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Virginia L. Lawson Email: vlawson@vlawson.com
Virginia L. Lawson, a Lexington native, has been practicing law throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky law since 1984. Although her personal practice is limited to real estate, business, and estate/probate law, her firm handles cases in the areas of bankruptcy, elder law, family law, and criminal law. Her real estate practice includes real estate litigation, contract formation and negotiations, closings, foreclosures, and real estate brokerage representation. She counts many individuals, sole proprietorships, limited liability companies and corporations as her clients. Families use Virginia’s services to plan their estates and probate their wills.
Virginia attended Lafayette High School, Lexington Technical Institute, Eastern Kentucky University, and Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. After finishing her undergraduate business degree with a major in real estate at Eastern Kentucky University, she worked as a REALTOR®, prior to attending law school.
She has been active in the real estate industry in a variety of capacities, including representing numerous boards and associations of Realtors®, real estate brokers, real estate appraisers, auctioneers, and mortgage lenders. A large part of her practice includes litigation defense for providers of professional liability insurance for real estate licensees. These cases have been before the Kentucky Real Estate Commission, the Kentucky Auctioneers Board, the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board, Professional Standards Committees, District Courts, Circuit Courts, the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and the Kentucky Supreme Court.
As a member of the first Kentucky Bar Association Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution, she is active throughout Kentucky as a mediator in real estate cases. Her extensive experience in real estate has led to her being retained as a consultant in real estate cases in Kentucky and elsewhere.
Virginia has taught numerous real estate law classes for universities, colleges, proprietary schools, real estate foundations, state licensing agencies, and brokerages. Currently, she teaches continuing education classes for real estate licensees. She is the author of five books: Kentucky Real Estate Law, Sales Contracts for the Real Estate Professional, AMP Real Estate Exam Preparation, Kentucky Real Estate License Law Tutorial, and Law of Agency. She writes articles appearing in newsletters, trade publications, newspapers, and journals about legal aspects of real estate, including agency, anti-trust, fair housing, disclosure, risk reduction, and contracts.
Virginia attended Lafayette High School, Lexington Technical Institute, Eastern Kentucky University, and Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. After finishing her undergraduate business degree with a major in real estate at Eastern Kentucky University, she worked as a REALTOR®, prior to attending law school.
She has been active in the real estate industry in a variety of capacities, including representing numerous boards and associations of Realtors®, real estate brokers, real estate appraisers, auctioneers, and mortgage lenders. A large part of her practice includes litigation defense for providers of professional liability insurance for real estate licensees. These cases have been before the Kentucky Real Estate Commission, the Kentucky Auctioneers Board, the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board, Professional Standards Committees, District Courts, Circuit Courts, the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and the Kentucky Supreme Court.
As a member of the first Kentucky Bar Association Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution, she is active throughout Kentucky as a mediator in real estate cases. Her extensive experience in real estate has led to her being retained as a consultant in real estate cases in Kentucky and elsewhere.
Virginia has taught numerous real estate law classes for universities, colleges, proprietary schools, real estate foundations, state licensing agencies, and brokerages. Currently, she teaches continuing education classes for real estate licensees. She is the author of five books: Kentucky Real Estate Law, Sales Contracts for the Real Estate Professional, AMP Real Estate Exam Preparation, Kentucky Real Estate License Law Tutorial, and Law of Agency. She writes articles appearing in newsletters, trade publications, newspapers, and journals about legal aspects of real estate, including agency, anti-trust, fair housing, disclosure, risk reduction, and contracts.