Virginia Environmental Law & Waterfront Property Rights Resources

Jim Lang, Jeff Wilson and the Waterfront Law Team won a riparian rights case in Fairfax County Circuit Court for a homeowners’ association community pier and boat slips. Read the full article.

Learn more about how bottomland ownership can determine your control over the water body connected to your waterfront property, and how you can exert your riparian rights. Read the full article.

Building a pier on Virginia waterfront property is complex. Here are the 5 things you need to consider - include pier permits, the cost to build a pier, and riparian rights. Read the full article.

Riparian property rights attorney Bryan Peeples (with assistance from summer associate Ross Broudy) explains the rules that allow waterfront property owners in Virginia Beach to protect a parking spot from intrusion by non-resident beachgoers. Read the full article.

Jeff Wilson gives a summary of the June 2019 Virginia Marine Resources Commission Meeting. Read the full article.

Jim Lang reviews the decisions made at the May 2019 Virginia Marine Resources Commission Meeting. Read the full article.

Riparian Property Rights attorney Jeff Wilson explains how coastal flooding creates "Ghost Forests", hurts farmers, and describes the ineffective response by Virginia state government Read the full article.

Jim Lang gives a summary of the April 2019 Virginia Marine Resources Commission Meeting. Read the full article.

Pender & Coward waterfront law attorney Bryan Peeples discusses Virginia tidal wetlands regulations, violations, penalties and steps to avoid being charged with a tidal wetlands violation in his article Read the full article.