An AV rated lawyer, Jeff Geiger serves as Firm Counsel and on the Board of Directors. Jeff served as the firm’s Litigation Group Leader for over a decade prior to being elected to the Board by his fellow shareholders in 2018. Jeff concentrates his practice on:
•Legal Malpractice Defense/Legal Ethics Discipline
•Eminent Domain/ Litigation
•Business Litigation
•Intellectual Property
Virginia Business magazine has listed Jeff as being among the Virginia Business Legal Elite, as selected by his peers, since 2005. In addition, Jeff has been listed among Virginia’s Super Lawyers and was named in 2013 a “Leader in the Law” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
Jeff has served as lead counsel and local counsel in dozens of trials in state and federal courts, appellate courts and administrative agencies.
Recognition
•Virginia Business magazine Legal Elite in Intellectual Property
2005-Present
•Virginia Business magazine Rising Star
2007 - 2009
• Super Lawyers
2007-2019
Publications
News by Jeffrey Hamilton Geiger
•Proposed Change to Deposition Designations and Objections in Condemnation Pretrial Order in Virginia
•Fall 2019 Legal Ethics Courses: A Shameless Plug
•Knick v. Township of Scott: Opening the Federal Court Doors to Takings Claims Against State and Local Governments
•Fairness in the Adversary Process (Part Two): Lawyers and False Statements of Law to the Court
•Fairness in the Adversary Process (Part One): Lawyers and the Discovery of the Truth
•Communicating with Other Lawyers and Third Parties: Ensuring Respect and Civility
•Survey of Discipline of Practitioners by the USPTO in 2018
•Reporting Pro Bono Service by Virginia Lawyers
•Dwyer v. Town of Culpeper: Final Orders and Virginia Condemnation Law
•How to Select Your Trademark in a Crowded Field
•Revision of Pretrial Orders in Virginia Eminent Domain Cases: Why it Matters
•Virginia Confirms the Unremarkable Proposition that the Government Can’t Intentionally Flood a Grocery Store with Raw Sewage: Part One
News About Jeffrey Hamilton Geiger
•Sands Anderson Confirms 2020 Board of Directors
•Forty Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2019 Virginia Business Legal Elite
•Sands Anderson Local Government Attorneys Awarded LGA Special Projects Award
•Twenty Sands Anderson Attorneys Included in 2019 Super Lawyers List
•Thirty-One Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2018 Virginia Business Legal Elite
•Sands Anderson Elects 2018 Board of Directors
•Thirty-Three Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2017 Virginia Business Legal Elite
•Sands Anderson's Annual Ethics CLE & Social - September 13, 2017
•Twenty-One Sands Anderson attorneys included in 2017 Super Lawyers list
•Thirty-One Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2016 Virginia Business Legal Elite
Speaking Engagements
•An Adjunct Full Professor at the University of Richmond, Jeff teacher courses on:
Legal ethics, social media law, cyberlaw, and intellectual property.
•Jeff presents seminars throughout Virginia and writes on issues addressing:
Litigation, eminent domain matters, and legal ethics.