Douglas J. Sanderson

Douglas J. Sanderson uses his decades of experience as a solutions-focused attorney to provide legal services to people and their companies in the multiple practice areas of family law/domestic relations, commercial real estate, and business organizations and transactions.

Doug works to be both client-centered (focusing on understanding clients’ unique needs and goals) and results-oriented (striving to achieve positive outcomes for clients).  Doug applies problem-solving methods and skills that avoid or minimize litigation, which saves his clients on attorneys’ fees and stress, but he always is prepared to litigate and fiercely advocate for his clients when necessary for their goals.

Doug’s family law practice provides him the opportunity to work one-on-one with people dealing with significant, personal, and life-changing events.  Doug’s top priority is to make a meaningful difference in his client’s lives, and most importantly to help them find and implement solutions to these stressful and complicated situations that can avoid court if possible. His practice areas in family law include those listed below. Doug is also trained in the process of Collaborative Divorce, and is a member of the Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia local practice group.

In Doug’s business and commercial real estate practices, which are transactional and office-based rather than litigation, he advises and advocates for owners and operators of businesses, including office building owners, retail owners and tenants, investors, and developers, in areas such as are listed below.  Where real estate litigation is needed, he works with others in the firm to support our clients.

Outside the office, Doug enjoys spending time with his wife and, when they are home, his adult children, and reading, sharing emailed jokes, surfing the Internet, and traveling.

Practice Areas in which Doug represents clients –

• Family Law:
  • Divorce and marital separation agreements – negotiation and modifications
  • Child custody and visitation
  • Equitable distribution
  • Spousal and child support
  • Pre-nuptial agreements
  • Collaborative Divorce and Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia.
• Real Estate (Commercial):
  • Acquisition, development, construction, leasing, and sale of properties, such as office buildings, retail properties, communications towers, mixed-use developments and condominiums
  • Negotiation, amendment, and documentation of commercial, retail and telecommunications/celltower  leases
  • Negotiation of real estate-secured loans
  • Negotiation, amendment, and documentation of commercial and retail landlord-tenant issues
  • Organization and modification of property owners’ associations and governing documents
  • Foreclosures (trustee’s sales) of real estate-secured loans
• Business Organizations and Transactions:
  • Organization, modification, and financing of business entities
  • Organization and modification of property owners’ associations
  • Foreclosures (trustee’s sales) of real estate-secured loans