Thomas A. Hill, Associate

Thomas A. Hill handles a broad range of litigation, his practice focusing on commercial claims defense, title insurance defense, and coverage counsel work. He has served as lead counsel and co-counsel in a number of complex trials and has been given primary responsibility in federal and state appeals, including appeals before the Virginia Supreme Court.

Practice Areas:

• Civil Litigation
• Bankruptcy Litigation

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School
  Juris Doctor, 2003


• St. Olaf College
  Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Philosophy and German, 2000

Admitted:

Illinois; U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; District of Columbia; Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Professional Affiliations:

Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Alexandria Bar Association, American Bar Association

Representative Experience:

Successfully briefed and argued intervening creditor’s motion to dismiss equitable subrogation action brought by mortgage lender in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, resulting in an unpublished memorandum opinion, Deutsche Nat’l Bank Trust Co. v. Batmangehelidj, 2007 WL 2713109, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68449 (E.D. Va. Sept. 17, 2007), regularly cited by parties opposing equitable subrogation in the Eastern District. 

Successfully briefed and argued motion to dismiss an action brought in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia alleging violation of the purposes clause of the chartering legislation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States of America.  The motion resulted in an unpublished memorandum opinion, Wandless v. Hughes, 2008 WL 857065, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26001 (W.D. Va. Mar. 31, 2008), which held that the legislation provides no private right of action.

Second-chaired trial in Herring v. Wells Fargo Bank, Ltd. et al., Case No. 07-61673-LYN (Adv. No. 08-06091)(Bankr. W.D. Va., Sept. 3, 2009), in which Cyron & Miller LLP successfully defended a mortgage lender in action for rescission under the Truth in Lending Act brought by the Chapter 7 trustee. 

Defended regional corporation in action brought in the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria under Virginia Anti-Trust Act, §§ 59.1-9.1 et seq., interpreted harmoniously with the Sherman Act and Clayton Act, alleging price fixing and restraint of trade.  Obtained successful dismissal of price fixing claim and settlement of restraint of trade claim.   

Publications:

U.S. Supreme Court Decides “Discharge by Declaration” Student Loan Bankruptcy Case, 64 Consumer Finance Quarterly Report (to be published July 2010) (with Maya P. Hill).

Minnesota Chapter, Compendium of State Certified of Title Laws (Alvin C. Harrell, ed., American Bar Association 2009).

The New World of Student Lending Laws, 62 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 170 (2008) (with Maya P. Hill).  

Let the Sun Shine In: The Student Loan Sunshine Act and Recent Developments in Student Lending Law, 33 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 47 (2008) (with Maya P. Hill).

Bankruptcy Code Section 1325: 910 Creditor Claims in the Post-BAPCPA Environment, 61 Consumer Finance Quarterly Report 587 (2007) (with Maya P. Hill).