Mann, Vita & Elrod, P.L.L.C.

15A East Nelson Street
Lexington, Virginia 24450View Map


 
Practice Areas:
Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts, Personal Injury, Divorce, Custody and Family Law, Criminal Defense, Traffic Violations, Real Estate and Conservation Easements, Corporations and Limited Liability Companies, Employment Law, Medical Malpractice, Social Security Disability, General Civil Litigation.
 
Firm Size: 4
 
Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
 
MEMBERS OF FIRM
 
Laurence A. Mann (Member) born June 7, 1948; admitted to bar, 1982, Virginia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1970). Reading of the Law Program, Virginia State Board of Bar Examiners, 1982. Vice Mayor, City of Lexington, 1989-1990. Member, Lexington City Council, 1978-1982. Representative, Central Shenandoah Planning District, 1986-1990. Member: Lexington/Rockbridge/Buena Vista Bar Association (Past President); Virginia State Bar (Member: Trusts and Estates Section; Local Government Law Section; Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration; Wills and Trusts; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Conservation Easements; Municipal Law; Land Use Issues; Corporations; Limited Liability Companies.
 
John P. Vita (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, August 29, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1993, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1984); Villanova University (M.A., 1985); Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D., 1988). John W. Davis Moot Court Competition: Best Oralist, Best Brief Nominee, 1986. National Appellate Advocacy Competition: Regional Semi-Finalist, 1987; and Coach, Moot Court Team, Regional Semi-Finalists, 1988. Member, Moot Court Board. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Practice, 1988. Adjunct Faculty, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College. Member: Lexington/Rockbridge/Buena Vista Bar Association; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Virginia State Bar (Member, Litigation Section). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Medical Malpractice; Social Security Disability; Wrongful Death; Real Estate; Corporations; Limited Liability Companies; Civil Litigation.
 
Joshua O. Elrod (Member) born December 17, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, California; 2000, Virginia. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 1994); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D, 1997). Member: Lexington-Rockbridge/Buena Vista/Rockbridge Bar Association (Past President); Virginia State Bar (Member, Family Law Section). Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Traffic Violations; Domestic Relations; Social Security Disability; Civil Litigation; Real Estate Litigation.
 
ASSOCIATE
 
Charles V. Hardenbergh (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia. Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.A., Economics and Business, distinguished graduate, 1993); University of Virginia (J.D., 1996; M.S., Tax Accounting, 2005). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Kappa Alpha Order. Recipient: John Robert Philpott Medal for Excellence in Business Studies, 1992-1993; United States Army Meritorious Service Medal, 1999. Listed, Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1992-1993; Judge Advocate General's Award for Excellence in Claims, 1998; Company Grade Instructor of the Year, School of Acquisition Management, Army Logistics Management College, 2000. Virginia Military Scholarship Grants, 1993 and 2004. Working Papers: "Mescalero Millionaires and Affluent Apaches: How Native American Tribes can Use Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code to Capitalize on Their Non-alienable Reservation Land and Pay Nothing in Taxes;" "Canaveral International and the Arrangement of One's Affairs so That His Taxes Shall Be as Low as Possible: How Planners Can Best Avoid Imposition of Internal Revenue Code Section 269." Chief of Legal Assistance, Chief of Claims, Assistant Trial Counsel and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1997-1999. Faculty, Army Logistics and Management College, School of Acquisition Management, U.S. Army JAG Corps, Fort Lee, Virginia, 1999-2001. Brigade Trial Counsel, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, U.S. Army JAG Corps, Camp Hovey, South Korea, 2001-2002. Trial Defense Attorney, U.S. Army JAG Corps, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, 2002-2003. Administrative Law Attorney, U.S. Army JAG Corps, Ft. Lee, Virginia, 2003-2004. Professor of Law and Accounting, Economics and Business Department, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, 2004-2007. Passed, Certified Public Accountant Exam, 2007. Chief Justice, Mock Trial Competition, University of Virginia Law School, 1995. Head, Tax Assistance Program and Volunteer, La Salida Juvenile Offender Alternative Sentencing Program, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1998 and 1999. Advisor: Military Retirees Appreciation Day, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 2002; Pre-Law Society, Virginia Military Institute, 2005-2007. Institutional Advisor, Sussex State Prison, Sussex Circuit Court, 2004. Virginia State Bar Association. [With White Sands Missile Range, NM, 1997-1999; Captain, U.S. Army JAG Corps, 1997]. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Traffic Defenses; Traffic Violations; Civil Litigation; DUI/DWI; Tax Litigation; Administrative Appeals; IRS Negotiation.
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