Practice areas: Family Law, Real Estate, Alternative Dispute Resolution; view more
Licensed in Virginia since: 1977
Education: The George Washington University Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2010, 2015 - 2025 Call today:
571-418-6995
McCandlish Lillard
11350 Random Hills RoadSuite 500
Fairfax, VA 22030 Visit website
Details
- Experience: Over 40 years of practice in Fairfax and Leesburg, Virginia.
- Practice Areas:
- Family Law and Domestic Relations
- Commercial Real Estate
- Business Organizations and Transactions
- Specialties:
- Divorce and marital settlement agreements
- Collaborative divorce
- Equitable distribution of assets
- Child custody and support
- Spousal support
- Prenuptial agreements
- Property acquisitions
- Lease negotiations
- Real estate financing
- Approach:
- Solution-focused and client-centered
- Emphasizes problem-solving and minimizing litigation
- Active member of Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia
- Recognition:
- Consistently recognized as one of Virginia's "Legal Elite" by Virginia Business magazine
- AV Preeminent* rating from Martindale-Hubbell (highest rating for ethics and ability)
Community Involvement: Doug has been an active volunteer in northern Virginia. His volunteer work has included service to the community as:
o Legal counsel for ArtsFairfax (formerly Arts Council of Fairfax County) since 1991
o Board member, community swim and tennis club
o Board member, Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc. (also, President from 1993-1996)
o Board member of his temple
o Board member, Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce
o Site Selection Committee member for Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia
o Board member, Communities of Faith United for Housing
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Family Law, Real Estate: Business, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Real Estate: ConsumerFocus areas
Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Father's Rights, Landlord/Tenant, Marital Property, Mediation, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Mortgage & Refinance, Name Change, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law
- 40% Family Law
- 30% Real Estate: Business
- 20% Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 10% Real Estate: Consumer
First Admitted: 1977, Virginia
Professional Webpage: https://mccandlishlawyers.com/lawyer/douglas-j-sanderson/
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- Volunteer legal counsel to ARTSFAIRFAX, formerly called the Arts Council of Fairfax County, Inc. (1991 to present)
- Past Member, Board of Directors, Communities of Faith United for Housing, 2009
- Past Member, Board of Directors of Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc. (President from 1993 through 1996).
- “Virginia Business” magazine has named Doug as one of its “Legal Elite” attorneys in Virginia for more than a decade
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated Attorney, the Highest Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®
- Named by American Registry as One of “Americas Most Honored Lawyers - Top 1%
- The Best Lawyers in America©
- Avvo Rated Top Lawyer
- Super Lawyer
- Trinity College, Hartford, CT, B.A., Major- Economics
- When adultery has only occurred after the date of separation, it hasn’t “contributed to the dissolution of the marriage”; and yet the court may still consider it because it is a ground for divorce. This should be changed by statute, to reduce the huge cost and usually trivial, if any, benefit of alleging post-separation adultery as a basis for a better split in equitable distribution or as an impact on spousal support., Post-Separation Adultery: It’s Time to Move On, Family Law, Divorce, Equitable Distribution, 2024
- Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements: Meeting the Legitimate Goals of Landlords, Tenants and Lenders; Negotiation Techniques. The subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement (“SNDA”) is the document that the landlord, commercial or retail tenant and lender often employ to resolve how their rights do and will intersect. As its name infers, the SNDA addresses how and when the rights of tenants will be subordinate to the rights of lenders or, sometimes at lender’s option, senior to the rights of lenders. It assures tenants that their rights to their premises will be preserved (that is, “non- disturbed”) on defined conditions within their control, even if the landlord defaults on its loan and the lender forecloses. The final component of the SNDA assures a lender, generally, that the tenant will attorn to (that is, confirm privity of contract by agreeing to continue as tenant of the new landlord) the lender or a purchaser following a foreclosure, and that, often but not always, the lender or such purchaser will have certain specified rights thereafter. The SNDA also can be used to confirm or modify other rights and obligations far beyond those that summarized in this paragraph., Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements, Commercial Landlords, Commercial Tenants, Retail Landlords, Retail Tenants, 2002
- Spousal Support Guideline Changes Following the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (May 2019)
- Contract Basics
- Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in Virginia: The Commitment and Planning Process (October 7, 2004)
- The Legal Implications of Obergefell v. Hodges, co-authored with John Farrell (2015)
- Online and Software Programs To Facilitate Parenting Time Arrangements, Support Obligations and Payments, as published in the ABA Section of Family Law’s Family Advocate magazine (Winter 2018 edition)
- Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in Virginia: Real Estate Issues (October 9, 2004)
- Preventing [LLC] Problems Up Front
- American Bar Association
- Collaborative Practice Of Northern Virginia
- Commercial Real Estate
- Fairfax Bar Association
- Individuals
- Loudoun County Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
Office location for Douglas J. Sanderson
11350 Random Hills Road
Suite 500
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 571-418-6995
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2010, 2015 - 2025
