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Charnoff Joins Sands Anderson In D. C. Regional Office

Charnoff Joins Sands Anderson In D. C. Regional Office

Attorney Mikhael D. Charnoff has joined the McLean location of Sands Anderson Marks & Miller as Counsel, D. C. Regional Office Managing Shareholder J. Jonathan Schraub announced this week.

“We’re pleased to have Mike’s strong research and courtroom skills on our busy team of litigators,” said Schraub. The D. C. regional office handles a wide range of complex business litigation, corporate matters and professional liability defense, Schraub explained.

Charnoff graduated from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg with a Bachelor of Arts in 1995 and earned his Juris Doctor in 1999 from the University of Virginia School of Law. Most recently, he was a non-equity partner at Coleman, Miller & Ragland, PLC in Alexandria where he has practiced since September 2001.

Charnoff’s law practice is concentrated on civil litigation including medical malpractice defense, professional liability defense, professional licensure defense before Virginia administrative boards, varied real estate litigation and business litigation. His clients have included institutional health care providers, dentists, endodontists, real estate agents and brokers, escrow agents, real estate purchasers and sellers, builders and small businesses.

Mike worked as a Research Assistant for Professor John Monahan at the University of Virginia School of Law. He clerked with Sandground, Barondess, West & New, P.C. in Vienna and worked with them immediately following law school. Before accepting his position at Coleman, Miller & Ragland, P.C., Mike served as a Law Clerk to Judge Frank E. Schwelb in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

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.