Practice Areas: Family Law, Estate Planning & Probate; view more
Licensed in Virginia since: 1984
Education: Samford University Cumberland School of Law
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David B. Bice, a distinguished attorney and owner of The Bice Law Group in Lynchburg, Virginia, is a certified arbitrator with the Virginia State Bar. His practice assists clients throughout the Lynchburg metro area, including Campbell and Bedford counties. He focuses on family law – covering adoption, child support, custody, divorce, grandparents' rights and guardian ad litem services – as well as criminal law, concentrating on traffic violations and DUI cases. He also engages in mediation.
Mr. Bice completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia in 1978 and obtained his Juris Doctor from the Samford University Cumberland School of Law, in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1984. He was licensed to practice in Virginia the same year he graduated, and was admitted before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
An active participant in the legal community, Mr. Bice is a member of the American Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. He has served on the Lynchburg Bar Association's board and was the former president of its Young Lawyers Division. His commitment to public service is demonstrated through his ongoing involvement with Virginia Legal Aid since 2008 and his participation in various commissions and task forces, such as the Commission on Mental Health Law and the Rules Task Force.
Mr. Bice has contributed articles to the Virginia State Bar and recently completed a term on the Technology and the Future Practice of Law Committee. He is also a frequent presenter at family law seminars across the nation, and his knowledge was recognized by the Virginia Law Foundation, which designated him as a “Qualified Master Counselor in Divorce and Family Law Practice.”
Outside of his professional endeavors, Mr. Bice is actively engaged in mission work, for instance, projects with Habitat for Humanity and various inner-city groups. He has participated in missions both domestically and internationally. Furthermore, he maintains an “Excellent” rating on Avvo.
Practice areas
Family Law, Estate Planning & ProbateFocus areas
Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Estate Planning, Father's Rights, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Juvenile Law, Living Wills, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Name Change, Paternity, Power of Attorney, Prenuptial Agreements, Probate & Estate Administration, Same Sex Family Law, Trusts, Wills
- 80% Family Law
- 20% Estate Planning & Probate
First Admitted: 1984, Virginia
Professional Webpage: https://www.thebicelawgroup.com/attorney/bice-david-byron/
- Virginia Supreme Court's OES training program. Served on faculty, designing trainings, creating power point presentations and lecturing to magistrates, special justices, and CSB. Served on Rules Committee to draft rules controlling involuntary mental commitment hearings.
- Moot Court Board
- Virginia State Bar, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Lynchburg Bar Association, President, Young Lawyers Division, 1986 to 1987
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1984
- Virginia, 1984
- Drafted materials and getting ready to present on the area of Virginia's adoption process., 2022
- Family Law: drafted and presented lecture on Equitable Distribution, Discovery, and Support., 2018
- Special Committee of the Virginia State Bar on Technology and the Practice of Law As a member, helped to develop training modules, drafted and published three articles, which appeared in the VSB publication.
- Virginia Legal Aid, based primarily in Lynchburg. Have recruited attorneys, handled cases in divorce, adoption, custody and domestic violence. Been awarded the organization's Annual Pro Bono Attorney of the Year twice.
- “Qualified Master Counselor in Divorce and Family Law Practice” certification awarded by The Virginia Law Foundation., 2022
- Certified as an arbitrator with the Virginia State Bar
- Contributing Member of the task force for Virginia Legal Aid, handling divorce cases and adoptions primarily.
- University of Virginia, B.A. - 1978
- How Technology Can Make Pro Bono Service Easier by David B. Bice As we continue to navigate through the anomalous era of the COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable individuals have experienced a surge of legal issues ranging from filing for unemployment benefits, canceled contracts for small businesses, delays in court proceedings, and an increase in divorce, housing issues, and domestic violence. These problems increase the need for pro bono work, and the use of technology is proving to be the best way to meet those needs. Coming out of the pandemic, the Virginia State Bar’s Technology and the Future Practice of Law Committee has continued in its mission to monitor and share with the Bar advances in technology as they impact the practice of law. Currently in the pipeline are a recent compilation of technological attributes or features from each circuit in the Commonwealth (video access; wireless connection; permissions required regarding phones, tablets; ability to project exhibits). To make some of the new technology more functional, a series of video presentations are in the works on a variety of areas and topics including: practice management, ethics, e-discovery, mobile devices, and evidence. Additionally, the committee continues to monitoring the latest technologies and the ethical challenges that result from their use: online encrypting of files, proper discovery, and practice management. Technology Helps Attorneys Achieve Pro Bono Goals Lawyers interested in viewing pro bono opportunities from home should become familiar with the pro bono portal, JusticeServer.org. The portal provides Virginia lawyers access to a variety of potential pro bono cases. Virginia Free Legal Answers is another easy entry point into pro bono. In 2016, the American Bar Association Pro Bono Committee built and continues to maintain a fifty-state interactive website to provide online pro bono assistance to low-income Americans. Virginia Free Legal Answers “VA FLA”( virginia.freelegalanswers.org ), allows lawyers an easy and convenient way to perform pro bono service by answering questions anonymously from the convenience of their home or office. Attorneys can log in, review, and answer questions day or night, from anywhere with an internet connection. Attorneys are in control; they choose the questions they feel comfortable answering. Free Legal Answers has seen an increase in lawyer participation during the pandemic. However, even though the number of attorneys participating has increased, so has the demand for legal services. As of June 2021, there are more than 5,214 eligible client users on the site and 454 registered attorneys signed up to answer their legal questions. The VA FLA volunteer attorneys helped more than 3,900 Virginians-in-need by answering 4,335 of 4,801 questions asked, representing a 90 percent attorney response rate. Virginia is consistently ranked as having one of the highest attorney response rates in the country. You can meet the Rule 6.1 aspirational pro bono service goals simply by answering two to three questions a week from the comfort of your home. Technology Supplies Attorneys with Pro Bono Tools While technology has been essential to carry on with the practice of law during the pandemic, it has also facilitated new ways of engaging lawyers to participate in pro bono work. The Virginia Legal Aid Society “VLAS” (serving Lynchburg, Danville, Farmville, and Suffolk) is successfully increasing the amount of divorce pro bono work by posting case tools such as templates, timelines, and sample letters onto their database. Through these methods, they have increased the number of panel attorneys from 103 to 218. Since the legal aid databases across Virginia are not uniform, in order to share these tools with the entire state, a case management “bridge” had to be created to make these tools available to all attorneys within Virginia. In fact, by the time this article is published, the divorce case tools will be available anywhere in Virginia. The VLAS currently has 155 available cases posted, mostly consisting of family law and guardianships. Technology Disseminates Information to Pro Bono Clients Technology has not only improved the way lawyers deliver justice, but also the way individuals may access pro bono legal services. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an array of local, state, and federal grants to combat the virus and its side effects. One of the most prominent potential side effects of a pandemic is foreclosures and evictions. The Center for Disease Control’s eviction moratorium was scheduled to end on June 30, 2021, but has been extended in most areas through October 3, 2021, due to concerns about the Delta variant. Thanks to funding from the Virginia Housing Development Authority filtered through Housing Opportunities Made Equal “HOME,” Landlords and tenants can download an app that is used as a screening tool to determine if they are eligible for mortgage and rent relief. Lawyers have also created YouTube videos that answers to some legal questions individuals might have about skipping loan payments and other consumer finance issues during the coronavirus pandemic. While we may be experiencing the side-effects of the pandemic for many years, lawyers are still meeting essential needs with the help of technology and their ongoing commitment to provide pro bono work in their community. Special thanks for the information provided to draft this article go out to Crista Gantz director of Access to Justice at the Virginia State Bar and several individuals working within Virginia Legal Aid including, but not exclusively, Debbie Hudgins, Jeremy White, and David Neumeyer. Thanks also to Brandon Osterbind and Kellam Parks with the Bar’s Technology and the Future Practice of Law Committee. David B. Bice has been practicing law since 1985. His practice is concentrated in Family Law, and served on the Virginia State Bar’s Special Committee on Technology and the Future Practice of Law for the past six years; is a member of the board for the Lynchburg Bar Association and participates on the Task Force for Virginia Legal Aid. Currently, he accepts cases in family law, adoptions and adult guardianship or conservatorship petitions. He may be reached at [email protected]., Author, How Technology Can Make Pro Bono Service Easier, Virginia State Bar, 2021
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