Lawyers / Professionals

	J. William Boland Partner One James Center 901 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030 T: 804.775.4374 F: 804.698.2015 wboland@mcguirewoods.com

Mr. Boland focuses his practice on complex commercial cases regarding the lender/borrower relationship (including foreclosures, workouts, bankruptcies, class actions and consumer financial services), shareholder matters (including special litigation committees, derivative suits and securities claims), and professional services disputes (legal and accounting). In addition, he has extensive experience in intellectual property, False Claims Act litigation, and electronic discovery.

Most recently, his cases have involved foreclosure related class actions, Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission and State Attorneys General investigations, healthcare related litigation, and qui tam actions.

Mr. Boland has served as chair of the commercial litigation section of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, and as a board member and chair of the Board of Editors of the Journal of Civil Litigation. He was a member of the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Board, and served as board president, and is past president and a founder of Christmas in April - Richmond.

Representative Matters

Vuyyuru v. Jadhav, Civ. A. No. 3:10-cv-173, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42254 (E.D. Va. Apr. 18, 2011) (RICO)
Dawes v. BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, No. 1:10-cv-02637 (N.D.OH Apr.27, 2011), ECF No. 30 (Foreclosure Class Action)
Davis v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. No. 1:10-cv-1303, U.S. Dist. LEXIS (S.D. Ind. March 4, 2011) (Foreclosure Class Action)
Goldberg, et al. v. Rush University Medical Center, et al., 784 F. Supp. 2d 917 (N.D. ILL. 2010) (Qui Tam/Healthcare)
In re: Fannie Mae Securities Litig., 04-cv-1639 (DDC) (Securities/Accounting)
United States ex rel. Pritsker v. Sodexho, Inc., et al., No. 03-6003, slip op. (E.D. Pa. Mar. 6, 2009) (Qui Tam/Food Industry)
United States ex rel. Lokesh Vuyyuru, v. Gopinath Jadhav, M.D., et al., 2009 WL 331967 (C.A.4 (Va.)) (Qui Tam/Healthcare)
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. v. Jim's Motorcycle, Incorporated, et al., No. 03-2070 (4th Cir. 2005) (Commerce Clause)
United States of America v. America Online, Inc., Criminal No. 1:04 M 1133 (E.D. Va. 2005) (Securities/Accounting)
Smithfield Foods, Inc. v. Miller, 241 F. Supp. 2d 978 (S.D. Iowa 2003) (Commerce Clause)
Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. v. Quillian, 264 Va. 656, 571 S.E.2d 122 (2002) (Commerce Clause)
Anderson v. Smithfield Foods, Inc., 209 F. Supp. 2d 1278 (M.D. Fla. 2002); 209 F. Supp. 2d 1270 (M.D. Fla. 2002); 207 F. Supp. 2d 1358 (M.D. Fla. 2002) (RICO)
Advamtel, LLC v. Sprint Communications Co., 105 F. Supp. 2d 476 (E.D. Va. 2000) (Telecommunications Act)
Perez v. Capital One Bank, 258 Va. 612, 522 S.E.2d 874 (1999) (Consumer Financial Services)
Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., 169 F.3d 820 (4th Cir. 1999); 132 F.3d 949 (4th Cir. 1997) (Equal Protection)
U.S. ex rel. Johnson v. Shell Oil Co., 33 F. Supp. 2d 528 (E.D. Tex. 1999); 34 F. Supp. 2d 429 (E.D. Tex. 1998); 26 F. Supp. 2d 923 (E.D. Tex. 1998) (Qui Tam/Oil & Gas Industry)
Aqualon Co. v. Mac Equip., Inc., 149 F.3d 262 (4th Cir. 1998) (UCC)
U.S. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 96 F.3d 114 (4th Cir. 1996); 44 F.3d 1229 (4th Cir. 1995); 852 F. Supp. 471 (W.D. Va. 1994); 976 F.2d 890 (4th Cir. 1992); 766 F. Supp. 1407 (W.D. Va. 1991) (Equal Protection)
Faulkner v. Jones, 51 F.3d 440 (4th Cir. 1995) (Equal Protection)
Colonial Williamsburg Found. v. Kittinger Co., 792 F. Supp. 1397 (E.D. Va. 1992) (Trademark)
City of Richmond, Virginia v. Madison Mgmt. Group, Inc., 918 F.2d 438 (4th Cir. 1990) (Products Liability)

Practices & Industries

Firm Management

Chair, Business & Securities Litigation Department

Honors

Named One of "America's "Leading Lawyers," Chambers USA, 2010-2011
Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2009-2012
Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," 2007-2011
Named One of Virginia's "Legal Elite," Virginia Business, 2006, 2011

Publications

"Selected Common Law Theories of Lender Liability," Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. 1, No. 3

Professional Affiliations

Past President, Board of Directors, Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
Founder and Past President, Board of Directors, Christmas in April - Richmond
Past Member, Board of Directors, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
Past Member, Board of Directors, Richmond Bar Foundation

EDUCATION

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, J.D., 1984

Law Review: Member, University of Richmond Law Review, 1982-1984

Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, B.A., 1973

ADMITTED

Virginia 1984

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1984

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia 1985

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 1984

U.S. Supreme Court 1996

PLACE OF BIRTH

Jackson, Mississippi