Bernard John-Eduard van Gils

Bernard John-Eduard van Gils

The Van Gils Law Firm, Comprehensive Estate and Business Services
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Bernard "Bert" van Gils works in the areas of estate planning and business law. His business practice includes general counsel services, local and international business transactions, copyrights, trademarks and non-profit organizations. He has facilitated, negotiated and drafted transactions for companies active throughout the United States and for companies conducting business in Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia. As he was a business owner before becoming a lawyer, Bert especially enjoys assisting business owners with establishing and growing their businesses. He has assisted businesses in information technology, retail and wholesale sales, engineering, building and home contracting, printing, graphic arts, web page design, high technology training, international trade, real estate, music production and publishing. Additionally, Bert enjoys teaching and has presented classes in the U.S. and overseas including seminars at the Universitas Pakuan in Bogor, Indonesia, Fudan University, Shanghai, China and Jian Tao University, Shanghai, China. Bert is active in his local community. He has served as the President of the Board of Directors of the Greater Warrenton Chamber of Commerce and on the boards of the Fauquier County Chamber of Commerce, the Fauquier County Community Action Committee, the Partnership for Warrenton, the Ballet Academy of Warrenton and the Fauquier Regional Technology Association. At Lord Fairfax College in Warrenton, Virginia, he has provided seminars to small business owners for the Small Business Development Program. Bert received his Juris Doctor in 1986 from the Washington College of Law for American University in Washington, D.C., where he was an Associate Editor of the inaugural edition of The American University Journal of International Law and Policy.

Practice Areas
    Business Law
    Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
    Estate Planning
    Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
    Intellectual Property
    International Law
    Human Rights, Imports & Exports
    Trademarks
    Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
    Education Law
    Probate
    Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Virginia
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Education
American University Washington College of Law
J.D. (1986) | Busines and International Law
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Honors: Associate Editor' American University Journal of International Law and Policy.
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Professional Associations
Virginia State Bar
Member
Current
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Greater Warrenton Chamber of Commerce
Past President
Current
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Website
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Contact & Map
70 Main Street, Suite 23
Warrenton, VA, USA
Post Office Box 86571
Vint Hill Farms, VA 20187
Telephone: (540) 351-0890
Telephone: (540) 351-0890
Fax: (540) 351-0891
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