Nancy R. Schlichting

Overview

Nancy Schlichting started at Flora Pettit's predecessor firm, Lenhart Obenshain, in 2004, after practicing as a partner at a large firm in Florida for 15 years. Most recently, her practice has been focused on corporate disputes including shareholder disputes, business dissolutions, and commercial litigation. She also represents lenders in collection cases, foreclosures, lender liability and bankruptcy proceedings and individuals and corporations in real estate related litigation. Her previous experience includes trust litigation, will contests and litigation relating to health care in the areas of risk management, guardianships, licensure, physician credentialing and peer review.

Experience

CASE RESULTS DEPEND ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE.

• Represented shareholders and partners in corporate dissolutions and business disputes
• Handled numerous foreclosures, at least half of which involved lender liability issues, bankruptcy and/or difficult collateral
• Successfully handled cases involving complicated title and access issues
• Successfully defended director and officer liability lawsuits brought against homeowner and condominium associations
• Handled difficult guardianship proceedings involving incapacitated adults
• Served on a pro bono basis as a court-appointed guardian ad litem for abused children
• Successfully defended will contests and handled trust litigation
• Represented hospitals and physicians in peer review proceedings related to the termination of medical staff privileges

Admissions

• Virginia
• Florida
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Recognitions

• BV Distinguished® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®
• Selected to “Legal Elite,” Virginia Business, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2007, 2010, 2014 – 2016,  2018-2019

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Professional Involvement

• Virginia State Bar
• Charlottesville-Albemarle County Bar Association, Board Member
• American Bar Association
• Virginia Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association

News

December 3, 2019Fifteen Flora Pettit Attorneys Recognized in the 2019 “Legal Elite” Survey Conducted Annually by Virginia Business Magazine

December 20, 2018Seven Lenhart Pettit Attorneys Named in 2018 “Legal Elite”

December 29, 2016Ten Lenhart Pettit Attorneys Named “Legal Elite”

December 1, 2015Fourteen Lenhart Pettit Lawyers Named “Legal Elite”

December 3, 2014Nine Lenhart Pettit Attorneys Named “Legal Elite”

July 21, 2014Lenhart Pettit Attorneys Elected to Leadership of Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association