Alison W. Feehan

Ms. Feehan is an experienced trial and appellate attorney focusing her practice on commercial disputes, financial injury, consumer protection and products liability litigation. She has defended financial institutions and manufacturers in multimillion-dollar complex cases in federal and state courts. She has first- and second-chaired trials, consistently winning defense judgments. She has successfully litigated numerous dispositive motions in federal and state court as well as successfully opposing multiple appellate petitions to the Virginia Supreme Court and successfully briefing three cases on appeal to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Former Assistant General Counsel, Capital One. Oversaw nationwide portfolio including multiple class /complex litigation matters involving bank regulatory, UCC, insurance, personal injury, premises liability, automobile claims, trusts, estates, securities, and contract disputes. Former vice president and assistant general counsel for a major securities company. Supervised outside counsel and litigated securities arbitrations on behalf of the company. FINRA, Licensed arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

• Senior Of Counsel

• The Honorable Glen M. Williams, United States District Court Western District of Virginia, Law Clerk
• United States Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations

• Garver v. Holbrook, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123207 (E.D. Va. June 30, 2021)
• B.A. v. Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, LLC, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168632 (S.D. Cal. Sep. 14, 2020)
• Zeigler v. NCC PS Enters., LLC, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149781 (E.D. Va. Aug. 18, 2020)
• Lindsey v. Highwoods Realty, 2012 WL 368328 (E.D. Va. 2012), aff’d 474 Fed. Appx. 250 (4th Cir. 2012)
• Walls v. Wells Fargo, 2014 WL 718321 (4th Cir. 2014)
• Wells Fargo Equip. Fin. v. State Farm Fire & Cas., 805 F. Supp.2d 213 (E.D. Va. 2011), aff’d 2012 WL 4711554 (4th Cir. 2012)

• FINRA, Arbitrator
• Representative Clients
• Obtained dismissal of law firm in case seeking to impose liability on firm solely based on contested allegation that employee was using cell phone at time of motor vehicle accident.
• Successfully defended and obtained summary judgment for hotel chain in premises liability case removed to the Southern District of California.
• Obtained summary judgment in multiple negligence case in Eastern District of Virginia.
• Successfully defended in Eastern District of Virginia and again on appeal before the Fourth Circuit in two toxic tort cases seeking $4 million for personal injuries. Successfully moved to dismiss in favor of bank
• Successfully moved to dismiss in favor of bank defendant in suit seeking over $9 million dollars in damages based on theories of fraud, breach of contract, violation of implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, and negligence. Successfully defended case on appeal as well.

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
• District of Columbia, 1994
• Virginia, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia

• Richmond Bar Association (Member)
• Virginia Bar Association
• Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
• Defense Research Institute