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PRACTICE OVERVIEW:
Mr. Sykes’ principal areas of practice are
real estate law, commercial and residential transactions
and settlements; development law, condominium
formation, tax free exchanges and commercial transactions.
His clients include banks, builders, developers,
mortgage companies, real estate brokers and every
day purchasers. In addition, his experience and
current practice encompasses trust and estate
planning and administration, wills and trusts
and organization of business entities.
EXPERIENCE:
Mr. Sykes is a native of Hampton Roads and lives
in Virginia Beach. He has practiced law in the
area for over 29 years. Mr.Sykes has received
a “BV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
EDUCATION; BAR ADMISSIONS; AUTHORSHIPS;
Mr. Sykes received a Bachelor of Arts degree with
Honors and Distinction from Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University. He graduated from
the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College
of William and Mary, where he received his Juris
Doctor Degree and a Masters of Law and Taxation
Degree. Mr. Syke's is a member of Phi Sigma Alpha;
Omicron Delta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi
Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Phi.
In addition, Mr. Sykes has presented seminars
and co-authored the written materials for the
“Keys to Success in Real Estate Transactions
in Virginia”; “Basic Real Estate Law
in Virginia”; and “Boundry Law in
Virginia”. Mr.Sykes has also lectured on
“Basic Real Estate Law” and “Use
of Computers in Real Estate Law”. He is
admitted to practice before the Virginia State
Bar.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Mr. Sykes is a member of the Virginia State Bar
and Virginia Beach Bar Association (Sections on
Real Property, Probate & Trust Law, Business
Law and Law Practice Management); Member of the
Virginia Beach Board of Directors and Executive
Committee of TowneBank, former Director of The
Bank of Tidewater; one of the Founders of Tidewater
Home Funding, L.L.C.; Counsel to the Tidewater
Mortgage Bankers Association; and a member of
the Tidewater Builders Association; Hampton Roads
Board of Realtors and the Central Business District
Association.
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
hrsykesjr@sykesbourdon.com
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