Richmond VIRGINIA

  • Address:
    • 1111 East Main Street, Suite 2400
      Richmond, Virginia, 23218-1998
  • Phone:
  • Hours:
    • Monday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Tuesday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Wednesday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Thursday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Friday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Saturday: By appointment
    • Sunday: By appointment
  • Law Firm:

ABOUT W. Ashley Burgess

Ashley Burgess offers complete consultative guidance to business owners, managers, and executives. He understands the complex and detailed relationship between a client’s business and legal goals. As Shareholder and Group Leader of the firm’s Business Group, Ashley relies on his leadership and team’s strengths and talents to provide lasting value to his clients. No matter your business goal, Ashley works to make sure you can focus on doing what you do best: running your company.

Across his support, Ashley counsels with thoughtfulness and integrity. He enjoys serving as outside general counsel for businesses, designing and implementing tailored legal “game plans” that balance his in-depth knowledge and adaptability. He approaches each legal concern with the confidence and experience his clients need to look forward, stay on track, and come out ahead.

Ashley’s loyal history with business law and the firm began early on. Ashley started as a clerk at Sands Anderson, and became a shareholder in 2014. His experience also includes serving as clerkship with the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel, and as an intern under The Honorable Gary A. Hicks of the Circuit Court for the County of Henrico, Virginia.

Recognition

•Virginia Business magazine Legal Elite for Bankruptcy/Creditors' Rights and Business Law
2012-Present
•Super Lawyers of Virginia, Rising Star in Business/Corporate, Rising Star in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, 2010 - Present
2010-Present

Publications

News About W. Ashley Burgess

•What You Need to Know About the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program
•Inside The Courtroom: Pier 1 Files Bankruptcy in Richmond
•Forty Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2019 Virginia Business Legal Elite
•Thirty-One Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2018 Virginia Business Legal Elite
•Thirty-Three Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2017 Virginia Business Legal Elite
•Highlights from the 2017 VCU Real Estate Trends Conference in Richmond, Virginia
• First Day Hearings for Gymboree Chapter 11 Filing
•Twenty-One Sands Anderson attorneys included in 2017 Super Lawyers list
•Sands Anderson Celebrates 175 Years
•Sands Anderson Elects 2017 Board of Directors

Favorite Book

•Ashley enjoys reading nonfiction.

Professional Highlights

•Across a broad range of legal concerns, Ashley addresses the intricacies of business issues, transactions, and disputes. His experience includes:
•- Acquisitions and transactions
•- Business entity formation
•- Consumer protection and fraud claims
•- Contracts
•- Creditor's rights and commercial collections
•- Trust & Estate disputes
•- Landlord tenant cases
•- Lien enforcement
•- Protection of creditor claims in bankruptcy
•- Real estate contests
•- Shareholder disputes

Speaking Engagements

•Ashley lectures and presents before trade groups and conducts in-house seminars for corporate clients. Topics include:
•- Nuts & Bolts of Bankruptcy
•- Commercial Collection matters
•- Creditors Claims in Trust and Estates
•- Trust & Estate Disputes
•- Anatomy of a Civil Lawsuit

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Areas of LAW

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Insurance Claims
  • Real Estate

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