Sands Anderson PC

About this office:

Sands Anderson began as a small Richmond office and is now one of Virginia's largest law firms with 68 attorneys and five offices. Headquartered in Richmond, the firm's regional offices are located in Christianburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina. These office locations allow Sands Anderson to provide a broad range of services to clients in those regions.

Sands Anderson PC traces its history back to the mid-1800's when Alexander Hamilton Sands and John Howard shared a practice known as Howard & Sands. That office was located in the Goddin Building in Richmond, Virginia, which the Confederate Government used in 1861 to plan the first military operation for Virginia's participation in the Civil War. It was also the first building to be burned during the Evacuation Fire of 1865.

Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Aviation And Aerospace; Banking Law; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Debtor And Creditor; Education Law; Employee Benefits; Environmental Law; Finance; Government; Government Contracts; Health Care; Immigration Law; Insurance; Intellectual Property; International Business Transactions; Labor And Employment; Legal Malpractice; Litigation; Lobbying; Medical Malpractice; Mergers And Acquisitions; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Real Estate; Securities; Taxation; Technology And Science; Toxic Torts; Transportation; Trusts And Estates; Wills; Probate; Zoning Law; Land Use; Tax Exempt Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Veterinary Malpractice; Veterinary Law; Equine Law; Animal Rights.

How to Simplify and Improve Any Contract
Thomas L. Bowden, January 26, 2012
You get an agreement from a new vendor. You start to read it and your eyes glaze over. “In the event that....provided, however,.....including but not limited to...... For the avoidance of doubt..........” And on and on it goes. What gobbledygook.

State Water Control Law and Virginia Waste Management Act, Two Statutory Schemes with $9 Million in the Balance: Campbell County v. Royal
Andrew R. McRoberts, January 18, 2012
In the trial court, Campbell County lost, and lost big. The judgment appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court included $ 9 million in damages, plus another $600,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs. On appeal, the County won just as big. Campbell County v. Royal, No. 101168 (January 13, 2012).

Cat’s Paw Decision Puts Fable in Employment Law
C. Michael DeCamps, January 5, 2012
Reflecting back over the last year, perhaps one of the most interesting employment cases involved “The Cat’s Paw” fable about the perils of allowing oneself to take action without regard to consequences due to the manipulative encouragement of another. The fable involves a...

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