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Grayson County Supervisors Pick Cornwell as County Attorney

Published on: 9/28/2009

The Grayson County Board of Supervisors has appointed James E. Cornwell, Jr.and the firm of Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, P.C. as County Attorney of Grayson County in a vote taken recently, Cornwell reported.

"I am pleased that another Virginia locality has entrusted its legal matters to our firm," said Cornwell.

The work representing the Grayson Board of Supervisors and the County will be handled from the law firm's Blacksburg office. Cornwell now represents Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Grayson and Lancaster counties, the City of Galax and the town of Narrows as general counsel. Assisting Cornwell in the provision of legal services to these localities as well as the representation of several localities in the collection of delinquent taxes, numerous departments of social services, and local and regional entities, including wireless service authorities, and industrial and economic development authorities, are the Blacksburg local government team of Michael R. Bedsaul, N. Reid Broughton and Steven V. Durbin,.

"Along with our colleagues on the team in Richmond and Fredericksburg, we offer our clients a full range of legal services with a statewide group of local government attorneys," said Cornwell.

The fourteen lawyers in the Sands Anderson local government practice represent Virginia counties, cities and towns for governance, operations, employment and procurement matters, for delinquent real estate tax and other delinquent fee collections, for municipal bond and other financing, and for legal matters among departments, agencies and authorities.

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.