Robert E. Sevila
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Robert E. Sevila is a principal with Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White, P.C. in Leesburg, Virginia, where he joined the firm as an attorney in 1974. Upon his graduation from law school, Mr. Sevila served as a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1970 to 1974.
Mr. Sevila served on the Herndon Town Council and served as the Mayor for the Town of Leesburg from 1982 to 1992. Mr. Sevila has lectured to both private organizations and local governments on a variety of municipal and land use issues. In addition, Mr. Sevila has testified before Virginia House and Senate Committees on issues relating to land use, transportation, impact fees, transferable development rights, and annexation. He has also taught graduate courses in business law at the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business, Shenandoah University. His practice emphasizes land use and administrative and municipal law, civil litigation, real estate, and commercial law.
EDUCATION/BACKGROUND
- J.D., University of North Carolina, 1970
- B.A., University of North Carolina, 1967
- Admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1970
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of Town Council of Town of Herndon - 1974-1976
- Mayor of Town of Leesburg-1982-1992
- Co-Founder and Charter Member of the Board of Directors of F&M Bank of Northern Virginia (currently BB&T)-1986-present
- Chairman of the Board of Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce-2003
- Member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board- 2005
- President of Loudoun County Bar
- Member of the American Bar Association
- Member of the Virginia State Bar
- Member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Member of the Virginia Bar Association