Category: Municipal Law

The Right to Exclude!

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
By Martin Crim, Esq. Few people would complain if firefighters or EMT’s responded to a genuine emergency on their property, and it’s hard to imagine a judge saying that they commit a civil or criminal wrong by coming onto...

Billboard Regulation Survives at the US Supreme Court

Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Written By Martin Crim, Esq. In the 2015 case of Reed v. Town of Gilbert, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a new rule that restricted local government regulation of signs. That case broadly defined “content-based”...

Why Do Preambles Matter?

Wednesday, February 16, 2022
By Martin Crim, Esq. If a legislative bill has no preamble, readers are left guessing at what problem the drafter is trying to solve, if any. If the preamble identifies the problem to be solved, then readers can evaluate...

Town of Quantico: Chesapeake Bay Preservation

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Olaun A. Simmons, as legal counsel for the Town of Quantico, Virginia, recently completed a lengthy and extensive review and revision of the Town of Quantico’s Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan in...

2020 Virginia Business Legal Elite

Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, P.C. is proud to announce that three of its attorneys have been recognized by the Virginia Business Magazine as being among Virginia’s “Legal Elite” within their various...