Richard A. Lash
Richard represents financial institutions, title insurance companies, and individuals in the state and federal courts in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. His areas of practice include creditors’ rights, title insurance defense, appellate practice and will and fiduciary matters. Richard is the firm’s President, a Shareholder and a member of its Board of Directors. Richard’s experience includes the defense of mechanic’s liens and the representation of financial institutions and landlords in a variety of lending transactions and workouts, including foreclosures, collections, bankruptcies, evictions and curing defects in land titles. A past president of the George Mason University School of Law Alumni Association, Richard also served as tribune of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity and as an officer and/or director of numerous non-profit organizations. Richard holds an undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and law degrees from the George Mason University School of Law, where he was a Justice of the Moot Court Board, and the George Washington University National Law Center, where he received his Master of Laws degree in International and Comparative Law. He has written on the subject of corporate law, lectured on the subject of curing title defects in Virginia and is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the George Mason University School of Law where he recently taught Commercial Paper.
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Licensed to practice in:
District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
Email: Richard.Lash@bhlpc.com
Practice areas:
Bankruptcy
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Transactions
Evictions
Foreclosure
General Business Law
Probate and Trusts
Real Estate
Barry K. Bedford
A 1982 graduate of George Washington University, Barry received his JD from George Mason University School of Law in 1986 and was admitted to the Virginia Bar that same year. While at George Mason, he was a member of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity and served as its vice-dean in his third year.
A large portion of Barry’s practice has been devoted to representing real estate builders and developers from the land acquisition and planning stage through delivery of finished product. He has also been actively involved in contract and settlement negotiations of all types. He practices extensively in commercial and residential real estate law, including landlord/tenant matters, real estate finance and the formation of condominium and homeowners’ associations. In addition to his significant bankruptcy practice experience Barry has represented several area banks and has served as general counsel to a local bank since 1991.
In 2008 Barry became Of-Counsel to Buonassissi, Henning & Lash, P.C. His areas of practice include real property law, real estate and REO settlements, creditor’s rights, banking, corporate law, construction lien law, title insurance litigation, foreclosure law and bankruptcy law.
Barry currently serves of the firm’s Board of Directors as its Treasurer.
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Licensed to practice in:
Virginia
Email: Barry.Bedford@bhlpc.com
Practice areas:
Bankruptcy
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Transactions
Evictions
General Business Law
Real Estate
Justin B. Berger
Mr. Berger is active in the firm’s bankruptcy and eviction practice, as well as in handling general litigation matters. Prior to joining BHL, Justin served as general counsel of an educational institute focusing on trade finance, commercial fraud, and financial crime.
Education:
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA – J.D.
American University, Washington, DC – B.A.
Licensed to practice in:
Virginia and the District of Columbia
Email: Justin.Berger@bhlpc.com
Practice areas:
Bankruptcy
General Litigation
Kathleen D. Lash
Kathy has been practicing real estate law in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia for more than 26 years. In addition, Kathy has focused her practice on mediation more recently in order to help the firm handle the substantial increase in mediation requests submitted in Maryland foreclosure proceedings as a result of new legislation passed in July, 2010.
Kathy holds a Bachelor of Arts undergraduate degree from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1983, and a Juris Doctor degree from the George Mason University School of Law in 1986.
Licensed to practice in:
Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia
Email: Kathleen.Lash@bhlpc.com
Practice areas:
Mediation
Real Estate