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Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Mike Derdeyn's practice focuses on the areas of commercial and real estate litigation, employment law, and general business law. He also serves as general counsel to a number of local businesses.. Mike’s litigation experience includes litigating claims for individuals and for businesses in state and federal courts in the areas of commercial litigation, real estate, construction, employment, and landlord-tenant law. He has litigated and resolved matters involving partnership and shareholder disputes, trade secrets violations, fraud, business torts, defamation, tortious interference with contract, breach of contract, wrongful termination, discrimination, violations of the Uniform Commercial Code, violations of the Consumer Protection Act, real property disputes, and trust and estate matters, among others. He also has successfully handled numerous injunction actions for employers seeking to restrict competition by former employees. He has been reported in cases in the Virginia Supreme Court and in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.. Mike’s business law experience includes representing and providing legal advice to a number of local companies in a broad range of industries, including media and entertainments companies, automobile dealerships, construction companies, property managers, and developers.  Mike advises his clients on shareholder and partner conflicts.  He also provides contract drafting, contract negotiation and employment counseling services.. Mike also devotes time to providing advice and litigation services to residential and commercial property owners in landlord/tenant matters.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Pete Caramanis has been practicing law in Charlottesville since 1999 and represents individuals and businesses in courts of law and before governmental bodies throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. He prides himself on developing and maintaining trusting and long-lasting relationships with his clients. He is also proud to have earned the respect of his fellow attorneys, obtaining Martindale-Hubbell’s AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating, the highest rating available for legal ability and professional ethics.. Pete handles a broad range of business and real estate matters.  His goal is to provide efficient, effective and responsive counsel to his clients regarding all of their legal options, and he makes sure they understand the financial and non-legal ramifications of each. His clients appreciate that despite his legal expertise and experience, Pete remains capable of communicating in a readily understandable way and excels at helping his clients find not only legal solutions to matters, but also practical ones. He has resolved countless business/legal disputes through negotiation, closed complex business and real estate deals, and successfully litigated matters that could not be amicably resolved.. Pete is originally from Massachusetts, but has a deep family history in Charlottesville, and has now lived in Virginia the majority of his life.  He has lived in Albemarle County since graduating from law school and marrying his wife, Ida, whom he met while they both attended UVA. He remains a proud supporter of all of the Boston professional sports teams, the UVA Cavaliers and Liverpool Football Club. His personal experience has led him to be a passionate advocate for childhood cancer research and the UVA Children’s Hospital. His proudest accomplishment is being the father of three incredible children.. Typical Clients/Transactions. Business — Pete represents all types of business clients including local, regional and national companies, non-profit organizations, corporations, partnerships and LLCs. He assists clients with formation, merger and acquisition, contracts and transactions, and dispute resolution, including litigation. Pete very much enjoys helping people achieve their dreams, and accordingly focuses a great deal on assisting entrepreneurs as they grow their businesses.. Real Estate — Pete represents builders and developers, wireless communication providers, lenders, purchasers, sellers, landlords, tenants, homeowners’ associations and government agencies in connection with a broad range of real estate matters.  Such matters have included complex land use and zoning approvals, contracts, easements, leases, lending transactions, eminent domain, commercial and residential closings and litigation.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

As a trusted business advisor and legal counsel, I counsel senior leadership at client businesses about operations, governance, growth, and risk management. My clients include: technology and telecommunications companies, consulting firms, federal government contractors, associations, national and regional financial institutions, and insurance companies.. I am the Leader of the Litigation Department at LeClairRyan.. When not practicing law, I enjoy golf, sailing, fishing, and tennis, particularly with my family.  The alternative to practicing law would have been to be a charter captain.  I crewed on a tall ship for several summers.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.