Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C.

What Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C. does

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C. is a privately held professional law corporation (the "Land Lawyers") headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, operating four offices across Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. Founded in 1983, the firm specializes in six practice areas: Land Use & Zoning (its flagship), Real Estate Transactions, Litigation, Business Transactions, Eminent Domain, and Estate Planning & Administration.

The firm represents a client base spanning national and local real estate developers (SunCal, Time Equities, Monument Realty, Spring Hill Land, Stonewall Creek), financial institutions, hospitals (Virginia Hospital Center), title insurers, nonprofits (Wolf Trap Foundation, Robert and Dee Leggett Foundation), and high-net-worth individuals. Its practice is anchored in entitlement work across Northern Virginia's most active jurisdictions — Arlington, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, Alexandria, Fairfax City, Falls Church, and more recently Frederick County — with documented track records on major mixed-use, master-planned, data center, healthcare, and office-to-residential repositioning matters.

The business model is a traditional professional services structure: hourly and engagement-letter based fees tied to matter complexity, attorney time, and scope, with no public pricing schedules. Business development is relationship-driven via Chambers USA-ranked partners, NAIOP and Leadership Fairfax involvement, a flagship annual charitable golf invitational, and inbound referrals from a deep alumni/insider network that includes former Fairfax County planning staff. The firm operates 101-250 total employees, is privately held by its shareholders under traditional professional corporation governance, and reports no public revenue or external funding.

Name

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C.

Legal name

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C.

Website

https://thelandlawyers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C. is a Northern Virginia law firm specializing in land use and zoning, real estate transactions, eminent domain, litigation, business transactions, and estate planning for developers, healthcare systems, and HNW clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services - Land Use & Zoning

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eminent Domain / Condemnation & Litigation Support Valuation (BPAJAKAJ), Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK), Litigation & Dispute Valuation (damages, shareholder disputes) (FSAEAHAI)

Keywords

• Land use law
• Zoning entitlements
• Real estate transactions
• Eminent domain representation
• Estate planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Land Use & Zoning: Legal representation and counsel for land use approvals, rezoning applications, special exceptions, and development entitlements across Northern Virginia jurisdictions including Arlington, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Loudoun County, and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church.
2. Legal Services - Real Estate Transactions: Representation in commercial and residential real estate transactions including purchases, sales, financing, development agreements, and entity structuring for property ownership.
3. Legal Services - Litigation: Civil litigation services including defense of land use approvals, eminent domain proceedings, and commercial disputes.
4. Legal Services - Business Transactions: Business planning, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, and commercial transaction counsel.
5. Legal Services - Eminent Domain: Representation of property owners in condemnation proceedings, negotiating just compensation with government entities such as VDOT.
6. Legal Services - Estate Planning & Administration: Estate planning, trust administration, probate, tax planning, and business succession services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C. is a Northern Virginia law firm delivering legal services across six practice areas: Land Use & Zoning (rezoning, special exceptions, comprehensive plan amendments, and development entitlements), Real Estate Transactions (acquisitions, sales, financing, and development agreements), Litigation (defense of land use approvals, eminent domain proceedings, commercial disputes), Business Transactions (entity formation, M&A, commercial agreements), Eminent Domain (condemnation representation securing just compensation), and Estate Planning & Administration (wills, trusts, probate, tax planning, and business succession). The firm represents real estate developers, financial institutions, hospitals, title insurance companies, nonprofits, and high-net-worth individuals across Northern Virginia jurisdictions.

Product overview

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C. (The Land Lawyers) is a Northern Virginia law firm providing comprehensive legal services through six distinct practice areas. The firm operates as a unified legal practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Its core service lines include Land Use & Zoning (representing developers in entitlement processes), Real Estate Transactions (handling acquisitions, financing, and development agreements), Litigation (civil disputes and defending land use approvals), Business Transactions (corporate and commercial matters), Eminent Domain (condemnation representation), and Estate Planning & Administration (wealth transfer and estate management). The practice primarily serves real estate developers, financial institutions, hospitals, and businesses across Arlington, Loudoun, Prince William, and Winchester offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Land Use & Zoning Services Comprehensive legal representation for land use entitlements, zoning approvals, rezoning applications, special exceptions, special permits, and variances across Northern Virginia jurisdictions including Arlington, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Loudoun County, and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church.
• Real Estate Transactions Legal counsel for real estate acquisitions, sales, financing, and development transactions including drafting and negotiating purchase agreements, loan documents, and development agreements for commercial and residential properties.
• Litigation Civil litigation services including defending land use approvals, eminent domain proceedings, and commercial disputes before Virginia state and federal courts.
• Business Transactions Transactional legal services including business formation, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiation, entity structuring, and commercial agreements for businesses.
• Eminent Domain Representation in condemnation proceedings, working with expert appraisers and engineers to secure maximum just compensation for property owners in eminent domain matters involving government entities such as VDOT.
• Estate Planning & Administration Estate planning services including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, as well as estate administration, tax planning, and family business succession planning for individuals and businesses.

Quantifiable outcome

• $603,000 jury award for Wolf Trap Foundation vs. $321,937 VDOT offer - 87% above government offer
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fairfax County Department of Planning and Development, Zoning Evaluation DivisioncoreOthersFormer employer of Land Use Planner Zachary M. Fountain, who served as Senior Planner at Fairfax County's Zoning Evaluation Division before joining Walsh Colucci in 2024. This relationship provides the firm with insider knowledge of Fairfax County's planning processes and staff perspectives on entitlement applications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hunton Andrews Kurth: Major Virginia-headquartered Am Law firm with deep real estate, land use, and energy practice serving commercial developers and institutional clients. Comparable as a competing land use advisor for large NoVA projects, though broader in scope.
• Holland & Knight: National Am Law 100 firm with one of the largest real estate and land use practices in the Mid-Atlantic, including significant DC-area presence. Comparable for large-scale entitlement and real estate transactions in the NoVA market, though substantially larger and broader.
• McGuireWoods: Large Am Law 200 firm with a significant Virginia-based real estate and land use practice serving developers and institutional clients across the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable as a direct competitor for land use and zoning mandates in Northern Virginia, but operates as a broad full-service platform rather than a land-use specialist.
• Troutman Pepper Locke: Am Law 100 firm formed by the merger of Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton with significant Virginia and DC presence in real estate and land use. Comparable for complex land use and transactional matters, though broader and larger.
• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman: Am Law firm with a strong Mid-Atlantic real estate and land use practice, particularly for large institutional and data center clients. Comparable as a competing advisor for NoVA commercial and data center entitlements, though with national scale.
• Venable LLP: Large East Coast-based Am Law firm with a prominent Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia real estate and land use practice. Comparable as a competing land use and zoning advisor in the Mid-Atlantic, particularly for institutional clients.
• Williams Mullen: Virginia-based Am Law firm with a strong real estate, land use, and zoning practice serving developers and businesses across the state. Comparable as a competing land use/zoning advisor in the Virginia market, though broader in scope and larger in scale than Walsh Colucci.

Direct peers

• Bean, Kinney & Korman: Northern Virginia-based mid-sized law firm with a strong land use, zoning, and real estate practice serving developers in the NoVA market. Most directly comparable peer by size, geography, and practice focus.
• Odin, Feldman & Pittleman: Fairfax-based mid-sized law firm with a real estate, land use, and business law practice serving Northern Virginia clients. Directly comparable as a similarly sized regional competitor focused on real estate development matters.

Others

• Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh (regional law firm peers generally): Other Virginia/DC-area land use and real estate boutiques (e.g., Spotts Fain, Hirschler, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black) compete for similar mid-market developer and institutional mandates; included as OTHERS to capture the broader competitive set beyond the top-tier Am Law incumbents.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thelandlawyers
• Facebookfacebook.com/thelandlawyers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2741981

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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