Previous Law Firm Name

• Spotts, Smith, Fain & Rawls, P.C.
• Spotts Fain Chappell & Anderson, P.C.

Law Firm Overview

Spotts Fain PC, founded in 1988, is a full-service law firm focused on advising, counseling and representing businesses in transactional and litigation matters. Our services include general business counseling on such issues as choice of entity, formation, establishment (including creation of client-specific business policies, forms and procedures), employment law planning and compliance, tax planning, real estate acquisition, land use and zoning, development, leasing and sale, intellectual property protection, local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations, banking law and bank regulatory issues, creditors rights, debt collection, HIPAA and other federal regulatory compliance and lobbying. Our litigation attorneys are business trial lawyers who understand the importance of efficient and effective representation and who are experienced in mediation, arbitration, litigation, in state and federal courts, and administrative and licensing hearings. We represent clients in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters including contract, construction, employment, intellectual property, securities, and shareholder disputes. We defend businesses and manage complex litigation involving toxic tort and product liability claims. Spotts Fain litigators serve as both lead counsel and local counsel in Virginia state courts and federal courts. Spotts Fain also provides wealth management services to individuals in the areas of estate and tax planning and estate and trust administration.

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
• Civil Litigation, State and Federal
• Corporate and Business Transactions
• Business and Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Real Estate
• Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
• Labor and Employment
• Estate Planning and Administration
• Products Liability, Toxic Torts and Personal Injury
• Legislative and Government Relations
• Intellectual Property - Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law and Litigation
• Debt Collection
• Construction Litigation
• Health Care
• Environmental Services
• Taxation
• Entertainment Law
• Agriculture Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Collections
• Debtor/Creditor
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Insurance Law
• International Law
• Products Liability Law
• Tax Increment Financing
• Agricultural Law
• Automotive Industry Practice Group
• Commercial Litigation
• Conservation Easements
• Creditors' Rights, Bankruptcy and Insolvency
• Debt Collection
• Entertainment & Media Law
• Insurance Coverage and Insurance Litigation
• Intellectual Property Protection and Litigation
• Labor and Employment
• Legislative and Governmental Relations Services
• Local Counsel - Virginia
• Mediator Services
• Products Liability, Toxic Torts & Personal Injury
• Tax Services

Representative Clients

• Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
• Atlantic Capital Management, LLC
• Bank of Richmond
• Beal Bank
• BB&T Branch Banking & Trust Company
• Capital One Bank
• Citibank
• C&F Bank
• Cobb Technologies
• Enterprise Leasing
• Estes Express Lines
• Evergreen Enterprises
• First Community Bank
• Franko, LaFratta & Farinholt, Inc.
• Genesis Microchip, Inc.
• Genuine Parts Company
• Georgia Pacific Corporation
• KPMG LLP
• NAPA
• Norfolk Southern
• Pearson Companies
• Royster-Clark
• Southern States Cooperative, Inc.
• Stephen Thomas Corporation
• Sun Trust Bank
• Viacom, Inc.
• Wells Fargo Bank
• Wilson Trucking Corporation

Ancillary Businesses

• Spotts Fain Consulting - www.spottsfainconsulting.com

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Administrative Rulemaking, Licensing, Regulatory Enforcement, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Agriculture Law, Agribusiness, Crops, Farms & Ranches, Livestock, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Bad Faith Insurance, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Credit Unions, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Venture Capital, Bankruptcy Law, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Foreclosures, Garnishment, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Workouts, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Joint Ventures, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Sexual Harassment, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Collections, Communications & Media Law, Construction Law, Construction Contracts, Construction Liens, Housing & Construction Defects, Election Campaign & Political Law, Government Relations & Lobbying, Legislative Practice, Employment Law -- Employer, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employer, Municipal Employment -- Employer, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employer, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Whistleblower -- Employer, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Entertainment, Environmental Law, Clean Air Practice, Hazardous Waste, Permits, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Solid Waste, Water Pollution, Wetlands & Wild Lands, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Government Agencies & Programs, Medicare & Medicaid, State & Local Agencies, Health & Health Care Law, Nursing Home, Immigration & Naturalization Law, Immigration, Naturalization & Citizenship, Visas, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Commercial Insurance, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, International Intellectual Property, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Domain Names, Labor Law, Wage & Hour Laws, Litigation & Appeals, Bankruptcy Litigation, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Injury -- Defense, Defamation & Privacy -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Asbestos, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Land Use & Zoning, Science & Technology Law, Securities Law, Capital Markets, State, Local & Municipal Law, State Government, Toxic Torts, Transportation Law, Trucking