Stan Samuels is a partner in the Corporate Section at Williams Mullen. His business and management experience enables him to offer insights into industry-specific solutions to many problems of the business owner and entrepreneur. He has engaged numerous owners of family-held enterprises in meaningful exploration of their unique intra-family opportunities and problems, sometimes leading to inter-generational business interest transfers and, in other cases, to the sale to, merger with or the acquisition of other business entities.
Education
University of Virginia, LL.B., 1967
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1961
Professional Affiliations
Commercial Law Affiliates, Past Board of Directors
Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk, Commissioner in Chancery
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Escheator
Virginia Bar Association, Wills, Trusts & Estate Section
Virginia State Bar, Business Law Section
Awards and Honors
American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, Fellow
Virginia Law Foundation, Fellow
Listed in "Legal Elite,"
Virginia Business magazine
Listed in
Virginia Super Lawyers magazine - Business/Corporate
Listed in
The Best Lawyers in America - Trusts and Estates
Publications
Co-author, "Choosing Fiduciaries,"
Virginia Lawyers Practice Handbook, Estate Planning in Virginia, Virginia Continuing Legal Education, Chapter 9
Representations
Acquisition & disposition of automotive franchises
Acquisition & disposition of food distributorships
Mergers, acquisitions and disposition of businesses and professional practices
Planning and implementation of intra-family business devolutions
Sophisticated real estate transactions
Community Involvement
Congregation Beth El, Past President
Four Cities United Way, Past Chairman Lawyers Division
Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, Past President, Past Co-Chairman Ethics
United Jewish Federation, Executive Committee & Past Chairman, Community Relations Council