Resolution of Fee Disputes
Fee Dispute Resolution Circuit Committees by Virginia judicial circuit:
- 2nd circuit committee
- 3rd & 4th circuits committee
- 9th & 15th circuits committee
- 10th circuit committee
- 12th, 13th & 14th circuits committee
- 16th circuit committee
- 17th circuit committee
- 18th circuit committee
- 19th circuit committee
- 23rd circuit committee
- 24th circuit committee
- 28th circuit committee
- 31st circuit committee
Mission Statement
The Special Committee on the Resolution of Fee Disputes oversees the Fee Dispute Resolution Program in order to: provide an avenue, other than litigation, for the expeditious and satisfactory resolution of fee disputes between attorneys and their clients through mediation and uniform arbitration proceedings; and to foster trust and communication among attorneys and clients.
The committee works to establish FDR committees in each judicial circuit and provides training sessions for those committees. Additionally, the committee collects and records data regarding circuit committee activity; and develops and implements awareness strategies among the public and the legal profession.
The committee's work may include other specific assignments or requests in its general area of responsibility from the bar's officers, th executive committee, or council.
At the end of each bar year on June 30, the chair of the committee shall submit an annual report outlining the work and accomplishments of the committee during the preceding bar year. In addition, the chair shall prepare an interim report by February 1 each year for review by the executive committee and the council at their February meetings.
2018-19 Committee
| Alexander Nathan Simon, Esq. Chair |
2604 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 |
804-783-8282 | 2021 / 1 |
| Steven Givens Owen, Esq. Vice Chair |
Courthouse Law Group 2521 North Landing Rd Ste 200 Virginia Beach, VA 23456 |
757-427-3348 | 2020 / 1 |
| Alan Stewert Anderson, Esq. |
4011 Ellicott St Alexandria, VA 22304-1011 |
703-578-0079 | 2020 / 1 |
| Caroline Elizabeth Browder, Esq. |
Roth Jackson Gibbons Condlin, PLC 919 E Main St Ste 2110 Richmond, VA 23219 |
804-977-3372 | 2020 / 2 |
| David Adam McKelvey, Esq. |
Crandall and Katt 366 Elm Ave, SW Roanoke, VA 24016 |
540-342-2000 | 2019 / 1 |
| Robert Paul Stenzhorn, Esq. |
Schempf & Ware, PLLC 4000 George Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown, VA 23692-2724 |
757-369-1199 | 2021 / 2 |
| Edward Seayers Whitlock, III, Esq. |
Lafayette Ayers & Whitlock, PLC Crossridge Professional Park 10160 Staples Mill Rd Ste 105 Glen Allen, VA 23060 |
804-545-6251 | 2021 / 1 |
| Mr. Thomas J. Gallagher Lay Member |
2200 Founders View Ln Midlothian, VA 23113 |
804-399-5007 | 2019 / 1 |
| Mr. John Joseph Mable Lay Member |
13118 Penhurst Road Midlothian, VA 23113 |
804-897-4451 | 2021 / 1 |
| Mrs. Stephanie Blanton Liaison |
Virginia State Bar 1111 E Main St Ste 700 Richmond, VA 23219-0026 |
804-775-0576 | ---- / - |
