Zach Chapman is an associate at Shannon & Wright LLP where he represents clients in business and real estate litigation.

His practice involves representing clients across the spectrum of real estate issues and all phases of civil/commercial litigation, including but not limited to construction defects, contractual disputes, eminent domain, and land use.

Zach has broad experience in all aspects of litigation, from pre-litigation through trial. His experience includes, but is not limited to, drafting and responding to complaints, dispositive motions practice, preparing for, taking, and defending depositions of witnesses, including expert witnesses during litigation, attending and preparing for trial, including pretrial hearings and motions practices. He regularly appears on behalf of clients in alternative dispute resolution forums, including arbitration and mediation. Zach is licensed to practice in the state courts for the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland, and the jurisdictions’ respective federal courts.

Marc Pasekoff is a seasoned litigator with noteworthy experience in the state courts, federal courts, and administrative agencies in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Marc dedicates his practice to employment, real estate, business, and commercial litigation. In these disputes, he has advised project owners, carriers, developers, contractors, design professionals, and individuals in all phases of contested matters. Additionally, his practice includes representation of federal and private sector employees and employers before EEOC, MSPB and federal/state agencies involving various claims and appeals of discrimination and proposed disciplinary actions. His experience includes litigation regarding Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, state wage claims, and whistleblower/retaliation claims.

Throughout his career, Marc has developed creative solutions and ardently represented his clients. Not only does he have first chair trial experience, but he also understands that a negotiated resolution may be a more practical and better result for a client. Consequently, he uses both common sense and legal knowledge to build consensus in reaching a desired outcome, or shape litigation with aggressive strategies that maximize results. Detail-oriented, creative and proactive in every case in which he is involved, Marc instills trust and confidence in the clients for whom he works.

He is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A. 1988, Psychology with Honors) and the University of Florida College of Law (J.D. 1991) where he served as a Member of the Law Review.

Since joining Shannon & Wright, his noteworthy litigation accomplishments include:

• • • Without offering settlement, successfully defended employer against claims of wrongful discharge, discrimination, hostile work environment and breach of contract pursued by former employee.

• • • Defended government contractor against potential claims of fraud and improper influence made by former independent contractor.

• • • Persuaded subsidiary of Fortune 100 company to reinstate substantial severance payment and vesting equity units on behalf of former employee accused of violating non-compete agreement after integrating Virginia law with case-specific, contested facts.

• • • Won grant of petition (vacating Initial Decision and remanding case to MSPB Administrative Judge) for whistleblowing Department of Defense employee asserting IRA jurisdiction based on protected disclosure and retaliation.

• • • Via demand letter and subsequent communications detailing allegations of fraud and inability to convey good, marketable and insurable title, secured return of sizeable earnest money deposit and release for proposed sale of $1.5M real property and improvements located in Fairfax County.

• • • After persuading Arlington County Circuit Court judge to overrule demurrer and plea in bar in a declaratory judgment, easement and property damage/conversion case, negotiated compensatory and detailed non-compensatory damages settlement agreement in a long-running, contentious dispute between Penthouse Owner and Unit Owners Association.

• • • Defeated Agency’s Motion for Summary Judgment regarding disparate treatment (race/color) and hostile work environment claims and mediated a settlement (exceeding settlement official’s original authority) which included substantial monetary damages, full reimbursement of attorney’s fees and full restoration of annual leave for current federal employee.

• • • On the strength of a demand letter, secured significant pre-filing settlement against national trade organization on behalf of former employee alleging sex discrimination, hostile work environment, wrongful termination and violation of Virginia’s recently modified wage theft statute.

• • • Negotiated pre-discovery settlement, including compensatory damages, reimbursement of attorney’s fees and “clean record” after amending former federal employee’s discrimination/retaliation charges over Agency opposition to include post-Report of Investigation removal from federal service.

• • • After defeating Agency’s Motion for Summary Judgment at the EEOC in an age and sex discrimination case for former federal employee, obtained substantial settlement that included back pay, interest, lost TSP contributions, leave payout, reimbursement of attorney’s fees and health insurance enrollment/benefits.

• • • Awarded judgment in contested Fairfax County bench trial and recovered earnest money deposit, pre-judgment interest and reimbursement of attorney’s fees.

• • • After defeating Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in race discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation under the False Claims Act (federal and Maryland) in case filed in federal court in Maryland, negotiated a significant settlement which included compensatory damages, reimbursement of attorney’s fees and social media non-disparagement agreement.

Seth Royster is an associate at Shannon & Wright LLP, where he represents clients in estate planning/administration, business law, real estate, and civil/commercial litigation.

Seth serves as a trusted advisor to his clients on guardianship and conservatorship matters and guides fiduciaries through common issues that can arise when serving in those roles. Seth’s litigation experience includes representing clients in both General District and Circuit Courts throughout Virginia in real estate disputes, elder law matters, and commercial matters. With over five years of experience practicing law, Seth is licensed in both Virginia and North Carolina.

Roy Shannon is a founding partner at Shannon & Wright LLP where he represents clients in Real Estate and Business Transactions, as well as Civil/Commercial Litigation.

Roy’s Real Estate practice involves representing clients in all levels of real estate transactions, land use proceedings, eminent domain, condemnation proceedings, commercial landlord-tenant issues, contractor disputes, construction defects, and all aspects of real estate disputes.

His Business practice includes representing individuals and businesses in entity formations, transactions (consolidation, acquisition, sales of assets, sale of business, and dissolution), fiduciary responsibilities, corporate governance, business litigation (shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, and valuation difference), and dispute resolution.

Minturn Wright is a founding partner at Shannon & Wright LLP where he primarily focuses his practice in Real Estate transactions and Litigation matters.

Minturn’s three decades of experience as a lawyer have been almost equally divided between real estate transfers and other transactions on the one hand, and litigation (principally real estate, tax appeals and tax sales, civil rights, and insurance defense) on the other. He also has had experience dealing with environmental issues, business entities (corporations, limited liability companies, and the like), and trademark issues, particularly licensing.

Christopher Wright is a founding partner at Shannon & Wright LLP in Alexandria Virginia where he represents clients in the areas of Tax Planning and Tax Compliance, Planning & Transactions; Wealth Planning; Estate & Trust Administration, and Business Transactions.

Chris is both an Attorney and a Certified Public Account. He brings over eighteen years’ experience in corporate finance and accounting to the practice of law.