Lawyer Overview

Nicholas Hantzes leads the firm with the wealth of experience in serving clients with complex needs in business and employment matters. He is an accomplished trial lawyer and legal advisor.  Nick prides himself on promptly identifying the heart of the matter from a legal perspective and jointly working with his clients to formulate a viable and cost effective plan to meet the clients' needs. The Firm's association or business clients respect  Mr. Hantzes sound counsel with respect to contract, organizational, employment and compliance matters.  For those clients, individuals or business, for which resort to the courts is appropriate, Mr. Hantzes  aggressively represents his clients to ensure an appropriate resolution whether it is jury verdict or settlement.  As both an advisor and litigator, Mr. Hantzes is in a unique position to bring to bare for all his clients lessons learned from the results of complex litigation whether it is accessing the risks of litigation or the appropriate method of structuring a transaction to avoid litigation.

Mr. Hantzes attended Washington & Lee Law School in Lexington, Virginia, where he was both a contributor and Executive Editor of the Law Review. He received a B.S. in Economics from Lehigh University. Mr. Hantzes is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia Bars and is admitted to practice in many federal courts.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Law
• Employment Law
• Complex Litigation
• Corporate (profit and non-profit)
• Association
• Partnership
• Contracts
• Business Disputes
• Fraud
• Securities
• Unfair Competition
• Trade Secrets
• Insurance Coverage

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Unfair Competition, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Communications & Media Law, Criminal Fraud, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Insurance Law, Trade Secrets, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Professional Malpractice Law, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1984
• District of Columbia, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia

Professional Associations and Memberships

• District of Columbia (Member)
• Virginia Bars (Member)
• American Association of Association Executives (Member)

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, 1981
  J.D.
  
  Law Review: Washington and Lee University Law Review, Contributor and Executive
• Lehigh University, P.A., 1977
  B.S.
  Major: Economics

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Address

1749 Old Meadow Rd
Suite 308
McLean, VA 22102

Phones

(703) 378-5000

Faxes

(703) 448-4434

Emails

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Websites

http://www.hantzeslaw.com