Jay M. Weinberg is a member of the real estate section of Hirschler Fleischer and serves as the firm's Chairman Emeritus. His practice focuses on sophisticated land use and zoning matters.
He has practiced law for 45 years and has handled virtually all forms of sophisticated real estate matters, including the acquisition, rezoning, financing, syndication, development, adaptive reuse and sale of major residential communities, apartment complexes, shopping centers, industrial parks and office-service buildings. He has had substantial experience in counseling real estate developers in connection with the taxation and structure of legal entities to develop, own and sell real estate projects.
Mr. Weinberg has been a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers since 1982 and has been included in the Best Lawyers In America for real estate since its initial publication in 1983. He served as a member of the board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University and as its Rector. He serves on the VCU Real Estate Foundation Board and is an Honoris Causa Member of the Rho Epsilon Professional Real Estate Fraternity. He is a past Chair and current member of the Real Estate Circle of Excellence. He served as vice-chairman of the MCV Hospital Authority Board. He also serves on the board of directors of First Capital Bank and Markel Corporation.
He is a frequent lecturer at Continuing Legal Education seminars and served as the co-editor of Landlord-Tenant Law and Practice in Virginia. Mr. Weinberg has served on the editorial staff of Alexander's Federal Tax Handbook and has contributed to both Virginia Practice Methods and Virginia Lawyers Basic Practice Handbook. Additionally, Mr. Weinberg has been recognized as one of Virginia's "Legal Elite" by Virginia Business Magazine and holds his "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Weinberg received his B.A. degree with a major in English from the University of Virginia in 1954 and his L.L.B. (J.D.) from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1959. He has spent his entire legal career with the firm of Hirschler Fleischer.
He is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation and is a member of the Richmond, Virginia, Virginia State and American Bar Associations.
Mr. Weinberg was named to Virginia Business Magazine's 2007 List
of "Legal Elite."
