Stephen C. Price
PrincipalSteve Priceโs business practice is focused on:
- Real estate matters
- Litigation involving adverse possession, easement and covenant disputes, partition and quieting of title
- Condemnation
- Land conservation easements
- Litigation involving estates and trusts
- Representation of not-for profits
Steve has:
- Handled over 40 jury trials in state and federal courts
- Lead counsel in over 30 reported state and federal decisions
- Argued cases in the Virginia Supreme Court and the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
In addition, Steve has served in the following capacities:
- Local Right-of-way counsel for the Virginia Department of Transportation (1981-1990), handling over 75 property acquisitions through condemnation for the Commonwealth
- Commissioner in Chancery and Judge pro tempore for the Circuit Court of Loudoun County
- Substitute Judge for the General District Courts of Loudoun, Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties 1982-94
- General Counsel:ย Land Trust of Virginia,ย Healthworks for Northern Virginia,ย Museum of the Shenandoah Valley,ย and The Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, Incorporated
Honors
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- AVยฎย Preeminentโข Peer Review Rated attorney, the highest rating from Martindale-Hubbellยฎ.
- Voted among the โLegal Eliteโ Virginia Business, 2009, 2010, 2012-21
- Virginia โSuper Lawyer,โ 2014-22
- Leesburgโs Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission 2014 History Award for his many contributions to the conservation of land, historic preservation, and the history of Loudoun County.
Activities
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- Loudoun Unmet Housing Needs Discussion Group, 2019-present
- Chairman, Virginia Piedmont Area Heritage Association, 2018-2019 and 2022-25, and Board member 2010-present
- Chairman,ย Mosby Heritage Area Association, 2018-19
- President,ย George C. Marshall International Center, 2001-2006 & 2009-2012
- Member,ย Loudoun County Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee, 2009-2015
- Served to Captain, United States Army
- Virginia Bar Associationย Board of Governors, 2005-2008
- Chairman, Civil Litigation Section, 1999-2000
- Member, Real Estate Section Council, 2014-present
- Committee on Nominations to Virginia Appellate Courts, 2002-2009
- Virginia State Bar Public Protection Task Force, 2008-2010
- Loudoun County Bar Associationย (President, 1986)
- Member,ย Boyd-Graves Conference
Publications
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- A Conceptual Framework for Addressing Loudounโs Unmet Housing Needs
- Eaton v. Baer (sitting as Judge pro tempore):
- Memorandum Opinion, Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Case No. 82643. ย Issued November 4, 2014.
- Memorandum Opinion, Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Case No. 82643. ย Issued August 20, 2015.
- Memorandum Opinion & Order, Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Case No. 82643. ย Issued September 26, 2017.
- Final Order, Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Case No. 82643. ย Issued September 27, 2017.
- Supreme Court Order, Issued October, 11, 2018.
- Final Decree & Memorandum Opinion, Issued October 2, 2019, 2019 Va. Cir. LEXIS 458.
- Commissionerโs Reportย โ Parry v. GC Property, LLC, Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Case No. 87179. Issued March 14, 2016 and Confirmed August 5, 2016.
- Legalities of Leasing Arrangements, presentation at the Piedmont Environmental Councilโs Farmland Leasing Workshop, November 4-5, 2015.
- Resolving Boundary Line Disputes in Virginia, conducted by NBI in Fairfax, Virginia on April 14, 2015.ย An outline of his remarks is available here:ย โLitigating Boundary Disputes:ย Motions for Judgment to Establish Boundary Lines and Claims of Adverse Possessionโ (PDF).
- โLitigating Disputes Over Easements and Restrictive Covenantsโ conducted by NBI in Fairfax, Virginia on April 1, 2014. ย An outline of his remarks is available here:ย โOverview of Easements (Servitudes), Licenses and Restrictive Covenants Relating to Landโ (PDF).
- โAdvanced Eminent Domain and Valuation,โ conducted by NBI in Fairfax, Virginia on October 3, 2013. ย An outline of his remarks is available here: โAdvanced Ethical Issues in Condemnationโ (PDF).
Notable Cases
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- Cale v. Paderick, 546 F2d 577 (4th Cir. Va. 1976)
- Cradle of Democracy Broadcasting Co. v. David Green Broadcast Consultants Corp., 33 B.R. 1004 (1983)
- McLean Bank v. Nelson, 232 Va. 420 (1986)
- United States v. 198.73 Acres of Land, 800 F.2d 434 (4th Cir. 1986)
- Loudoun County Bd. of Supervisors v. Lunn, 24 Va. Cir. 13 (Loudoun 1990)
- Trout v. Commonwealth Trans. Commโr, 241 Va. 69 (1991)
- First State Holdings, Inc. v. Shor Leesburg Assn., L.P., 28 Va. Cir. 314 (Loudoun 1992)
- DCDF Inc. v. Shay, 30 Va. Cir. 185 (Loudoun 1993)
- Sjurseth v. Loudoun Co., 31 Va. Cir. 335 (Loudoun 1993)
- DCDF, Inc. v. Cam-Net Data Systems, 31 Va. Cir. 457 (Loudoun 1993)
- Alberts v. Karl Mintjens Furniture International, Inc., 30 Va. Cir. 245 (Loudoun 1993)
- Dator Corporation v. Rufus S. Lusk & Son, 1995 U.S. App Lexis 14605
- Loudoun County Bd of Supervisors v. Vanguard Ltd. Partnership, 35 Va. Cir. 254 & 38 Va. Cir. 200 (Loudoun 1994 & 1995).
- Miller v. Miller, 1996 Va. App. Lexis 499
- Wilson v. Farmington on the Green Homeownersโ Assn, 1997 Va. Cir. Lexis 693
- Stephens v. Caruthers, 97 F. Supp. 2d, 698 (E.D. Va. 2000)
- America Online, Inc. v. E*Trade Group, Inc., 59 Va. Cir. 48 (Loudoun 2002)
- Sherry Wilson and Co., Inc. v. Generals Court, L.C., No. 21696, 2002 WL 32136374 at (Va. Cir. Ct. Sept. 27, 2002)
- Shilling v. Jimenez, 268 Va. 202 (2004)
- Kerttula v. Candea, 68 Va. Cir. 414 (Loudoun 2005)
- Gowin v. Granite Depot, LLC, 272 Va. 246 (2006)
- Phoenix Renovation Corp. v. Rodriguez, 461 F. Supp. 2d 411ย (E. D. Va. 2006)
- Augmentation Inc. v. Atoka Chase Assโn, 2008 Va. Cir. LEXIS 198 (Loudoun)
- Christian Gonzales Construction, L.L.C. v. Webb et al., 2009 Va. Cir. LEXIS 179 (Loudoun)
- Fein, Trustee v. Zand 78, LLC (Supreme Court of Va. 2015) http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/orders_unpublished/home.html
- Miller, Trustee, et al. v. Athey, 96 Va. Cir. 223 (Loudoun 2017)
- Van Buren v. Poston & Old Meadow, LLC, 97 Va. Cir. 229 (Loudoun 2017)
- Westlake Legal Group v. Flynn, 293 Va. 344 (2017)
- Feeney v. Feeney, 295 Va. 312 (2018)
- Sweeney v. Greatorex, 102 Va. Cir. (Frederick 2018)
- Zemanovich v. Greatorex, 2019 Va. Cir. LEXIS 264 (Frederick)
- Commโr of Hwys v. Thompson, 2020 Va. Cir. LEXIS 112 (Frederick Co.)
- Dagvadorj v. Aljabi (Supreme Court of Virginia 2022) 210785.pdf (vacourts.gov)
Education
- 1977 LL.M., University of Cambridge (Queensโ College)
- 1974 J.D., University of Virginia
- 1971 B.A. with honors, Virginia Military Institute
Practice Areas
Admissions
- Virginia
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit