Lawyers / Professionals

 
Daniel K. Slone       
Partner
One James Center
901 East Cary Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030
T: 804.775.1041
F: 804.698.2175
dslone@mcguirewoods.com
 

Mr. Slone represents developers and communities in overcoming the land use and environmental permitting impediments to small and large-scale projects such as new towns, utilities, and industrial facilities. He provides a wide range of services for developers of New Urban and sustainable projects with a related focus on the convergence of communication, power and essential services. He has assisted clients in dealing with wetland permitting and enforcement for more than two decades. Mr. Slone also works with a wide range of green product manufacturers.


Practices & Industries
Honors
  • Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2006-2012
  • Named to Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America List, 2009-2011
  • Named One of "America's Leading Lawyers," Environmental Law, Chambers USA, 2004-2011
  • Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," 2005-2011
  • Recipient, Henry David Thoreau Environmental Conservator, Better Housing Coalition 2010 Groundbreaker Award
  • Recipient, Special Recognition for Service Award, Virginia Sustainable Building Network, 2006
  • Recipient, Leadership Award, James River Green Building Council, 2005
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
  • Institute of Green Professionals, Honorary Fellow

Publications
  • Books
    • "Sustainability Planning and the Law" and "The Legal Impediments Survey," Sustainable and Resilient Communities: A Comprehensive Action Plan for Towns, Cities, and Regions, Stephen Coyle, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. March 2011
    • "New Urbanism as a Site Planning Tool," Green Building and Sustainable Development - The Practical Legal Guide, American Bar Association, 2009
    • A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Architects, Planners and Developers, Co-authored with Doris Goldstein, John Wiley & Sons, September 2008
    • "Maintaining Sustainability," Developing Sustainable Planned Communities, July 2007
    • "The Energy of Eco-Industrial Development and Legal Elements of Eco-Industrial Development," Eco-industrial Strategies-Unleashing Synergy Between Economic Development and the Environment, November 2003
  • Articles
    • "Emerging Issues in Green Building," Co-authored with Adam S. Lovelady, Virginia Land Title Association Examiner, 2009
  • Previous publications

Speaking Engagements
  • "Retrofitting Suburbia," CNU 19 - Growing Local, Madison WI (June 1, 2011)
  • "Sustainable Neighborhoods: Best Practices," ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, Washington, D.C. (May 25, 2011)
  • "Planned Densification: Issues of Planning, Building and Harvesting Value of Anticipated Densities," Makeover Montgomery: Innovative Strategies for Rethinking America's Suburbs, Silver Spring, MD (April 16, 2011)
  • "Retrofitting and Repairing Suburban Sprawl," Greenprints 2011, Atlanta, GA (March 14, 2011)
  • "National TOD Node and Development Trends and How National Trends and Regional Case Studies Apply Locally," ULI Richmond Quarterly Speaker Program, Richmond, VA (March 8, 2011)
  • "Integrating More Sustainable Design into Form-Based Codes," 10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth, Charlotte, NC (Feb. 3, 2011)
  • "Green/Sustainability in Richmond," CityGreen, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA (Dec. 9, 2010)
  • "Green Building Challenge and Opportunities," Cities Alive 8th Annual Green Room 7 Wall Conference, Vancouver, BC (Dec. 1, 2010)
  • "How to Integrate a Form-Based Code with Existing Code," SmartCode @ Work Webinar Series (on-line) (Nov. 18, 2010)
  • "GreenBuild Legal Forum Panel: Issues in Data Collection and Use," GreenBuild 2010, Chicago, IL (Nov. 18, 2010)
  • "Teaching ABC's of Form-Based Codes," Form Based Codes Institute, Covington, KY (Nov. 10, 2010)
  • "Sustainability in Historic Downtowns," Virginia Downtown Development Association, Charlottesville, VA (Nov. 4, 2010)
  • "Green Buildings: User Behaviors," VCU Rice Center and MeadWestvaco Pre-Conference to VA Governor's Conference on Energy, Richmond, VA (Oct. 12, 2010)
  • "Regulatory Frameworks and Implementation," CNU Illinois Sprawl Repair in Chicagoland, Chicago, IL (Oct. 7, 2010)
  • "Integrating Sustainable Design Elements into Form-Based Codes," Form Based Codes Institute Webinar (June 22, 2010)
  • "Managing Sustainability with an Ever Increasing Vocal Civil Society," 2010 Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Conference, New York, NY (June 18, 2010)
  • "Sprawl Retrofit," CNU 18 - New Urbanism: RX for Healthy Places, Atlanta, GA, Panelist (May 22, 2010)
  • "Agricultural Urbanism", CNU 18 - New Urbanism: RX for Healthy Places, Atlanta, GA, Panelist (May 22, 2010)
  • "Where to go from Here? Rethinking Stalled Suburban Development," CNU 18 - New Urbanism: RX for Healthy Places, Atlanta, GA (May 21, 2010)
  • "Coding for LEED for Neighborhood Development," CNU 18 - New Urbanism: RX for Healthy Places, Atlanta, GA (May 20, 2010)
  • "Retrofitting Suburbia", CNU 18 - New Urbanism: RX for Healthy Places, Atlanta, GA (May 20, 2010)
  • "Legal Issues," SmartCode Workshop, Atlanta, GA (May 19, 2010)
  • "Zoning, the different types and how "formed based zoning" would impact our community," Hampshire County Planning Commission, Romney, WV, (Apr. 21, 2010)
  • "Greening Your Community," The Steward School, Richmond, VA (Feb. 22, 2010)
  • "Re-Thinking Land Use with Sustainability In Mind," Urban Land Institute, Richmond, VA (Feb. 19, 2010)
  • "Retrofitting the Suburban Landscape: Legal Challenges, Property Opportunities, and Design Considerations," 9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, Seattle, WA (Feb. 5, 2010)
  • "Overcoming Legal and Political Barriers to Sustainable Urban Development," CNU-FL Statewide Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, (Jan. 28, 2010)
  • "ABCs of Form-Based Codes," Form Based Codes Institute Workshop, St. Petersburg, FL (Jan. 27, 2010)
  • Previous speaking engagements

Professional Affiliations
  • Congress for the New Urbanism
    • Member, Board of Directors (2011)
    • Charter Member, General Counsel (1992-2010)
  • U.S. Green Building Council, Member and Outside Counsel
  • Bioregional North America, Advisory Board Member (One Planet Communities)(since 2009)
  • National Charrette Institute, Board of Directors (since 2007)
  • Greening America, Board of Directors (since 1995)
  • Form Based Codes Institute, Board of Directors (since 2007)
  • Seaside Institute, Board of Directors (2002-2011)
  • Eco-Industrial Development Council, Charter Board of Directors, now Advisory Board (since 2002)
  • Inger & Walter Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences, Board of Directors (2003-2011)
  • Transect Codes Council Charter Board Member (since 2010)
  • Virginia Sustainable Building Network, General Counsel
  • Chair of Virginia Sustainable Future Committee - Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (2000/2001)
  • Virginia Subdivision Street Requirements Implementation Advisory Committee, Virginia Department of Transportation (2007-2008)
  • Secondary Street Acceptance Requirements Advisory Committee, Virginia Department of Transportation (2009-2010)
  • Green Building Advisory Committee, City of Richmond, Virginia (since 2009)
  • Intergovernmental Green Building Group, City of Richmond, Virginia (2007-2008)
  • Sustainability Plan Advisory Committee, City of Richmond, Virginia (2011)
  • Virginia Bar Association
 

EDUCATION

University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, J.D., cum laude, 1983

  • Journal of Law Reform, Note Editor

Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, B.A. Philosophy; B.A. Political Science, summa cum laude, 1980

  • Newspaper Editor
 
 

ADMITTED

Virginia 1983

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Greeneville, Tennessee