pennsylvania | Maryland | District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
David A. Bury | Partner
David joined Bury & Co. in 2017 after graduating with honors from Tulane Law School, where he served as Senior Articles Editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal. He published twice in that journal on admiralty and maritime law. His article on electronic bills of lading was later cited by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
His practice now centers on real estate litigation: breach of purchase agreements, easement and boundary disputes, riparian rights, partition suits, quiet title actions, and HOA enforcement. He has argued cases before the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals of Virginia, including a successful petition that led the Supreme Court to vacate a Court of Appeals ruling on Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act compliance.
David works from the firm’s Fairfax, Richmond, and Urbanna offices. He was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2024 to 2026.
EDUCATION
J.D. with honors, Tulane University Law School (2017)
B.A. Economics, College of William & Mary (2008)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Virginia | West Virginia | District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
RECOGNITION
Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2024–2026
PUBLICATIONS
David A. Bury, The Fifth Circuit Holds Steady on Reasonable Notice Requirements Under the Limitation of Liability Act in In re RLB Contracting, Inc., 40 Tul. Mar. L.J. 295 (2015)
David A. Bury, Electronic Bills of Lading: A Never-Ending Story?, 41 Tul. Mar. L.J. 197 (2016)
Sarah C. Ingles | Of Counsel
Sarah joined Bury & Co. in 2025 after five years on the Product Liability and Mass Tort litigation team at Hunton Andrews Kurth in Richmond. At Hunton, she managed a nationwide docket of product liability cases, represented clients in First Amendment litigation, and counseled pro bono clients in landlord-tenant matters.
Her practice now focuses on real estate litigation and trust and estate law.
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (2019)
B.A., with distinction, University of Virginia (2015)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Virginia
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
PUBLICATIONS
Alexandra B. Cunningham, Taylor M. Steffan, Sarah Ingles, Pennsylvania Court Poised to Address Constitutionality of State’s Consent-by-Registration Statute, Thomson Reuters, February 17, 2021
Kiley Pope | Legal Assistant
Kiley Pope supports the firm’s attorneys in litigation and transactions. She coordinates closings, manages case files, and handles client communications. She is a licensed title agent in Virginia and West Virginia.