Dominic Paul Lascara
Dominic P. Lascara, PLCDominic P. Lascara is a native of Portsmouth, Virginia. He graduated in 1986 from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary after receiving his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, in Business Administration in 1981 from Old Dominion University. Dominic P. Lascara joined the law firm of Roy, Forehand, Laine and Dale, P.C. as an associate in the fall of 1986 after being admitted to the Virginia State Bar. He was admitted to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1987. He became a partner of Roy, Larsen, Romm & Lascara, P. C. in 1992. In the spring of 2007, he made the choice to open a solo practice that would be his own expression of his commitment to serve his clients. His practice is primarily in the areas of residential and commercial real estate and refinancing, business and corporate law, contract law, wills, trusts and the probate of estates and elder law. Dominic P. Lascara serves his community as a member of the Great Bridge Kiwanis Club and was a distinguished Past-President and a recipient of the George F. Hixon Fellow Award. He also is an Introduction Leader for Landmark Education Corporation, a training and development company which offers cutting edge programs to individuals and businesses. He is a member of the Chesapeake Bar Association, Virginia Real Estate Attorneys League and a past member of the Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association and served on the Advisory Board of Directors for SouthTrust Bank before they merged with Wachovia Bank, N.A. in 2006. Dominic has represented the Chesapeake Public School Board on several real estate issues and has served as an attorney reviewing commercial loans for Central Fidelity Bank. He has also taught real estate contract seminars for the Tidewater Association of Realtors. Dominic is married to Shadi Lascara and the couple has two children, Michael and Danielle. They currently reside in Chesapeake.
- 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
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Elder Law
- Probate
- Probate Administration
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Virginia
- English: Spoken, Written
- Attorney and Counselor at Law
- Dominic P. Lascara, PLC
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- 23 years experience with a legal practice focused primarily in most aspects of real estate law, business and corporate law, wills, trusts and estate, elder law. Formerly practiced in consumer bankruptcy from 1987 through 2006.
- Instructor
- Alpha School of Real Estate
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- Taught Contract Pitfalls and Real Estate Pitfalls to Realtors for their continuing education requirements.
- Owner/Attorney at Law
- Roy, Larsen, Romm & Lascara, P.C.
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- William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
- J.D. | Juris Doctor
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- Old Dominion University
- B.S. | Business Administration
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- Honors: Graduated Magna Cum Laude
- Affiliate Company of the Year Award
- Hampton Road Realtors Assocation
- George F. Hixon Fellow
- Kiwanis Club of Great Bridge
- Kiwanis Club of Great Bridge
- Distinguished Past President
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- Chesapeake Bar Association
- Member
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- Virginia State Bar
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- AV Preeminent Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Website
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- Q. Who inherits property after the last spouse dies?
- A: I am answering this question with the assumption the parties resided in the State of Virginia. With the real estate being owned by your mother and your step-father as husband and wife and as tenants by the entirety with the right of survivorship, when your mother passed the property became the sole ownership of your step-father. His interest in the real estate would pass through his estate. Assuming he had no will, the property would pass to his heirs at laws as determined under the Virginia intestate succession laws.
- Q. Two brothers co-own a property in VA. What is the law when Brother #1 wants to sell and Brother #2 is reluctant?
- A: Brother 2 should cooperate with Brother 1 and sell the property. If Brother 2 does not cooperate with Brother 1, Brother 1 can file a Suit of Partition to force the sale of the property and all fees and costs (title examiner, appraisal, etc, will be shared by the parties, generally.