Daniel M. Rathbun
Practice Areas:
- Real Estate Litigation
- Title Litigation
- Boundary Disputes
- Easement Disputes
- Construction Litigation
- Mechanic's Liens
- Commercial Landlord and Tenant
Daniel M. Rathbun is a co-founder and shareholder of Rathbun & Goldberg, P.C. He has over 25 years of experience representing clients in real estate and title related litigation. Dan began his career representing owners and lenders in land use and condemnation cases. Subsequently, he expanded his practice to include construction disputes, mechanic’s lien litigation, and representing insureds on behalf of title insurance underwriters. More recently, Dan also has represented lenders, servicing entities and trustees, in both state and federal courts, in litigation involving foreclosure challenges, and claims related to loan modification and forbearance agreements.
Over the course of his career, Dan has litigated hundreds of cases involving contract claims, lease disputes, mechanic’s lien claims, fraud and forged document claims, boundary disputes, easements and adverse possession claims, resulting and constructive trusts, unreleased, unrecorded and defective deeds of trust, and partition actions.
Christendom College, A.B., cum laude, 1983
District of Columbia Bar
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia
Fairfax Bar Association
Member of the Fifth District Disciplinary Committee, 1999- 2005
Member of Virginia State Bar Real Property Section
Holland v. Chase Home Fin., LLC, 3:11-cv-0223, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102197 (September 9, 2011).
Caballero v. Am. Mortg. Network, 1:11-cv-0622, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87210 (August 8, 2011)
Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority v. James C. Rieske, et al., 281 Va. 441, 707 S.E.2d 826 (2011).
Over the course of his career, Dan has litigated hundreds of cases involving contract claims, lease disputes, mechanic’s lien claims, fraud and forged document claims, boundary disputes, easements and adverse possession claims, resulting and constructive trusts, unreleased, unrecorded and defective deeds of trust, and partition actions.
EDUCATION
J.D., Columbus School of Law of The Catholic University of America, 1988Christendom College, A.B., cum laude, 1983
ADMISSIONS
Virginia State BarDistrict of Columbia Bar
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia
AFFILIATIONS
Virginia Trial Lawyers AssociationFairfax Bar Association
Member of the Fifth District Disciplinary Committee, 1999- 2005
Member of Virginia State Bar Real Property Section
SELECTED RECENTLY REPORTED CASES
Wolf v. Federal National Mortgage Association, 830 F. Supp.2d 153, 162 (W.D.Va. 2011),affirmed in 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4300 (4th Cir. 2013).Holland v. Chase Home Fin., LLC, 3:11-cv-0223, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102197 (September 9, 2011).
Caballero v. Am. Mortg. Network, 1:11-cv-0622, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87210 (August 8, 2011)
Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority v. James C. Rieske, et al., 281 Va. 441, 707 S.E.2d 826 (2011).