John C. Ivins, Jr. - Attorney

John C. Ivins, Jr. - Attorney

 

Following his judicial clerkship with the Virginia Supreme Court, John joined the Litigation section. Hirschler Fleischer is the only law firm with which John has ever been employed. He has served on the firm's Board of Directors, has served as the firm's Corporate Secretary, is presently the Vice Chairman of the Litigation section and also chairs the firm's Recruiting Committee, serving as the firm's Hiring Officer. John's practice has developed over the years in a variety of areas including product liability, landlord-tenant, health care, real estate/land use, partnership and corporate shareholder disputes, and criminal law (primarily "white collar" cases). Given the variety and nature of John's practice, many of his clients look to him to provide not only litigation services, but advice in a number of general business areas as well.

Relevant Experience:

  • Landlord Tenant Experience: John represents real estate developers, landlords, owners, and property managers that own and manage commercial -- as well as some residential -- real estate. He provides to them both litigation service as well as strategic advice for the resolution of disputes -- often with tenants -- combining his expertise in litigation with his knowledge of the law pertaining to landlord-tenant relationships, creditor rights, and bankruptcy. He represents regional and national shopping center/mall owners and developers and more than twenty shopping center owners and real estate companies in the Metropolitan Richmond area. He has been involved in hundreds of landlord-tenant disputes, tenant bankruptcies and the defense of client interests in actions filed by tenants and former tenants. One such action involved a suit brought by a former tenant arising out of the landlord's disposition of extensive restaurant furniture, fixtures, and equipment. After a two-day trial in state court, a jury returned a verdict in favor of John's client -- after deliberating only 10 minutes.
  • Product Liability Experience: John serves -- and has served -- as Virginia counsel for a number of national medical device (e.g., orthopedic prosthetics) and other product (e.g., asbestos, food/meat distributors, swimming pools, automotive, seat belts) manufacturers in litigation in state and federal courts throughout Virginia. In many of these cases, John has succeeded in having the cases dismissed before trial on summary judgment. John has also assisted a number of clients involved in product manufacturing to prevent litigation/claims through his coordination and analysis of their products, brochures, sales documentation and manuals.
  • Health Care Litigation and Regulatory Experience: John routinely handles a variety of administrative hearings/appeals, representing hospitals and other medical care providers in disciplinary/licensure proceedings, Fair Hearings and other employment-related matters. John also assists with HIPAA compliance issues and has handled numerous appeals arising from audits by the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services. John also represents physicians and other health care professionals in licensure proceedings before the Virginia Boards of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing. John is also consulted on contract issues, and combining his substantive knowledge of health care law with his background in litigation, he has assisted a number of the firm's health care clients in the development of strategies for the resolution of disputes outside of litigation.
  • Complex Civil Litigation, Partnership/Corporate Shareholder Dispute Experience: John's experience is varied. Examples include his representation of the majority stockholders in a corporate dissolution action in which the trial lasted for more than four weeks. In the real estate/land use area, John represented a locality in a trial arising from a subdivision decision lasting nearly six months. Also, in the commercial business area, John was involved in the representation of an estate in a gift tax refund case which went to the United States Supreme Court. John appears regularly in state and federal courts throughout the Commonwealth as well as before administrative tribunals and panels of arbitrators. In addition, he has also argued a number of cases before the Virginia Supreme Court, the Virginia Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Education:

  • University of Richmond School of Law, J.D.
  • Virginia Tech, B.A.

Published Works/Speaking Engagements:

  • Adjunct Professor, University of Richmond School of Law (Advanced Trial Practice; Lawyering Skills)
  • John routinely lectures at Continuing Legal Education seminars in the area of landlord-tenant law, speaking for organizations including the Richmond Bar Association, Virginia Continuing legal Education, National Business Institute, Sterling Education Services and Lorman Education Services.

Pro Bono/Community Service:

  • Science Museum of Virginia Foundation, Board of Directors; immediate past President
  • Leadership Metro Richmond, Board of Directors (2005-present)
  • The John Ivins Worship Band (www.johnivins.com); founded and is actively involved in this Christian ministry
  • University of Richmond Law School Association; previously served two terms on its Board of Directors, also serving as its Present
  • Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western Virginia; previously served two terms on its Board of Directors
  • Richmond Bar Association; previously served two terms on its Board of Directors
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Capital Region; previously served on its Board of Directors

Recognition:

  • Virginia's Best Lawyers, 2012 
  • Martindale-Hubbell: "AV" Peer Review Rated
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2011 
  • Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite, 2006-2011
  • Virginia Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, 2006, 2011

Memberships:

  • Virginia State Bar
  • Virginia Bar Association (Past Member; Young Lawyers Executive Committee)
  • American Bar Association (Member; TIPS, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committees; Health Law)

Firm Involvement:

  • Vice-Chair of the Litigation Section
  • Recruiting Committee Chair
  • Firm's Hiring Officer
  • Former member, Board of Directors

Bar Admission:

  • Virginia, 1983
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1996