Sams, Jason William

Nicholas Hantzes leads the firm with the wealth of experience in serving clients with complex needs in business and employment matters. He is an accomplished trial lawyer and legal advisor.  Nick prides himself on promptly identifying the heart of the matter from a legal perspective and jointly working with his clients to formulate a viable and cost effective plan to meet the clients' needs. The Firm's association or business clients respect  Mr. Hantzes sound counsel with respect to contract, organizational, employment and compliance matters.  For those clients, individuals or business, for which resort to the courts is appropriate, Mr. Hantzes  aggressively represents his clients to ensure an appropriate resolution whether it is jury verdict or settlement.  As both an advisor and litigator, Mr. Hantzes is in a unique position to bring to bare for all his clients lessons learned from the results of complex litigation whether it is accessing the risks of litigation or the appropriate method of structuring a transaction to avoid litigation.

Mr. Hantzes attended Washington & Lee Law School in Lexington, Virginia, where he was both a contributor and Executive Editor of the Law Review. He received a B.S. in Economics from Lehigh University. Mr. Hantzes is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia Bars and is admitted to practice in many federal courts.