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Fay Frances Spence
About Fay
Practice Areas
2
Practice Areas
Litigation
55%
30 years | 750 cases
Criminal Defense
45%
39 years | 500 cases
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Virginia for 38 years
State: Virginia
Acquired: 1987
No misconduct found
Licensed in Georgia for 28 years
State: Georgia
Acquired: 1997
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Fay Frances Spence
210 First St., Sw, Ste. 400, Roanoke, VA, 24011
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Experience
Honors
1987
Writing Competition, 3rd place, Food and Drug Law Institute
1987
Significant Legal Scholarship, West Publishing Company
1987
American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co.
1986
Significant Legal Scholarship, West Publishing Company
1986
American Jurisprudence Award in Jurisprudence, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co.
1985
Significant Legal Scholarship, West Publishing Company
Work Experience
2006 - Present
First Asst. Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defenders Office, WDVa.
2005 - 2006
Public Defender for the City of Newport News, Newport News Public Defender's Office
2002 - 2005
Deputy Public Defender, Norfolk Public Defenders Office
1992 - 2001
Lead Trial Attorney, Nationwide Insurance Trial Division
1987 - 1992
Associate Attorney, Knight, Dudley, Dezern & Clarke
Associations
2011 - Present
Federal Bar AssociationRoanoke Steering Committee
2007 - Present
Federal Defenders Association
2002 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
2001 - 2003
Lawyers Helping LawyersChairman, Tidewater Committee
1999 - 2000
Norfolk Portsmouth Bar AssociationADR Committee
1996 - 1999
St. Margaret's SchoolMember, Board of Governors
1994 - 2001
Norfolk Portsmouth Bar AssociationCLE Committee
1994 - 2006
Unity Church of Tidewaterusher, Sunday School teacher
1992 - 1997
Lawyers Helping LawyersChairman, Tidewater Committee
1992 - 1997
Virginia Bar AssociationSubstance Abuse Committee Member
1988 - 2004
Lawyers Helping Lawyers
Sample of Legal Cases
U.S. v. Thornton, 554 F.3d 443 (2009)
sentence reversed
Bosley v. Shepherd, 554 S.E.2d 77 (2001)
Plaintiff's verdict reversed and remanded
Sandow-Pajewski v. Busch Entertainment Corp., 55 F. Supp. 2d 422 (E.D. Va. 1999)
Summary judgment granted for defendants
Little Creek Investment Corp. v. Hubbard
Lane v. Kingsport Armature & Electric, 676 F. Supp. 108 (W.D. Va. 1988)
Defendant's motion for summary judgment was denied; case settled favorably for plaintiff
Education
2005
Old Dominion University
M.A.
1987
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of Wm & Mary
J.D.
1983
St. Leo College
B.A., summa cum laude
Speaking Engagements
2011
Frank Dunham Annual Criminal Law Conference
Legal Ethics and Lawyer Distress: Dealing With Burnout, Depression, Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse
2010
Frank Dunham Third Annual Criminal Law Conference
Prosecutorial Misconduct: What Defense Lawyers Need to Know
2005
Second Annual Trial Skills Bootcampt
Motions to Suppress
2000
Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar
New Ethics Rules Related to ADR
1995
Personal Injury Seminar, Dealing with Damages
Using IMEs
1995
Norfolk Chapter Meeting
The Tripartite Relationship: Staff Counsel's Perspective
Publications
2009
The Champion
Book Review of Hard Time & Nursery Rhymes by Claudia Trupp
2008
2005
Old Dominion University Thesis
Boys Will Be Boys: A Social Control Approach to the Assessment of Gender-Based Sentencing Disparity
1999
The Virginian Pilot, Law Matters Section
I Thought I had Full Coverage!
1997
The Recovery
Confidentiality Protection Expanded for LHL
1987
28 William & Mary Law Review 711
Alternatives to Manufacturer Liability for Injuries Caused by the Sabin-Type Oral Polio Vaccines