Overview
"I’ve earned a reputation as a fierce and loyal advocate for my clients, and I am driven to achieve the very best result in any situation."
Stacie’s practice is focused on business counsel and dispute resolution. She is pragmatic and works with her clients to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their position to determine the best method to achieve their goals.
Individuals and businesses of all sizes rely on Stacie’s guidance and strategic insight to advance their objectives in both small and “bet-the-company” matters. She regularly counsels her clients on developmental strategies, contract negotiations, structured financing and asset management, succession planning, and the creative resolution of complex transactions and disputes through negotiation, mediation and litigation.
Recognition
Named to “Legal Elite” (Civil Litigation), Virginia Business, 2018, 2020 - 2022, 2024
Virginia Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, 2013 - 2018
Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” Business Litigation, 2012
Experience
Experience
Business and General Counsel
Represented closely held companies in debt restructuring, including negotiating terms of new debt, subordinated debt, and forbearance.
Led the acquisition of new and used material and equipment from original equipment manufacturers and third-party sources, including contract negotiation, structured acquisition financing, and subsequent deployment of such assets into the market with total deal values in excess of $300 million.
Negotiated multiple domestic and international asset purchase agreements on both buyer and seller-side.
Represented majority stakeholders in the sale of their ownership interest to an international family office.
Assisted senior executives in a variety of industries in connection with employment and executive compensation arrangements.
General counsel to closely-held, middle market companies and emerging businesses, including in matters concerning business succession, employment and contract disputes, insurance coverages, and the negotiation of governance documents between equity holders. Served companies in industries ranging from aerospace to construction to real estate, and beyond.
General counsel and board representative to several non-profits.
Litigation Counsel
Served as primary litigation counsel in high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional matters arising from several business and partnership lawsuits, including supervising the work of local counsel in four states and negotiating the terms of settlement.
Represented clients and coordinated local counsel services in litigation matters arising in construction claims brought in multiple states, including subsequent indemnification and related claims made by our client through various insurances.
Litigated numerous real property matters, including purchase agreement disputes, condemnation litigation, partitions suits, easement disputes and relocations, construction disputes, and landlord-tenant matters in Virginia state courts.
Initiated and negotiated the resolution of administrative claims against state agencies on behalf of different contractors which surpassed client’s expectations and preserved client’s relationship with the state agency.
Represented clients in claims brought before the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and the Better Business Bureau.
Counseled clients in stakeholder disputes.
Appointed as Commissioner in Chancery in a partition dispute.
Appellate experience in the Virginia Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the D.C. Court of Appeals.
- Published case: Specialty Hospitals of Washington, LLC v. Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, , 283 Va. 348, 722 S.E.2d 557 (2012)
Perspectives
News
Speaking Engagements
Community
Clerkships
- Law Clerk, Judge Michael F. Urbanski, United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (2006-2007)
- Pro Se Law Clerk, Judge Jackson L. Kiser and Ret. Judge Samuel Wilson, United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (2004-2006)
Education
University of Dayton School of Law, J.D., cum laude
College of William & Mary, B.S., Biology and Chemistry
Admissions
- Virginia United States District Court
- Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit