Herdt, Nathaniel H.

Bob Henley's practice focuses on family law including divorce, pre-marital and separation agreements, property division, child custody, child and spousal support, and valuation and classification of closely-held business and real estate interests. He has a wide range of legal experience and brings a broad perspective to family law including commercial real estate litigation and transactions such as purchases, sales, assemblage of land, development, construction, leasing and financing. He has represented corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, has prepared wills and trusts and has handled estate, business, real estate, personal injury and medical malpractice litigation.

Mr. Henley is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The Academy, which was founded in 1962, states in its website that its purpose is "to provide leadership that promotes the highest degree of professionalism and excellence in the practice of family law. The Academy Fellows are highly skilled negotiators and litigators who represent individuals in all facets of family law. To be represented by a Fellow of The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers is to be represented by a leading practitioner in the field of family law. The 1,600 Academy Fellows across the United States are generally recognized by Judges and attorneys as preeminent family law practitioners with a high level of knowledge, skill and integrity." He is one of only 52 Virginia family law practitioners selected for membership.

Mr. Henley is listed in Best Lawyers in America in the field of Family Law.  He is named a Virginia Super Lawyer® and is listed among the “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business magazine.  He is peer review rated AV (preeminent) by Martindale Hubbell and has been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society consisting of less than one-half of one percent of American Lawyers.

He is a member of the National Committee of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers on “Guidelines for Child-Centered Residential Schedules”. He is past president of the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association and is a former officer and director of the Real Estate Section of the Richmond Bar Association.

Relevant experience

• Represented parties in divorce litigation involving fault and no fault grounds of divorce, complex equitable distribution, classification of separate and marital property, spousal support, child custody, spousal and child support.
• Represented parties in divorce litigation involving valuation of closely held businesses.
• Represented parties in divorce litigation involving classification and complex tracing of marital and separate assets.   
• Prepared, negotiated and litigated premarital, post marital and separation agreements.
• Represented parties in mediation and settlement of family law disputes including custody, support and equitable distribution.
• Represented beneficiaries of complex estate in trial and subsequent appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court.
• Represented developers in acquisition of multiple parcels of land, financing, development of residential subdivisions and multi-use office and industrial parks, construction of buildings, leasing of office space and sale of buildings and developed parcels.
• Represented buyers and sellers in Section 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges of real property.
• Represented lending institutions in financing office, industrial and residential properties.
• Represented lending institutions in workouts and restructuring of commercial real estate loans.
• Represented landlords and tenants (including both Batzli Wood & Stiles and his former law firm, Parker Pollard & Brown P.C.) in negotiation and drafting of commercial leases.
• Represented entrepreneurs and developers in formation of business entities such as limited liability companies, corporations and partnerships.
• Represented developers in formation of condominiums, property acquisition, financing and construction and sale of residential and business condominiums.
• Represented developers in creation of restrictive covenants and owners associations for residential and commercial real estate.
• Represented owners, contractors, mortgage lenders and insurance companies in easement, title, mechanics' lien and title insurance litigation.