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Partner
Capital Finance & Real Estate
McLean
(703) 714-7422 Phone
(703) 714-7410 Fax
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Commercial Real
Estate
Development &
Construction
Land Use & Land Use
Litigation
Land Use Issues and
Commercial Real
Estate Defaults
State & Local
Government Law
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Practice focuses on land use, zoning, planning and development approvals and litigation relating to the regulation and use of real property; development-related environmental issues, including water quality regulation; public infrastructure issues, including the availability of and fees charged for access to public utilities; due diligence assessment of development and other property rights.
Relevant Experience 
- Representations include development arms of multinational corporations, developers, investment groups and financial institutions. Examples of major projects:
- an 8.2 million square foot mix of office, regional mall, hotel, other commercial and residential uses
- a 4.7 million square foot mix of regional mall, hotel and office uses
- a 4.5 million square foot mix of office, retail, hotel and industrial uses
- a 3.9 million square foot mix of office, retail and residential uses
- a 3.5 million square foot transit oriented mix of residential (2,248 units), office and retail uses
- a 2.5 million square foot mix of residential, office, retail, hotel and theatre uses
- a 2.0 million square foot town center mix of retail, office, residential, hotel and theatre uses
- a 3600 acre residential planned community comprised of 10,000 dwelling units and 1.5 million square feet of retail, office and other commercial uses.
- Practice has included successful landmark litigation relating to zoning denials; sewer, zoning and development plan moratoria; vested property rights; tax assessment appeals; utility rates; and condemnation matters.
Background
- Partner and Chairman of Land Use Practice Group, Hazel, Beckhorn & Hanes (now Reed, Smith), Fairfax, Virginia, 1972–86
- Law Clerk, Justice Lawrence W. I’Anson, Supreme Court of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1970–72
Membership
- Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section; Section of Urban, State, and Local Government Law; Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
- Member, Fairfax County Economic Advisory Commission
- Founding Director, National Center for Child Advocacy and Protection, Washington, D.C.
- Member, numerous commissions, task forces, or committees appointed to advise local governments on issues such as engineering design and construction standards, zoning ordinance amendments, water quality planning and standards, pending downzonings, comprehensive planning, transportation and other infrastructure
Awards and Professional Recognition
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995 - ; Virginia Super Lawyers, 2006 - ; Washington, D. C. Super Lawyers, 2007 - ; Washingtonian Magazine 1995 - , "Washington's Top Lawyers"; Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition (nat'l), 2009
Education - J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1970
- A.B., College of the Holy Cross, Sociology, 1965
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Francis McDermott
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