- GuardianshipOverseeing the guardianship and conservatorship petition on behalf of a man whose brother suffered a traumatic brain injury and today cannot make his own medical decisions — and requires additional brain surgery. Guardianship allows the healthy brother to make that medical decision on behalf of his injured sibling. Conservatorship allows the healthy brother to sell the injured brother’s real estate so that proceeds can be used to help care for his brother in long-term at an assisted-living facility.
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Business Formation
- Business DisputesVirginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite,” Business Law category (2014-2019, 2021-2022); Young Lawyer (Under 40) category (2013); Taxes/Estates/Trusts category (2020)
- Business Transactions
- Limited Liability CompaniesCounseling clients on wealth transfer planning and preservation, including more complex situations involving life insurance trusts, retirement assets, and family limited liability companies
- Construction Litigation
- Real Estate TransactionsAt the heart of every healthy community and thriving economy, you will find carefully structured legal transactions. Business deals help organizations expand, and create jobs that support individuals, families, and future generations. Real estate transactions are key to the creation of office spaces, family homes, business districts, and increasing the value of land and buildings in the community.
- Personal InjuryLaw firms ranking are determined by client feedback, information provided through surveys, and Best Lawyers peer review. The 2023 rankings incorporate over 12.2 million evaluations of more than 115,000 individual leading lawyers from 22,000+ firms.
- Medicaid PlanningMedicaid planning and guardianship-conservatorship planning for client whose mother has Alzheimer’s disease. Advising the client on how, practically, to protect and stop mother from giving away her own assets to a needy family member who was taking advantage of the mother. Medicaid penalizes for gifts of assets, and gift-giving was extremely out of character for the mother. Also advising on the Medicaid application process—such as which asset transfers are permissible, and which are not. Advising on seeking guardianship and conservatorship so that the daughter could more fully protect the mother from the mother’s own decisions as well as make proper living arrangements for when the mother is no longer agreeable to receiving assistance.
- Estate PlanningFor many, there is no greater priority than the well-being and long-term security of their loved ones. The law can serve to bolster efforts in pursuit of that goal, but it also can lead to unintended consequences and create onerous obligations for family members and others without the proper guidance. Our attorneys have a special insight gained through years of experience into the best ways to navigate the sometimes rocky legal landscape of elder law and estate planning – areas frequently clouded by confusion and misinformation, but also marked by their potential to make a unique human impact and provide lasting benefits to our clients and their families.
- Wills
- TrustsResponsive, efficient, and compassionate in her approach, Rebecca is trusted by individuals and families to create estate plans that address uncomfortable but real questions around one’s wishes in the event of death or disability. For business owners, Rebecca is there for clients in all stages of a company’s lifecycle, helping entrepreneurs and licensed professionals form their entities, transact business, and, years later, create a proper succession plan to successfully exit. She also represents individuals, banks, and trust companies on various estate and trust administration matters.
- Power of AttorneyAssisting a young woman who suffered a stroke with executing power of attorney and advance medical directive so her mother can assist her with her financial and medical circumstances and decisions; drafting a special needs trust to be funded with GoFundMe assets donated by friends to help her pay her medical bills; advising the mother on possible appeal of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Insurance benefits, possible appeal of insurance denial of in-network coverage, and application for and coverage through Virginia Medicaid while client is in inpatient rehab in another state.
- Probate
- BankruptcyOur bankruptcy law experts develop win-win solutions that help creditors, debtors, lenders, and interested parties achieve their long-term goals. We are experienced at representing both sides of the loan relationship through the workout and restructuring process. We also advise secured and unsecured creditors involved in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy proceedings. And we have developed a specialized niche for handling appeals of bankruptcy court opinions and orders.
- Tax Law