Our AttorneysJohn Sawyer
757 497 6633
sawyer@wolriv.com
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Virginia
2003
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
2003
U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
2008
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
2004
Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
J.D. – 2003
Law Review: Pennsylvania State International Law Review
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
B.A. – 1997
John Sawyer
Virginia
2003
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
2003
U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
2008
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
2004
Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
J.D. – 2003
Law Review: Pennsylvania State International Law Review
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
B.A. – 1997
John F. Sawyer represents businesses and individuals in federal and state courts throughout the Hampton Roads region. His cases have involved multi-million dollar loan workouts for financial institutions, significant estate litigation involving real property and forensic accounting issues, Clean Water Act regulatory compliance and litigation, injunction hearings, and contract disputes. Mr. Sawyer has an active creditors’ rights practice where he assists clients in the collection of accounts receivable and delinquent debt obligations. Mr. Sawyer was selected for inclusion in the Virginia Super Lawyers listing for the last five years. He is listed among Virginia’s Legal Elite, has an Avvo rating of 10, and he has been recognized as a Top Lawyer of Coastal Virginia by Coastal Virginia Magazine. He sits on the Board of Trustees of Norfolk Collegiate School; he is a Trustee of Second Presbyterian Church of Norfolk; he is a member of the Executive Committee of the Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association, he is a board member of the Sertoma Club of Norfolk, and he enjoys coaching youth soccer.
“Shipbreaking and the North-South Debate: Economic Development or Environmental and Labor Catastrophe?”, 20 Penn St. Intl. L. Rev. 535, 2002
Environmental Issues in the Foreclosure Process, NBI, 2010
Landlord Tenant Law Update, Sterling Educational Services, 2010
Judgment Enforcement: Post Judgment Collections, Lorman Education Services, 2008
Landlord Tenant Law: Surviving in a Difficult Economy, Sterling Education Services, 2012
Ethical Considerations in Landlord-Tenant Law, Sterling Education Services, July 2013
Collections: Seeking and Collecting a Judgment, NBI, May 2013
9th Annual Landlord-Tenant Law, SES, September 2013
Landlord Tenant Evictions, Court and Litigation, Sterling Educational Services, 2014
Landlord Tenant Law: Lease Agreements, Defaults, and Collections, 2016
Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent Rating
Listed as one of Virginia’s “Super Lawyers” (Estate & Trust Litigation), 2017 - 2021
Selected and listed as one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” (Civil Litigation), Virginia Business Magazine, 2020
Selected as one of Coastal Virginia Magazine’s, “Top Lawyers”, 2015 - 2020
Listed as one of Virginia’s “Rising Stars in Super Lawyers Magazine” (Business Lit), 2008 – 2015
The Richard Reeve Baxter Award, Recognition of Excellence in Scholarship and Legal Writing in the Field of International Law, 2002
Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association, Executive Committee
Virginia Beach Bar Association, Member
Virginia State Bar
Virginia Bar Association
REACH Program Volunteer – Reading Enriches All Children
Sertoma Club of Norfolk
Second Presbyterian Church, Trustee, former Session Member
Norfolk United Soccer Club, Youth Coach
