![OlaDipo A Akin-Deko]( "OlaDipo A Akin-Deko")
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OlaDipo A Akin-Deko
Springfield, VA Business Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Business, Administrative, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
The George Washington University Law School and Texas Southern University
Dipo Akin-Deko is the Managing Director of Akin-Deko Professional Services Firm. Mr. Akin-Deko focus is on Business and Employment law, Public and Private Sector Contracts and Business Consulting.
Specialties: Mr. Akin-Deko represents businesses as well as individuals in business formation, business and commercial litigation, negotiations, contract dispute and formation, liability assessments, not for profit representation, licensing and labor/employment defense.
Mr. Akin-Deko has consulting experience includes corporate strategy, strategic planning, private and government contracting/sub contracting advising.
Lynne Nuber Clark
Springfield, VA Business Law Lawyer
Business, Consumer, Estate Planning and Tax
Bernard Englander
Springfield, VA Business Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Business, Divorce and Family
Dale Noel Johnson
Springfield, VA Business Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Business, Environmental, Military and Real Estate
Isis Makram Bous
Springfield, VA Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Business and Entertainment & Sports
Katherine Larkin
Springfield, VA Business Law Attorney
Business, Antitrust, Securities and Tax
![Stephen M. Terpak]( "Stephen M. Terpak")
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Stephen M. Terpak
Annandale, VA Business Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(703) 256-1800
7540 Little River Tnpk
Suite A, First Floor
Annandale, VA 22003
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Personal Injury and Products Liability
George Mason University School of Law
Stephen M. Terpak is a personal injury, civil litigation and traffic attorney for Virginia state and federal courts and began practicing law in 2000. He received his BS at Mary Washington College, and his law degree at George Mason University School of Law, where he served as the Lead Articles Editor for the Journal of International Legal Studies. Mr. Terpak focuses his practice on seeking compensation those who have been wronged or injured, defending individuals and companies facing civil claims and lawsuits, and defending traffic tickets and misdemeanors.
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Mark Westerfield
Alexandria, VA Business Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
(703) 634-3666
4601-F Pinecrest Office Park Drive
Alexandria, VA 22312
Free ConsultationBusiness, Arbitration & Mediation, Consumer and Insurance Claims
The George Washington University Law School
![Charles W. Hazelwood Jr.]( "Charles W. Hazelwood Jr.")
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Charles W. Hazelwood Jr.
Burke, VA Business Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
The George Washington University Law School and University of Richmond School of Law
Charles W. Hazelwood, Jr., or "Chuck", has accumulated a significant legal skill set over the past four decades. His communication skills and negotiating abilities were honed and perfected over time as he handled thousands cases. He has a thorough understanding of the law and comprehensive experience with handing estates and trusts, real estate issues, personal injury cases, and more. His long-standing legal acumen has been time-tested by the significantnumber of cases he has handled. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Chuck attended West Springfield High School.
Charles W. Hazelwood, Jr. has bar memberships in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...
![Mr. Matthew T Sutter]( "Mr. Matthew T Sutter")
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Mr. Matthew T Sutter
Annandale, VA Business Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
(703) 256-1800
7540 A Little River Turnpike, First Floor
Annandale, VA 22003
Business, Construction, Employment and Medical Malpractice
Bar Admissions U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2004 U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2004 Virginia Supreme Court, 2004 District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 2010 U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2011 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2011 Education George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia Law Review: George Mason University Law Review, Member (2003) Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia President’s List (4.0/4.0)(1997) Published Works Residential Religious Nuisance, RLUIPA and Sic Utere Tuo Ut Alienum Non Laedas, 5 Rutgers J. L. & Religion 6 (2003) Title VII &...
![Kevin Pigott]( "Kevin Pigott")
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Kevin Pigott
Kingstowne, VA Business Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
(703) 296-8308
5680 King Centre Drive, Suite 600
22312
Kingstowne, VA 22312
Business and Real Estate
![Glen E. Frost]( "Glen E. Frost")
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Glen E. Frost
Fairfax, VA Business Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfBusiness, Estate Planning and Tax
University of Baltimore, University of Baltimore and University of Baltimore
Glen E. Frost is the Managing Partner of Frost Law, a certified public accountant, and Certified Financial Planner®. He practices tax, business, estate planning, and white-collar crime. Glen manages a team of attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, former IRS employees, certified fraud examiners, and other professionals at the firm.
Frost Law is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area, and has office locations in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and Florida. The firm serves clients domestically and abroad.
Glen is able to provide a holistic approach to resolving the legal, tax, business, and financial needs of clients with his diverse background....
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Robert Cox
Tysons Corner, VA Business Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Business, Antitrust and Securities
University of Virginia School of Law
For more than 25 years, I have represented Fortune 500 companies and individuals in commercial litigation and securities enforcement matters. I have also represented accounting firms and their partners and employees in government investigations and enforcement proceedings, malpractice, and state disciplinary proceedings.
As a partner in an ‘American Lawyer Top 100 firm’, I’ve represented clients in bet-the-company litigation matters involving breach of contract, business tort, antitrust, insurance coverage, and securities claims. At the PCAOB, I led investigations of Big 4, mid-size, and small accounting firms and their partners and employees.
My litigation experience includes:
• securities fraud class action in the...
![Bernard Crane]( "Bernard Crane")
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Bernard Crane
10.0 
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFairfax, VA Business Law Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Business, Criminal, DUI and White Collar Crime
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Bernard Crane graduated from George Washington University, and earned his law degree from Catholic University. He's been practicing criminal and business law in the Washington area since 1985. For over 30 years, he's zealously fought for clients accused of all types of crimes - from marijuana to murder and carjacking. There's almost nothing he's not already seen and learned to deal with, both in the courtroom and at the negotiating table. He's helped thousands of people get through some of the worst times in their lives. He can help you, too.
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Before becoming an attorney, he was a private investigator,...
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Young S. Song
Fairfax, VA Business Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Bankruptcy, DUI and Foreclosure Defense
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Divorce and Bankruptcy, with Dignity. Licensed in MD, VA, and DC, with offices in Ellicott City, Maryland and Annandale, Virginia.
![F. Paul Maloof]( "F. Paul Maloof")
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F. Paul Maloof
Alexandria, VA Business Law Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
Georgetown University Law Center
I am 100% committed to my clients. I give my clients personal attention and have done so for more than 45 years in Virginia. As an attorney in a well established Alexandria City law firm, I provide my clients with legal services and skills at a high quality level and at reasonable hourly rates in Northern Virginia, including Fairfax County. I work with individuals, as well as small and large businesses, which are foreign and domestic. I handle mostly residential and commercial landlord-tenant disputes and leases. However, I advise clients who are consumers and professionals on a range of issues,...
![Faisal Moghul]( "Faisal Moghul")
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Faisal Moghul
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFairfax, VA Business Law Attorney
Business, Construction, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Faisal Moghul is a litigation partner at Fox and Moghul whose practice is devoted to complex and high-stakes real estate and commercial litigation. He has been selected to the prestigious Super Lawyers Rising Stars shortlist for five (5) years in a row (2016-2020), and his prior successes have been profiled in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
Mr. Moghul represents corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, real estate investment entities, title companies, and emerging and startup businesses in a variety of real estate and commercial disputes, including NVAR purchase and sale contract disputes, construction disputes (General Contractor (Classes A, B and C) vs homeowner...
![Charles E McWilliams Jr.]( "Charles E McWilliams Jr.")
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Charles E McWilliams Jr.
Prince William, VA Business Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
4310 Prince William Pkwy.
Suite 300
Prince William, VA 22192
Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Tax
Georgetown University Law Center and George Mason University School of Law
Chuck has practiced in Winchester and throughout northern Virginia since 2007. He is both a lawyer and a Certified Public Accountant (with an LL.M in Tax and Estate Planning) and worked in public accounting before attending law school. Chuck’s practice focuses on complex estate planning and administration matters, resolving tax disputes, business planning, choice of entity, conservation easements and other business matters. Chuck has extensive training in complex estate and business matters and his practice focuses primarily on business owners and families with more than $1 million in liquid assets. Chuck regularly works to resolve family disputes, establish business...
![Robert Franklin Powers]( "Robert Franklin Powers")
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Robert Franklin Powers
Falls Church, VA Business Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
(703) 520-1326
3160 Fairview Park Drive
Suite 410
Falls Church, VA 22042
Business, Employment, IP and Trademarks
Michigan State University
Mr. Powers is an experienced litigator as well as a transactional attorney. Mr. Powers serves as outside general counsel to over 100 businesses located through the United States at any given time. Counsel ranges from compliance and mitigation issues to prevent litigation, drafting and negotiating contracts, and litigation as a last resort. He has negotiated and drafted several multi-million dollar contracts involving IP licensing and assignments, business acquisitions, asset purchases, and employment-related contracts. Mr. Powers has litigated matters involving business disputes before Virginia Circuit and Federal Courts; trademark disputes before Virginia and District of Columbia Federal Courts as well as...
![Broderick C. Dunn]( "Broderick C. Dunn")
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Broderick C. Dunn
Fairfax, VA Business Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfBusiness, Employment and Landlord Tenant
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Broderick Dunn has spent his career helping individuals and small businesses navigate the litigation process, avoid costly disputes, and maneuver through all types of employment issues. Broderick is a leader in the commercial litigation and employment bar and regularly writes and speaks about Virginia’s new employment laws, workplace harassment, workplace assault, social media in the workplace, and business torts. He also regularly appears in state and federal courts and in front of private arbitrators, mediators, and administrative agencies.
After graduating from Williams College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and American Studies, Broderick obtained his J.D. from Washington...
![Joshua E. Bushman]( "Joshua E. Bushman")
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Joshua E. Bushman
Arlington, VA Business Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Business, Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
University of Richmond School of Law
At the Bushman Law Group, our motto is simple: "Let our attorneys deal with your legal problems while you get back to what is truly important . . . the rest of your life." We know that facing a legal problem is stressful, that is why our attorneys guide you through each step of the legal process with prompt, personal service you can trust. Our goal is to build a long-term, relationship with our clients, and we want our clients to trust us with all of their legal work. To this end, we work hard on every case,...
![Wilfred Yeargan]( "Wilfred Yeargan")
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Wilfred Yeargan
Fairfax, VA Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal, DUI and Traffic Tickets
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Attorney Wilfred Yeargan graduated from the University of New Hampshire Law School, Franklin Pierce in 1998. He has served the Northern Virginia area for twenty one years, providing skillful defense of thousands of criminal, traffic and DUI cases. He also assists clients with prosecution and defense of civil matters such as expungements, protective orders, personal injury and contract claims.
Attorney Wilfred Yeargan is an experienced litigator and has successfully defended thousands of criminal and traffic charges in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Some of the routine matters defended by his office include Reckless Driving, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol,...
![Richard Maxwell Volin]( "Richard Maxwell Volin")
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Richard Maxwell Volin
10.0 (2 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFalls Church, VA Business Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
The George Washington University Law School
I help employees with important career choices. I guide them through employment offers as well as separation agreements and releases, non-competes, non-solicitations, and other restrictive covenants. If you are transitioning employment, I work with you to protect your rights and your future.
I also help entrepreneurs start, grow, and protect their businesses. Forming a company begins long before filing paperwork with a state agency. Owners need to understand their initial operations, and have a plan for growth. I guide business clients through that critical process.
I advise on entity type and draft organic documents, such as operating agreements, shareholder agreements, and bylaws....
![Angela H. France]( "Angela H. France")
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Angela H. France
Falls Church, VA Business Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
(571) 249-2149
400 South Maple Avenue
Suite 210
Falls Church, VA 22046
Business and Employment
George Mason University School of Law
Recognized as one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business Magazine, a “Rising Star” by Virginia Super Lawyers and a “Rising Star” by Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers*, Ms. Angela France is highly regarded for her legal counsel to businesses and clients in the Washington Metropolitan area. Ms. France is a seasoned litigator, who regularly appears in state and federal courts on behalf of business clients in complex commercial disputes, business torts, and employment actions, including the well-known “Rocket Docket” of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Additionally, Ms. France offers a wealth of corporate...
![Michael Ruxton Strong]( "Michael Ruxton Strong")
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Michael Ruxton Strong
Falls Church, VA Business Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Personal Injury
University of Dayton School of Law
Michael Strong is a practicing lawyer licensed in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. He has practiced law since 1980. He is a graduate, with Honors, of the University of Dayton School of Law, and was a member of the Law Review and National Moot Court Team during his studies at the University of Dayton. He is a former member of the Virginia Boyd Graves Conference on Legislative liaison between the Bar and legislature of Virginia. He is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, and the District of...
![Terry Lee Fox]( "Terry Lee Fox")
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Terry Lee Fox
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFairfax, VA Business Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Business, Construction, Real Estate and Trademarks
University of New Hampshire School of Law
Mr. Fox is senior partner in the real estate practice group at Fox & Moghul who has over two decades of experience successfully representing developers, real estate brokers, community association boards, title companies, and commercial landlords as well as tenants on a full range of complex real estate matters.
Mr. Fox’s sophistication in this subject matter is reflected in the fact that he has handled more than 3,000 commercial real estate transactions for multi-national entities like Exxon Mobil Corporation. Mr. Fox also has noted expertise in title disputes, and his Continuing Legal Education Seminars (CLEs) on curing complex title defects...
![Matthew Kaplan]( "Matthew Kaplan")
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Matthew Kaplan
Arlington, VA Business Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Business, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Stockbroker Fraud
The George Washington University Law School
For over a decade Matthew B. Kaplan, the founder and principal of The Kaplan Law Firm, has litigated cases on behalf of his clients in courts around the country. Prior to establishing The Kaplan Law Firm Mr. Kaplan was an attorney with Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, where he recovered millions of dollars for investors who incurred substantial losses as the result of fraud and other violations of the federal securities laws. Among the cases that Mr. Kaplan successfully litigated are In re Buca Inc. Securities Litigation, In re C.P. Ships Securities Litigation, In re...
![Richard Sternberg]( "Richard Sternberg")
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Richard Sternberg
Fairfax, VA Business Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Business, International, Probate and Real Estate
Center for International Legal Studies and Georgetown University
The Law Offices of Richard S. Sternberg is dedicated to the principle that bigger is not always better. Instead, it rests on a tradition that actually antedates the rise of the “mega-firm”-the solo practice. Emulating a country lawyer in a big-city environment allows Mr. Sternberg to provide more individualized service to his clients, and, at the same time, pursue more collegial relations with other members of the Bar. Since 1984, Mr. Sternberg has dedicated his practice to representing individuals and smaller businesses. For those corporate clients who have larger needs, he is affiliated with the Metropolitan Washington Law Consortium,...
![Kathleen M. Stotish Esq.]( "Kathleen M. Stotish Esq.")
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Kathleen M. Stotish Esq.
Falls Church, VA Business Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
(703) 237-1200
201 Park Washington Ct
1st Floor
Falls Church, VA 22046
Business, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
American University Washington College of Law
Kathleen Marie Stotish was born and raised in central New Jersey, and has called northern Virginia "home" for nearly a decade. She focuses her practice on business transactions and commercial litigation, and also works in the areas of collections/creditors' rights law, and family law. Ms. Stotish has also been certified by the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Guardian Ad Litem for Incapacitated Adults. Ms. Stotish graduated cum laude from the Washington College of Law at American University in 2012. During law school, Ms. Stotish worked as a Law Clerk with the Law Offices of Jonathan Gelber,...
![P. David Tarter]( "P. David Tarter")
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P. David Tarter
Arlington, VA Business Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(703) 647-4199
Tarter NoVa Law
3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22201
Business and Real Estate
University of Virginia School of Law
Accomplished real estate and business attorney with over twenty years of experience. Martindale-Hubbell "AV" (Preeminent) rated. Northern Virginia Magazine "Top Lawyer". Focus on Commercial Real Estate, Business Law, Land Development, Transactions, and Land Use
![John-David Coker]( "John-David Coker")
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John-David Coker
Fairfax, VA Business Law Lawyer with 4 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Employment and Estate Planning
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
John-David Coker is an associate attorney at Cook Craig & Francuzenko, PLLC. John-David joined the firm after previously working for Stern & Eisenberg. John-David concentrates his practice on constitutional rights, civil rights, business, and commercial law.
John-David is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, Fairfax Bar Association and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. John-David appears primarily in the Civil and General District Courts of Northern Virginia.
John-David obtained his Bachelors of Science in Political Science from University of Maryland Global Campus, while living in...
![Andrew Strickland]( "Andrew Strickland")
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Andrew Strickland
Fairfax, VA Business Law Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Business, Consumer and Real Estate
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
I am a solutions-oriented, service provider with a background in real estate and business law. Prior to law school, I worked in real estate sales, property management, and investments. Throughout law school, my focus was on real estate and business. As a legal professional, I have held positions as an attorney providing services to the low-income and as a judicial law clerk working for a trial court judge providing research, legal drafts, and recommendations. Now, as a legal professional at Woehrle Dahlberg Jones Yao, I supplement my knowledge and experience with those in the firm to...
![Jeffrey Scott Romanick]( "Jeffrey Scott Romanick")
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Jeffrey Scott Romanick
Fairfax, VA Business Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal, DUI and Landlord Tenant
American University Washington College of Law
Skilled trial lawyer. ...
![Christopher T. Craig]( "Christopher T. Craig")
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Christopher T. Craig
Fairfax, VA Business Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Business, Employment and Estate Planning
George Mason University School of Law
Mr. Craig is a partner in the Law Firm of Cook Craig & Francuzenko, PLLC. Previously he was a partner in the firm, Sparks & Craig, LLP after serving 10 years as an associate attorney in the predecessor law firm of Herge, Sparks & Christopher from 1995-2004.
Prior to 1995, he served as a legislative analyst for the government affairs firms of Albers & Co., Inc. and the Center for State Policy Research.
Mr. Craig represents companies, corporations, partnerships and individuals in business, contract law, intellectual property, and a wide range of other practice areas to include estate/trust planning and administration, election...
![Pedram Baghani]( "Pedram Baghani")
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Pedram Baghani
Vienna, VA Business Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Business, Immigration and Personal Injury
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
![Beeraj Patel]( "Beeraj Patel")
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Beeraj Patel
Fairfax, VA Business Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Bankruptcy and Immigration
The John Marshall Law School
As a first generation American, Attorney Beeraj Patel understands firsthand through life experience the struggles of all those who are entangled at any stage of the immigration process. He knows how difficult it can be for talented individuals coming from other nations to negotiate through the complicated and even daunting immigration system of the United States. This shared connection aids Beeraj in constantly improving his services as an immigration attorney. In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Patel is the featured writer on www.fairfaximmigrationfirm.com and www.fairfaxbankruptcylaw.com, where he blogs about immigration and bankruptcy law respectively. Beeraj Patel’s philosophy...
![Shafeek Seddiq]( "Shafeek Seddiq")
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Shafeek Seddiq
VIENNA, VA Business Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfBusiness, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Seddiq Law Firm knows what’s involved with real estate transaction whether you are buying, selling, investing, flipping, financing, or refinancing a residential or commercial property:
1. Draft and review documents (contracts, deeds, title searches, surveys, inspection reports, appraisal reports, loan documents, etc.)
2. Provide advice and counsel real estate brokers, mortgage brokers, title and settlement companies and agents on contract laws, RESA, RESPA, TILA, TRID, Title Insurance, and CFPB guidance and rules.
3. Explain legal jargon and other terms in plain English so you : 1) you can negotiate better terms for your transactions; and 2) potentially avoid problems in the future...
