Maxwell H. Wiegard
Biography
Max Wiegard assists clients with environmental regulatory issues, real estate transactions and development projects. He handles environmental, real estate, land use, zoning and business and commercial matters, as well as mergers and acquisitions.
He has experience with environmental litigation, administrative proceedings, environmental compliance and permitting matters, environmental enforcement actions, contaminated site transactions, brownfield redevelopment and adaptive land reuse matters, real estate transactions and litigation and zoning and land use proceedings.
Max is chair of the Environmental Law Section of the Virginia Bar Association and a member of the Virginia State Bar’s Real Property Section’s Land Use and Environmental Committee. He is past chair of the Environmental Section of the Virginia State Bar and the Real Estate Section of the Virginia Bar Association.
Services
Industries
Education
- William & Mary Law School (J.D., 2004)
- University of Virginia (B.A., 2001)
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2005
- Maryland, 2005
- Virginia, 2004
Court Admissions
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Professional Affiliations
- Environmental Law Section of the Virginia Bar Association: Chair (2023-Present)
- Virginia State Bar’s Real Property Section’s Land Use and Environmental Committee: Member
- Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar: Area representative
- Environmental Section of the Virginia State Bar: Chair (2014)
- Real Estate Section of the Virginia Bar Association: Chair (2017-2018)
Special Honors
- Virginia Lawyers Weekly: Leaders in the Law (2024)
- Best Lawyers in America: Selected for inclusion for Environmental Law (2024-2027) and Real Estate Law and Litigation - Environmental - Richmond (2026-2027) - Richmond
- Virginia Business Magazine: Legal Elite, Environmental Law (2015-2017, 2019-2025)
