Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, PC

About this office:

Sands Anderson began as a small Richmond office and is now one of Virginia's largest law firms with over 75 attorneys and five offices. Headquartered in Richmond, the firm's regional offices are located in Christianburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. These office locations allow Sands Anderson to provide a broad range of services to clients in those regions.

Sands Anderson Marks & Miller 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, 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 and Probate, Workers Compensation, Zoning and Land Use.

Revised 990 Form Calls for Tools for Good Governance
Phyllis C. Katz, August 21, 2009
Beginning with the 2009 tax reporting year, exempt organizations must provide significantly greater information on the manner in which they operate, manage their funds, compensate top officials, and allocate their resources to exempt activities. The IRS will obtain this information beginning this...

Contractors Need to Flag Unanticipated Costs As Soon As Project Is Delayed
Kelly LaPar, August 20, 2009
In Commonwealth v. AMEC Civil, LLC[1], the Virginia Court of Appeals applied a strict interpretation to the statutory notice requirements for claims arising during the construction of state highways. The effect is to narrow the ability of plaintiffs to recoup unanticipated costs when the nature of...

Virginia Supreme Court Allows Auto UM/UIM Stacking
Jayne A. Pemberton, August 20, 2009
In Virginia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Comp. v. Williams, 278 Va. 75, 677 S.E.2d 299 (2009), the Supreme Court of Virginia recently held that uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage (hereinafter "UM/UIM coverage") provided by a single policy could be stacked.

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