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Lee Byrd Reelected to Board

Published on: 2/07/2011

 

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA --- L. Lee Byrd of the Sands Anderson PC law firm has been elected by the firm's owners to a second term on the Board of Directors, which functions as the firm's management committee.

"Lee has brought a tremendous energy and focus to the complex task of running a firm our size and we are pleased that he continues to be willing to put his intellect and talents towards helping us stay on track," said firm President M. Pierce Rucker.

Rucker has been elected President for a third term by the members of the Board. The third firm member serving on the Board is Benjamin W. Emerson.

Byrd joined Sands Anderson in 1992 and became a member of the firm's shareholder owners in 1998. He is a former chair of the business litigation team. He earned his J.D. at the College of William and Mary School of Law and his B.A. at the University of Virginia. He is listed for his civil litigation practice in Virginia Business magazine's Legal Elite and has received the AV rating from the Martindale Hubbell Peer Review system, the highest possible ranking for ethics and experience.

Byrd's legal practice focuses on complex business disputes, including commercial lease, insurance, franchise, and employment disputes, business tort, breach of warranty, banking and other U.C.C. claims, and breach of contract cases. His cases frequently involve assertions of officer and director liability, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, fraud and business conspiracy.

In addition to serving on the management of Sands Anderson, Byrd is on the Board of Directors of the Law Firm Alliance, a global network of law firms, where he serves as Secretary.

Founded nearly 170 years ago, Sands Anderson has 70 lawyers practicing among its offices in Richmond, Christiansburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2011, it was ranked 11th 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.