FRANCIS A. CHERRY, JR. (Sandy)
804-592-4176
scherry@rbcvlaw.com
Education
Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D.
Denison University, B.A. with high honors
Overview
Partner. Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, 2014 and 2018 for eminent domain and condemnation law. Martindale-Hubbell AV rating. Trial practice with emphasis on condemnation, real estate and state legislative practice. In 2003, served on a panel of attorneys advising the Virginia Code Commission regarding the recodification of the state eminent domain code.
Experience
Randolph, Boyd, Cherry and Vaughan, Richmond, VA, 1979-present
Principal and founding partner
Randolph and Cherry, Richmond, VA, 1976-1979
Principal and founding partner
Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1972-1976
Assistant Attorney General and counsel for Virginia Department of Highways
Admitted
All Virginia State Courts
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
American Bar Association
Virginia State Bar
Richmond Bar Association
Local Government Attorneys of Virginia
International Right of Way Association
Presentations and Publications
Lectured and taught, both in Virginia and nationally (over 40 seminars and Continuing Legal Education units on the subject of eminent domain).