Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Publications

• INSIGHT: Don’t Say This in the New Workplace
  Bloomberg Law, June 15, 2020
• Playing the Sovereign Card: Defending Foreign Sovereigns in U.S. Courts
  American Bar Association, January 1, 2017
• Creative Pleading in Business Torts
  BKK Business Law Newsletter, May 20, 2016
• Latent Drunk Driving
  BKK Business Law Newsletter, September 1, 2015
• USDC Weighs in on Tortious Interference
  BKK Business Law Newsletter, July 2, 2015

Blogs

• Negotiating the Exit in a Business Divorce
  Business Insights, Tuesday July 2, 2024
• 8 Common Business Bankruptcy Questions
  Business Insights, Tuesday August 18, 2020
• Freedom of Speech or Freedom from Defamation? – 5 Takeaways from Yelp’s Recent Court Victory
  Business Insights, Wednesday July 18, 2018

Reported Cases

• Prof’l Massage Training Ctr., Inc. v. Accreditation Alliance of Career Schs. & Colleges, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6523(E.D. Va. Jan. 17, 2014); 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92497 (E.D. Va. June 7, 2013); 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 190203 (E.D. Va. Oct. 31, 2012); 20
• W. Va. Bus. Coll. v. Accrediting Council for Indep. Colls. & Schs., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 162202 (Sept. 21, 2018); 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102940 (E.D. Va. June 18, 2019)
• G&G, LLC v. Thorburn Ltd. P’ship (October 30, 2019)
• In re Ayoub_2019 Va. Cir. LEXIS 1059 (June 14, 2019)
• Tegg Corp. v. Beckstrom Elec. Co., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52184 (W.D. Pa. July 1, 2008); 650 F. Supp. 2d 413 (W.D. Pa. 2008)
• ATCS Int’l LLC v. Jefferson Contr. Corp., 807 F. Supp. 2d 516 (E.D. Va. 2011)
• Best Med. Int’l, Inc. v. Eckert & Ziegler Nuclitec GmbH, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100323 (E.D. Va. Sept. 7, 2011)
• Fed. Hill Homeowners Ass’n v. Cmty. Ass’n Underwriters of Am., Inc., 384 Fed. Appx. 209 (4th Cir. Va. 2010); 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115407 (E.D. Va. Oct. 28, 2010)
• ADI Constr. of Va. LLC v. Bordewick, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97708 (E.D. Va. July 12, 2013)
• Funny Guy LLC v. Lecego, LLC, 2016 Va. LEXIS 82 (Va. June 13, 2016)
• Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc., 62 Va. App. 678 (2014)
• Flick Mortg. Investors, Inc. v. Chi. Title Ins. Co., No. 3:09CV125-MR-DSC, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127187 at *1 (W.D.N.C. June 18, 2009)
• In re MicroStrategy, Inc. Sec. Litig., 115 F. Supp. 2d 620 (E.D. Va. 2000)
• Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Chi. Title Ins. Co., No. CCB-05-2217, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65428 at *1 (D. Md. Aug. 30, 2006)
• Twin Towers Plaza Tenants Ass’n v. Capitol Park Assocs., L.P., 894 A.2d 1113 (D.C. 2006)
• Estate of Patterson v. Sharek, 924 A.2d 1005 (D.C. 2007)
• Dysart v. Sunnyside Dev., LLC, 73 Va. Cir. 210 (2007)
• Barris, et al v. Kenswick Homes, LLC, 268 Va. 67. 59 S.E.2d 54 (2004)
• Ortiz v. Flattery, 63 Va. Cir. 309 (2003)
• Crosby v. First Bank, 77 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 1999)
• Chicago Title Ins. Co. v. IMG Exeter Assoc. Ltd. Pshp., No. 92-1440, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 2052 at *1 (4th Cir. Feb. 8, 1993)
• Davis v. Gulf Oil Corp., 485 A.2d 160 (D.C. 1984)
• Commonwealth Transp. Comm’r of Va. v. Ourisman Dodge, Inc., 73 Va. Cir. 485 (2007)
• Gallimore v. Washington, 666 A.2d 1200 (D.C. 1995)
• Sami v. Varn, 260 Va. 280 (2000)
• Renkey v. County Bd., 272 Va. 369 (2006)
• Lawyers Title Ins. Corp. v. Merit Title Co., LLC, 549 F. Supp. 2d 90 (D.D.C. 2008)
• Noor v. Centreville Bank, 193 Md. App. 160 (2010)
• Mega Int’l Commerce Bank v. MCAP Capital, L.L.C., 74 Va. Cir. 132 (2007)
• Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Chi. Title Ins. Co., No. CCB-05-2217, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23685 at *1 (D. Md. Mar. 20, 2007)
• Glassman v. Arlington County, 628 F.3d 140 (4th Cir. 2010)
• In re Orbital Sciences. Corp. Secs. Litig., 188 F.R.D. 237 (E.D. Va. 1999)
• Sport & Health Co. v. Club Props. Co., No. 98-628, 1999 Va. Cir. LEXIS 563 at *1 (Apr. 27, 1999)
• Kirchner v. McAninley, 79 Va. Cir. 222 (2009)
• Bindra v. Michael Bowman & Assocs., Inc. 58 Va. Cir. 47 (2002)
• Casey Indus. v. Seaboard Sur. Co., No. 1:06cv249, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22519 at *1 (E.D. Va. Apr. 20, 2006)
• D.C. McClain, Inc. v. Arlington County, 249 Va. 131 (1995)
• Pulte Home Corp. v. Parex, Inc., 265 Va. 518 (2003)
• Kapani v. Rana, 55 Va. Cir. 16 (2001)
• Mikkilineni v. Gibson-Thomas Eng’g Co., No. 02-1118, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5754 at *1 (D.D.C. Mar. 31, 2003)
• Roy J. Bucholtz, P.C. v. Computer Based Sys., 255 Va. 349 (1998)
• Matrix Mech. Corp. v. Harrison, Nos. 2068-96-4; 2069-96-4, 1997 Va. App. LEXIS 176 at *1 (Mar. 25, 1997)
• Far East Bank v. Dang, 257 Va. 524 (1999)
• Oleszko v. State Comp. Ins. Fund, 243 F.3d 1154 (9th Cir. 2001)
• Busby v. Crown Supply, 896 F.2d 833 (4th Cir. 1990)
• Zipf v. Zipf, 8 Va. App. 387 (1989)
• M & R Inv. Co. v. Fitzsimmons, 484 F. Supp. 1041 (D. Nev. 1980)
• Himmelfarb v. Greenspoon, 411 A.2d 979 (D.C. 1980)
• C.F. Trust, Inc. v. First Flight Ltd. P’ship, 111 F. Supp. 2d 734 (E.D. Va. 2000)
• Peterson v. Atlantic Funding Corp., No. 97-1680, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 27283 at *1 (4th Cir. 1998)
• Quality Properties v. Trump, 2012 U.S. Dist. Lexis 115225 (W.D. Va. 2012)
• Smith v. Miller & Smith, 2011 Va. Cir. Lexis 186 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2011)
• Spectrum Healthcare v. Bd. Of Supervisors, 2011 Va. Lexis 252 (2011)
• GMAC v. Flick Mortgage Investors, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 53595 (W.D.N.C. 2010)

News

• Bean, Kinney & Korman Named a 2023 “Best Law Firm” for Twelfth Consecutive Year
  Thursday November 3, 2022
• R. Scott Caulkins, Patricia Bruce, and Carole Capsalis Join Bean, Kinney & Korman
  Tuesday February 8, 2022

Events

• Tips and Tricks of Subpoena Practice in Civil Litigation
  The Omni Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, VA, Saturday, July 24, 2021
• Shared Workspace Leases in Wake of COVID-19: Risk Mitigation, Insurance, Negotiating Key Provisions
  Online, Thursday, July 16, 2020