土地征用权/通行权

Defeated inverse condemnation suits by over a dozen residential landowners against a regional airport involving claims that aircraft noise had increased and taken or damaged their properties.

Defeated a landowner’s attempt to remove a condemnation to federal court premised on alleged violations of the federal Uniform Relocation Act.

Defeated a landowner’s claim that a condemnation was invalid, because the landowner had waived any alleged jurisdictional defects by drawing down the funds deposited with a certificate of take and thereby acknowledged that the only remaining issue in the case was the determination of just compensation.

Successfully defended a condemning authority in suit for inverse condemnation brought by numerous landowners whose properties were flooded following an unprecedented storm, who claimed that a culvert under a highway was inadequate or was improperly maintained.

Defended a state agency in a complex federal litigation involving both admiralty and eminent domain, stemming from allegations by lessees of substantial damages to oyster grounds.

Had a purported direct suit under the Uniform Relocation Act dismissed with prejudice in the trial court and consulted regarding the successful defense of the ruling on appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court.

Obtained a dismissal with prejudice of an alleged inverse condemnation claim against a municipality regarding leased oyster beds including successfully defending the ruling in the Virginia Supreme Court.

Obtained a jury verdict for a municipality in the exact amount of the municipality’s evidence with zero damage to the remainder in the contested jury trial of a condemnation case for a highway widening.