Jay Ian Igiel

Attorney

For over twenty years, Jay’s practice has primarily been in the areas of corporate law, commercial litigation, financial institution law, real estate law, creditor’s rights and general civil litigation. He has been trial counsel on numerous commercial litigation matters including actions related to securities law and fraud claims involving a publicly traded company headquartered in New York; derivate actions; the enforceability of restrictive covenants; ultra vires actions by Board of Directors; breaches of fiduciary duties, ownership disputes, contract disputes; defending defamation and wrongful interference with contract claims involving a nationally known non-profit; securing a favorable opinion of first impression from the Chancery Court in Delaware related to limited liability company membership; securing a favorable opinion awarding attorney fees for the bad faith conduct of the other party; litigating patent and trademark infringement claims and successfully handling government contract disputes and protests at the regional, state and federal level, including successful protests of contract awards for the North Carolina Lottery and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority contracts. Jay has litigated Adversary Proceedings in bankruptcy courts in Virginia and the District of Columbia on various matters including equitable subrogation, lien priority, fraud and derivative actions claims. He has also litigated various real estate claims involving equitable subrogation, lien priority, efforts to rescind certificates of satisfaction, allotment, and partition claims. He has also been counsel to hundreds of corporate transactions: including: various insurance agreements, asset purchases and sales, stock purchases and sales, private financing, financial institution financing, licensing and marketing agreements, and a variety of other matters. Jay has represented numerous state and federally chartered Credit Unions and national and regional financial institutions on a variety of matters including creditor’s rights, consumer and commercial litigation, regulatory compliance, regulatory investigations, mergers and acquisitions, expansions and charter amendments, contract reviews, the sale and purchase of commercial and consumer loans and defending financial institutions against complaints and various legal actions. 

Jay attended George Mason University where he graduated as a University Scholar and received his degree as a political science major in 2000. Mr. Igiel was a nationally recognized debate champion at George Mason University and coached debate for several years after graduation. He received his Juris Doctorate, with a regulatory law certificate, from the George Mason University School of Law in 2003.  He has authored several professional publications in the areas of corporate formation, corporate law and real estate transactions, as part of continuing legal education (CLE) seminars and has been an instructor for CLE seminars. 

Mr. Igiel is admitted in to practice in all state and federal courts throughout the states of Virginia, California and Texas.

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