Mr. Reid joined Parker, Pollard & Brown as an associate after receiving his law degree from the University of Richmond in 2008. His practice is concentrated primarily on commercial and residential real estate, civil litigation, and business law. Relevant experience Represents corporations and other business entities in the prosecution and defense of contract and business tort litigation. Represents landowners and commercial tenants in real estate related litigation. Represents owners and lenders in easement, title, mechanics lien and title insurance disputes and litigation. Represents lenders, purchasers and sellers in residential and commercial real estate transactions. Represents landlords and tenants in negotiation and drafting of commercial and residential leases. Represents developers in the creation of condominiums, including conversions and mixed-use projects. Represents lenders and other businesses in connection with a variety of commercial law matters, including issues relating to Article 9 secured financing. Advises businesses with respect to entity formation, corporate authority issues, director and officer liability, and other corporate matters. Admitted in all Virginia state courts.

Practice focuses on business and commercial law matters, including: civil litigation, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters; commercial real estate, secured lending, bankruptcy and estate litigation. Relevant experience Represents corporations and business clients in prosecuting and defending unfair competition, contract and business tort litigation. Represents landowners and commercial tenants in real estate related litigation, including lease disputes, contract disputes, easement issues and lis pendens actions. Represents lending institutions and other businesses in connection with a variety of commercial law matters including issues relating to Article 9 secured financing, Article 2 sales and Articles 3 and 4 negotiable instrument law. Represents beneficiaries of wills and trusts in litigation involving the interpretation and application of testamentary documents. Represents purchasers and sellers in business equity and asset purchase transactions. Advises businesses with respect to a variety of corporate matters including entity formation, corporate authority issues, director and officer liability and private placement securities offerings. Admitted in all state courts, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

James has more than 40 years of experience in the area of estate planning and administration, estate disputes, and real estate. He has been with the firm since he began practicing law in 1983. Mr. Cox received a B.A. summa cum laude from Duke University in 1980 and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1983. He is a Virginia Law Foundation Fellow and a committee member of Virginia CLE and the Virginia Law Foundation. He is a past Chairman and member of the Council and Legislative Committee of the Wills, Trusts, and Estates Section of the Virginia Bar Association. He was the President of the Charlottesville Albemarle Bar Association for 2009-2010 and is the current Chairman of the Real Estate Committee of the Charlottesville Albemarle Bar Association. He is a frequent lecturer in continuing legal education programs and since 1993 has been the author of the annual supplements to the four-volume treatise, Harrison on Wills and Administration in Virginia and West Virginia, published by the Michie Company, now Lexis Nexis. He is also the editor and contributing author to the Virginia CLE publication, Estate and Trust Administration in Virginia, first published in 1997. He is named in the current edition of the Best Lawyers in America, in both Trusts and Estates and Real Estate Law, and as Lawyer of the Year in Trusts and Estates for 2020.