吉姆·朗是一名律师,也是该公司的前首席运营官. 他的实践集中在 保护弗吉尼亚人, 在水上工作和玩耍, 特别是在弗吉尼亚海洋澳门亚洲博彩平台排名委员会(VMRC)的诉讼程序中. Although he routinely handles all aspects of waterfront (riparian property) law, maritime & 海商法, 环境法, 当客户在VMRC需要帮助时,他们总是会找吉姆. His strong focus in this area gives him a major competitive advantage over those less skilled in this area, 这对他的客户有利吗.
吉姆成立了公司的滨水律师事务所, 还有一个专门介绍滨水(河岸)产权法律的单独网站, 海事和海商法, 环境法. 请 点击这里访问他的滨水法律网站.
A published author whose numerous articles cover a variety of waterfront law topics, 他还经常在法律和商业会议和研讨会上发表演讲.
在2005年加入公司之前,Jim在美国完成了25年的职业生涯.S. Navy starting as an E-1 Fireman Recruit and finishing as an O-5 Commander, including 16 years as a U.S. 海军司法检察官. 他曾担任Henry Coke Morgan, Jr .的法律助理. 美国的.S. 2002-2003年,弗吉尼亚州东区地区法院.
Represented residential landowners facing a 切萨皮克 Bay Preservation Act civil enforcement action in which the City of Richmond demanded they pay a civil penalty of $32,500 and demanded that they install new plantings at their property with a cost in excess of $150,000. The case was resolved in early 2017 to our clients' benefit as the City withdrew the Notice of Violation, 放弃了金钱民事处罚的要求, and accepted the clients' landscaping plan instead of requiring the more costly landscaping plan designed by the City. (2017)
Drafted an amendment to the Virginia Coastal Primary Dunes and Beaches Act that was enacted into law by the Virginia General Assembly. (2017)
Represented a family owned business that owns a 7 acre parcel (value $6M) in Norfolk, 在伊丽莎白河上, where a neighbor clogged the waterway with a Floating Junkyard consisting of 26 ships. Prosecuted a citizen’s environmental lawsuit in federal court that forced the neighbor to remove the Floating Junkyard from the river which removed all interference with client’s riparian property rights. 307 Campostella, LLC v. 盖年代. Mullane,民事诉讼编号. 2:15 - cv - 224 (E.D. Va. 2016).
Designed and then persuaded 弗吉尼亚海滩 City Council to adopt a plan that enabled oceanfront property owners in Sandbridge, 清理淹没他们家园的沙滩沙子, 不受湿地委员会的检控, and consistent with requirements of the Virginia Coastal Primary Dunes and Beaches Act. (2016)
Represented a medium size HVAC contractor in managing risk to the company after an employee intentionally released 30-40 pounds of R22 refrigerant into the atmosphere, conduct that is prohibited by the Stratospheric Ozone Protection regime at subchapter VI of the Clean Air Act, 以及环保署颁布的实施条例. (2016)
Represented a family owned business that owns a 3 acre parcel in 切萨皮克 which had been heavily polluted by its Fortune 500 corporate tenant who disposed of metals and hydrocarbons in the soil and in the groundwater over the course of its 30 year occupancy. Forced the tenant to clean up the environmental contamination and to compensate landlord for reduced property value due to stigma. (2015)
Persuaded the US Army Corps of Engineers to rescind the permit it had granted (under the Rivers and Harbors Act) that improvidently authorized a 600' long mooring system in the middle of an active waterbody fronting our client's commerical industrial property. 拟议的系泊系统, 如果安装, 会让客户的滨水企业破产吗. 在说服USACE撤销许可后, we persuaded the staff at the Virginia Marine 澳门亚洲博彩平台排名 Commission to oppose the project, 致使申请人撤回申请,放弃项目的. (2015)
Represented highway builder in establishing a 32 acre offsite facility to mitigate stream bank impacts caused by highway construction project. (2014)
Represented waterfront landowner cited for destruction of 600 square feet of nonvegetated wetlands in proceedings at Norfolk Wetlands Board. (2013)
Assisted lender in arranging 切萨皮克 Bay Preservation Act compliance for tear down and reconstruction of repossessed bay front residence. (2013)
Defended as lead cousel the governmental entity that owns the Chincoteague Bridge against a $10M claim brought by shellfisherman who alleged that the construction of the bridge destroyed shellfish beds located in the Chincoteague Bay. 在美国进行了18个月的诉讼后,此案以有利的条件得到了解决.S. 地方法院和美国.S. 第四巡回上诉法院. 美国桥5. 詹姆斯·杨,民事诉讼号. 36 - cv - 316 (E.D. Va. 2008),上诉已提起,第09-1458号(第四编). 2009).
- Virginia State Bar, Second District Subcommittee, Past Subcommittee Vice Chair, Norfolk, 2004–2010
- 弗吉尼亚律师协会
- 诺福克-朴茨茅斯律师协会
- 弗吉尼亚海滩律师协会
- 《澳门亚洲博彩平台排名》,环境法,2025年
- 弗吉尼亚海岸的顶级律师,环境和土地使用,2016-2024
- 弗吉尼亚法律精英,环境法,2015-2023
- 《澳门亚洲博彩平台排名》,2017
- 尤卡谷高中名人堂,2017年
- 2012年美国童子军杰出亚洲博彩平台排名奖
- 向上中心,自2012年以来,Mentor
- 汉普顿路商会, 前切萨皮克分部执行委员会和前董事会成员
- 肯普伍兹公民联盟,董事会成员和总法律顾问
- 美国贝赛德地区童军,前主席
- 弗吉尼亚包容性社区中心,前董事会成员
- 运输 Task Force of Empower Hampton Roads, Past Volunteer and General Counsel
- 弗吉尼亚滨水物业的滨水产权 ——2018年12月
- 海滨法律yer Jim 朗 Fights for Riparian and Environmental Rights of Virginia Property Owners Against Oyster Cages ——2018年9月
- 滨水物业业主:滨水权vs. 牡蛎养殖公司 ——2018年6月
- 诺福克伊丽莎白河滨水区房产之争 ——2018年4月
- 公民环境诉讼 - 2017年6月
- Legal Remedies Available to Persons Who Are Injured or Whose Property Is Damaged by 94,5月11日,海军航空站释放了1000加仑航空燃料, 2017 ——2017年5月
- 汉普顿路城市用水的新途径 ——2017年4月
- 维吉尼亚Lawyer Magazine Features Jim 朗's Leadership of Volunteer Effort to Clean and Restore Elizabeth River Shoreline ——2017年2月
- 环境法消除浮动垃圾场(2 / 2) - 2016年6月
- 环境法:最高法院的霍克斯公司. 当湿地存在时,决定可能有助于拯救你的项目 - 2016年6月
- 尼克松总统为环境法的诞生助产 - 2016年6月
- 环境法消除浮动垃圾场(1 / 2) - 2016年6月
- 环境法:石油泄漏可能使你的生意损失惨重 - 2016年3月
- 石油泄漏:1990年的《亚洲博彩平台排名》到《澳门亚洲博彩平台排名》 - 2016年2月
- 环境法律 and the 切萨皮克 Bay Preservation Act: Where Local Knowledge is a “Must” - 2015年10月
- 公民环境诉讼如何阻止污染 - 2015年9月
- 沿海移民仍在继续, Waterfront Property Owners Encounter Complicated and Costly Environmental Regulations - 2015年9月
- Riparian Rights When You Own Land in 联系 with the Water: A Mix of Environmental, 海军法和州法 - 2013年6月
- 船操作 & 环境法律 in the 切萨皮克 Bay: Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act - 2012年6月