Martin D. "Art" Walsh

"[Art] is a dean of the land use Bar. Terrific and dynamic-an outstanding practitioner." -Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business Art founded WCLEW in 1983, after ten years of private practice in litigation and zoning law. Art specializes in land development, urban planning, and zoning law and has considerable experience in all phases of the land use and development process in Northern Virginia, from evaluation of development and zoning feasibility through zoning and permit approval, construction, and post-construction processes. Art has been instrumental in many significant mixed-use and transit-oriented zoning approvals, including achieving approvals for both the Arlington and Fairfax government centers and numerous approvals along the Arlington Metro Stations and the Dulles Access Road. Additionally, Art has represented numerous clients in Tysons replanning and condemnation cases in both the recently approved Silver Line and HOT Lanes construction on I-495. Awards and Honors Honors Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Rated Named to the 2017 Washington DC and Virginia Super Lawyers® list, 2006 - 2017 Named to Best Lawyers®, Best Lawyers in America, Business Organizations: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, 2017 Recognized by Washingtonian magazine in its selection of Top Lawyers, 2017 Recognized by Virginia Business magazine in its selection of “Legal Elite,”, 2015 - 2017 Recognized by Virginia Business magazine in its selection of “Legal Elite,”, 2015 - 2017 Named to Best Lawyers®, Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law: Land Use and Zoning Law, 2005 - 2016 Named to Best Lawyers®, Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law: Land Use and Zoning Law, 2005 - 2016 Recipient of the Alumni Medallion Award, The College of William & Mary, 2015 Recipient of the Alumni Medallion Award, The College of William & Mary, 2015 Recognized by Legal Times magazine as a Leading Lawyer in Real Estate, 2003 Recognized by Legal Times magazine as a Leading Lawyer in Real Estate, 2003 Recognized by Chambers & Partners, Chambers USA, Northern Virginia Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Recognized by Chambers & Partners, Chambers USA, Northern Virginia Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Recognized by Law & Politics magazine as a Virginia “Super Lawyer” Recognized by Law & Politics magazine as a Virginia “Super Lawyer” Honorary Order of Coif Faculty Award, William & Mary Law School Honorary Order of Coif Faculty Award, William & Mary Law School

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• United States Army, Officer, 1967 - 1969
• Army Reserves, 1969 - 1976
• Received Army Commendation Medal, 1969 - Present

• Appointed to the Fairfax County Energy Task Force by Sharon Bulova, Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 2010 - Present
• Host of annual golf tournament for the benefit of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation since 1998, raising approximately one million dollars
• Member of numerous boards at the College of William & Mary and the College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law

• Virginia, 1973

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Arlington County Bar Association (Member)
• Washington Airport Task Force, 2009 - 2010 (Member)