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Sands Anderson Opens Blacksburg Office

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA (July 1, 2006)...The New River Valley-based attorneys and staff of Virginia law firm Sands Anderson Marks and Miller will relocate from Radford to Blacksburg this month, firm President C. Thomas Ebel announced today.

"We are pleased to be experiencing the kind of success that requires us to occupy more space in a new location, in spite of the obvious operational challenges a move of this scale involves," said James E. Cornwell, managing partner of the office. The move will put nine attorneys, five paralegals and seven additional staff in the center of Blacksburg at 250 South Main Street, Suite 226, in Kent Square. The new office is next door to the Town of Blacksburg Municipal Building.

The firm has been located on Main Street in Radford since 1996, according to Cornwell. "When our client base was primarily in the area, this location was exactly what was needed," said Cornwell. The office has been growing steadily for the last few years, reported Cornwell, and the need for more space became apparent this year.

Clients of the office, the largest of Sands Anderson's locations outside of Richmond, include cities and counties in the New River Valley and surrounding areas, corporations, business owners, healthcare facilities and practitioners, employers and insurance companies. "We have enjoyed the hospitality and friendship of the Radford community, which has been our home for ten years, and we deeply appreciate the many fine relationships which remain here," Cornwell stated.

Founded more than 150 years ago, Sands Anderson has 76 lawyers practicing among its offices in Richmond, Blacksburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and the Research Triangle of North Carolina. In 2008, it was ranked 9th in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly annual listing of the state’s largest law firms. Sands Anderson provides a full range of legal services to corporations and businesses, healthcare providers, financial institutions, state and local governments, the insurance industry and individuals.