John Farrell
Principal at McCandlish Lillard
- Role
- Attorney - Shareholder at Mccandlish Lillard
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Farrell
John has 40 years of experience before county supervisors, planning commissions and boards of zoning appeals in matters of real estate development, land use and environmental regulation, including rezoning, site plan and wetlands approvals. He has represented landowners and developers in innumerable land use and environmental cases and controversies including comprehensive planning, infrastructure financing and bonding. Among those John has represented are the applicant in the largest rezoning ever filed in Northern Virginia which included 26 million square feet of nonresidential space and 2,266 dwelling units. He also represented dozens of plaintiff/landowners in the Fairfax County C&I and both Loudoun County down-zoning litigations.John’s experience on behalf of purchasers, sellers, lenders and borrowers in transactions involving real estate acquisition, construction and development loans is extensive. This representation has included the acquisition, development, leasing and sale of mixed-use communities, condominium and residential projects, commercial and retail properties, the sale of REO, negotiation of workouts, and foreclosure of non-performing loans.John was counsel for Condo Association in the first sale of an entire commercial condominium in Virginia for redevelopment.As the former General Counsel for the Fairfax County Democrats (“FCDC”), John has extensive expertise in Virginia election law, having represented FCDC during the 2013 Attorney General’s recount and in litigation versus the local and State Electoral Boards. During 2017 he represented one of the candidates in the House recounts and served as General Counsel to the successful Lieutenant Governor’s campaign.John’s environmental law and regulatory background is considerable and includes matters involving lender liability, CERCLA, RCRA, Clean Air, asbestos, mold, lead, underground storage tanks, wetlands regulation and the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act.
Experience
Attorney - Shareholder
May 1998 — Present · Fairfax, VA, US
Education
Boston College
Bachelors, Urban Government
1970 — 1974
New England Law | Boston
Juris Doctor, Trial Advocacy; Real Estate; Land Use
1974 — 1977
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