• Non-Profit Board Service Seminar (1 PM session)

  The responsibility of serving on the board of a non-profit or as its CEO brings with it a duty to preserve the assets of the organization. Under Virginia law, a non-profit must indemnify its directors. There are many risks to which a non-profit is exposed: improper acts of officers and directors; employment claims; criminal acts of employees and agents; personal injury claims and breach of fiduciary duty claims.

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• Rucker Continues Leadership Role

  M. Pierce Rucker was reelected to a three year term on the Board of Directors of the law firm of Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, P.C., at the shareholder’s annual meeting on January 18, 2010

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• W. Ashley Burgess Named Counsel For Firm's Business Practice

  W. Ashley Burgess has been made Counsel in the Business Finance and Real Estate practice, group chair Brian R. Pitney announced today.

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• Dunn Joins Litigation Team

  Broderick C. Dunn has joined the Business and Professional Litigation practice group firm President M. Pierce Rucker reported today.

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• Law Firm Moves Into Christiansburg First Bank Building

  The Sands Anderson Marks & Miller lawyers located in Montgomery County and serving clients throughout the southwest Virginia area are moving into new office space this week.

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• Firm Raises Funds for Five Charitable Organizations

  Contributions and pledges amounting to a 50% increase in donations over 2008 were raised for charitable causes in Virginia and North Carolina from the first Community Caring campaign conducted by the firm.

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• Pemberton Leads Local Big Brothers Big Sisters Board

  Jayne A. Pemberton, a lawyer in the Risk Management practice and a long-time volunteer leader and mentor with the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization of Greater Richmond & the Tri-Cities has been made President of their Board of Directors.

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• 25 Named to Annual Virginia Business Legal Elite List

  Virginia Business magazine listed twenty-five lawyers at the firm among their 2009 Virginia Legal Elite list, composed of practitioners selected by votes of other lawyers across the state, making it our best showing ever.

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Sands Anderson Marks & Miller's North Carolina and Virginia title insurance lawyers have decades of experience representing leading title companies and their insureds. We believe in aggressively defending title claims and representing title professionals. Our lawyers have extensive experience in real estate law, creditors' rights, foreclosures, construction law and litigation. more >>

As the field of employee benefits has become more complex, the expense related to providing employee benefits has grown in recent years to encompass over 30% of the average employer's compensation budget. Our attorneys assist employers by overseeing all types of employee benefits plans including retirement, health benefits, dependent care and other cafeteria-style plans as well as compensation plans of all types for executives and staff. We also counsel clients concerning employee benefits relating to business sales, acquisitions and relocations. more >>

Sands Anderson attorneys have extensive experience in the area of Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Our attorneys have worked at government enforcement agencies and in the private sector on a wide range of antitrust, consumer and charitable fraud cases. more >>