Virginia Community Association Law Blog : Virginia Condo & HOA Lawyers & Attorneys in Williamsburg & York & Newport News & Hampton VA / Property Management Issues

Liz White, Esq.
Community Association Team Leader

Ms. White is the leader of the firm’s National Community Association Team. Widely recognized for her experience in planned communities and property owner associations, she is counsel to large-scale national developers, lenders, local governing bodies and community associations. Ms. White is entering her second decade as being listed as one of Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite.” Ms. White is also an adjunct professor of law at the William & Mary School of Law, where she teaches an advanced class on community association law, the first class of its kind taught at a law school in Virginia.

Office: Williamsburg

Education:

• J.D., College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, 1987
• B.A., College of William & Mary, 1984

For more information about Ms. White, please visit her biography.

Will Sleeth, Esq.
Virginia Community Association Law Blog Editor

Mr. Sleeth is an experienced community association attorney, practicing out of the firm’s Williamsburg office. Mr. Sleeth represents a wide variety of community associations, ranging in size from small neighborhood associations to large-scale associations with tens of thousands of members and golf and resort facilities. He also represents local and large-scale national developers in the creation and establishment of community associations and planned communities of all shapes and sizes. In addition to serving as the editor of the Virginia Community Association Law Blog, Mr. Sleeth has written and published extensively in the fields of real estate and community association law, and his articles have been featured in some of the leading trade industry journals and legal publications. A graduate of the William & Mary School of Law, Mr. Sleeth was one of three students in his graduating class selected to serve on both the Law Review and the National Moot Court Team.

Office: Williamsburg

Education:

• J.D., William and Mary School of Law, 2008, Law Review
• B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, Wheaton College, 2005

For more information about Mr. Sleeth, please visit his biography.

Tara Boyd, Esq.

Practicing out of the firm’s Charlottesville office, Ms. Boyd focuses a good portion of her practice on community association law. She has significant experience creating and registering condominiums including mixed-use, leasehold, conversion and other nonstandard arrangements. Recently she has worked on a medical office leasehold condominium in Suffolk, Virginia, a mixed-use condominium and health club and the conversion of 350 units of apartment housing to condominiums. Ms. Boyd has been selected as a “Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Star” in the Land Use & Zoning category for the past several years, and has also been selected as one of Virginia Business's "Legal Elite," for the Young Lawyer category.

Office: Charlottesville

Education:

• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2002
• B.A., International Relations, cum laude, College of William & Mary, 1996

For more information about Ms. Boyd, please visit her biography.

Pam Faber, Esq.

Ms. Faber focuses her practice on the acquisition, financing, and development of commercial projects and mixed use recreational communities such as ski and golf resorts.

Having served as commercial underwriting counsel to one of the Commonwealth’s largest title insurance underwriters, Ms. Faber has an extensive breadth and depth of knowledge of land title matters. She has served as an expert witness in high-profile land disputes involving riparian, littoral and other water rights both in courtrooms and before administrative bodies.

Office: Virginia Beach

Education:

• J.D., College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, 1989
• B.S., Economics with a concentration in Accounting, cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, 1986
• Bureau of Insurance, Licensed Title Insurance Underwriter, Commonwealth of Virginia, 2007

For more information about Ms. Faber, please visit her biography.

Megan McDonald Scanlon, Esq.

Ms. Scanlon regularly counsels community associations and developers on legal issues concerning the establishment of associations and the business conduct of the associations. Working with both small and large communities, she frequently deals with questions raised by boards of directors on community management and document modification strategy. Ms. Scanlon is admitted to practice in both Virginia and New Jersey. Ms. Scanlon is a former Captain in the United States Army. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Equality Virginia.

Office: Williamsburg

Education:

• J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 2006
• B.S., American Legal Studies and Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy at West Point, 1997

For more information about Ms. McDonald Scanlon, please visit her biography.

Lori Schweller, Esq.

Lori Schweller represents developers of condominiums and residential and mixed use developments in Central and Southwest Virginia. As such, she has drafted governing documents for numerous associations and helped declarants and associations to operate within their terms and according to the laws of the Condominium Act and Property Owners Association Act. Lori is legal counsel to a major golf course owner and operator and, as such, enjoys opportunities to address issues that arise in purchasing amenities within developing and established communities.

Office: Charlottesville

Education:

• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1998
• M.A., English, University of Virginia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1992
• B.A., English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989

For more information about Ms. Schweller, please visit her biography.