James T. Lang

Represented residential landowners facing a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act civil enforcement action in which the City of Richmond demanded they pay a civil penalty of $32,500 and demanded that they install new plantings at their property with a cost in excess of $150,000.  The case was resolved in early 2017 to our clients' benefit as the City withdrew the Notice of Violation, 放弃了金钱民事处罚的要求, and accepted the clients' landscaping plan instead of requiring the more costly landscaping plan designed by the City. (2017) 

Drafted an amendment to the Virginia Coastal Primary Dunes and Beaches Act that was enacted into law by the Virginia General Assembly. (2017)

Represented a family owned business that owns a 7 acre parcel (value $6M) in Norfolk, on the Elizabeth River, where a neighbor clogged the waterway with a Floating Junkyard consisting of 26 ships. Prosecuted a citizen’s environmental lawsuit in federal court that forced the neighbor to remove the Floating Junkyard from the river which removed all interference with client’s riparian property rights. 307 Campostella, LLC v. Timothy S. Mullane, civil action no. 2:15-cv-224 (E.D. Va. 2016).

Designed and then persuaded Virginia Beach City Council to adopt a plan that enabled oceanfront property owners in Sandbridge, 清理淹没他们家园的沙滩沙子, 不受湿地委员会的检控, and consistent with requirements of the Virginia Coastal Primary Dunes and Beaches Act. (2016)

Represented a medium size HVAC contractor in managing risk to the company after an employee intentionally released 30-40 pounds of R22 refrigerant into the atmosphere, conduct that is prohibited by the Stratospheric Ozone Protection regime at subchapter VI of the Clean Air Act, 以及环保署颁布的实施条例. (2016)

Represented a family owned business that owns a 3 acre parcel in Chesapeake which had been heavily polluted by its Fortune 500 corporate tenant who disposed of metals and hydrocarbons in the soil and in the groundwater over the course of its 30 year occupancy. Forced the tenant to clean up the environmental contamination and to compensate landlord for reduced property value due to stigma. (2015)

Persuaded the US Army Corps of Engineers to rescind the permit it had granted (under the Rivers and Harbors Act) that improvidently authorized a 600' long mooring system in the middle of an active waterbody fronting our client's commerical industrial property.  The proposed mooring system, if installed, 会让客户的滨水企业破产吗.  在说服USACE撤销许可后, we persuaded the staff at the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to oppose the project, 致使申请人撤回申请，放弃项目的. (2015)

Represented highway builder in establishing a 32 acre offsite facility to mitigate stream bank impacts caused by highway construction project. (2014)

Represented waterfront landowner cited for destruction of 600 square feet of nonvegetated wetlands in proceedings at Norfolk Wetlands Board. (2013)

Assisted lender in arranging Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act compliance for tear down and reconstruction of repossessed bay front residence. (2013)

Defended as lead cousel the governmental entity that owns the Chincoteague Bridge against a $10M claim brought by shellfisherman who alleged that the construction of the bridge destroyed shellfish beds located in the Chincoteague Bay.  在美国进行了18个月的诉讼后，此案以有利的条件得到了解决.S. District Court and in the U.S. 第四巡回上诉法院.  American Bridge v. James Young, civil action no. 2:08-cv-316 (E.D. Va. 2008)，上诉已提起，第09-1458号(第四编). 2009).

• Virginia State Bar, Second District Subcommittee, Past Subcommittee Vice Chair, Norfolk, 2004–2010
• Virginia Bar Association
• 诺福克-朴茨茅斯律师协会
• 弗吉尼亚海滩律师协会

• Leaders in the Law, 2017
• 弗吉尼亚海岸的顶级律师，环境和土地使用，2016-2024
• 弗吉尼亚法律精英，环境法，2015-2023
• 尤卡谷高中名人堂，2017年
• 2012年美国童子军杰出亚洲博彩平台排名奖

• 向上中心，自2012年以来，Mentor
• 汉普顿路商会, 前切萨皮克分部执行委员会和前董事会成员
• 肯普伍兹公民联盟，董事会成员和总法律顾问
• 美国贝赛德地区童军，前主席
• 弗吉尼亚包容性社区中心，前董事会成员
• Transportation Task Force of Empower Hampton Roads, Past Volunteer and General Counsel