Menuck, Jill Mainster

Andrew McRoberts is a member of our Local Government practice team. He focuses his work on land use and zoning, subdivision, real estate, tax asessment, special service districts, and other specialized advice and litigation for local governments in Virginia as well as for private clients needing a lawyer with local government experience and insight. He is based in the firm's Richmond office.

Prior to joining the firm, Andrew served over eight years as the County Attorney for Goochland County, where he earned plaudits for his careful guidance of land use, real estate, tax assessment and special utility districts matters. He achieved a significant record of success in litigation in zoning, tax assessment and other cases on behalf of Goochland. His appointment in Goochland followed similar successful service as County Attorney in Culpeper County and Assistant County Attorney in Arlington County.

Andrew has built expertise in local government law his entire legal career. He is a popular speaker, and authored amicus briefs to the Virginia Supreme Court on behalf of the Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Virginia Association of Counties and Virginia Municipal League. He now serves as general counsel to the Stafford County Board of Zoning Appeals.

Andrew is the managing editor and chief author of http://www.valocalitylaw.com/ on local government issues and legal information in Virginia. You can follow Andrew on Twitter at http://twitter.com/AndrewMcRoberts and http://twitter.com/VaLocalityLaw. In law school, Andrew was honored to be on the University of Richmond Law Review and a member of the McNeill Law Society (for top ten percent of each law class after each semester).