Scott K. Maxwell, Esq.
Personal attention for the decisions that shape your family’s future.
Scott Maxwell focuses his practice on estate planning, probate administration, trust administration, and residential real estate. With offices in Richmond and Virginia Beach, Scott Maxwell Law Corp. helps clients address important questions about their families, their property, and what comes next.
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The details matter.
So do the people.
Every family brings a different set of priorities to an estate plan. Attorney Maxwell begins by learning about the client’s family and goals, then tailors the plan to those individual needs. His work includes wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives.
His residential real estate experience dates to 2010 as an attorney and to 2004 as a paralegal. The firm assists with purchases, sales, and refinances, including closing documents, title work, and coordination with the professionals involved in the transaction.
The firm’s core values are compassionate representation, personalized attention, prompt and candid communication, financial efficiency, attention to detail, and thorough legal research. These values guide how the firm approaches both the legal work and the client relationship.
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Education
- St. John’s University School of Law, Queens, New York, Juris Doctor, 2009
- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, 2003
Admissions
- Virginia
- New York
- California
- Connecticut (ret.)
- Various Federal Courts
Professional memberships
- Virginia Bar Association
- California Bar Association
Recognition & service
- New York State Bar Association Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay Contest, First Place
- Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout (1999)
- Cub Scout Den Leader (2019–2022)
Publication
Protecting the Environment? EPA’s Dubious Reasoning for Denying a California Emissions Waiver Application, 30 N.Y. Env’l Lawyer 32 (2010)
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