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Bob Richardson is a principal with the firm where he practices in the areas of commercial litigation, construction law, real estate law and government contracts. He has been engaged in the practice of law in Fairfax County since 1973 and has been with the firm since 1974. 

Bob has lectured throughout Virginia at seminars on mechanic's liens, construction law, construction contracts, and real estate law, and has published numerous seminar outlines in conjunction with the lectures.

Bob wrote the chapter on trial of a construction case in the "Virginia Construction Law Deskbook" and has had articles on perfection and enforcement of mechanic's liens and notice of claim requirements under the Virginia Public Procurement Act published in the September 1991 and October 1999 issues of the Virginia Lawyer.

He has been lead counsel in numerous cases resulting in reported opinions from the Supreme Court of Virginia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Bob represents large and small businesses, and local governmental entities in a wide range of government contracting matters under the Virginia Public Procurement Act and local jurisdiction procurement codes from counseling to disputes and claims, voluntary disclosures, teaming agreement disputes, defense litigation and protests in state and local administrative forums and courts.

Bob has been named among Virginia's Legal Elite according to Virginia Business magazine, listed in Corporate Counsel magazine’s 2009 edition of SuperLawyers in Construction Litigation, and was designated as a Virginia Super Lawyer in 2006, 2008 and 2009, and as a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer in 2007 and 2009.

Practice Areas:

• Mechanics Liens
• Construction Litigation -  Private/Government
• Commercial Litigation
• Real Estate & Title Insurance Litigation
• Government Contract Law
• Condemnation

Education:

• J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1973
• A.B., Duke University, 1970

Professional Activities:

• Virginia Bar Association
• Fairfax Bar Association
• Virginia State Bar, Member Construction Law & Litigation sections
  • Board of Governors, 1990-1999
  • Chair, 1997-1998
• District of Columbia Bar Association, Member Government Contracts & Litigation sections
• Litigation Counsel of America

Recent Seminars:

• HalfMoon Seminars, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, Virginia Construction Law: Understanding Payment Claims and Disputes, May 13, 2010
• National Business Institute, Fairfax, Virgina, Resolving Problems and Disputes on Construction Projects, June 28, 2007
• National Business Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, In-Depth Title Insurance Principles, May 8, 2007
• National Business Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, Construction Scheduling: Protecting the Bottom Line, March 6, 2007
• National Business Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, Real Estate Litigation in Virginia, Oct. 5, 2006
• National Business Institute, Using a Mechanic's Lien to Get Your Money, August 2006
• Lorman Education Services, Construction Delay Claims in Virginia, June 2006
• National Business Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, In-Depth Title Insurance Principles for the Advanced Practitioner in Virginia, February, 2006
• Lorman Education Services, Washington, D.C., Taking and Defending Effective Depositions, August 2005
• National Business Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, How to Obtain Good Title in Virginia’s Real Estate Transactions, July 2005
• National Business Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, Construction Law: What do you do when?, October 2003
• Lorman Education Services, Arlington, Virginia, Construction Law: Can this job be saved? Creative Strategies for Project Completion & Litigation Avoidance in Virginia, July 2003

Admitted to Practice:

• Virginia
• District of Columbia