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Welcome to our Legal Team
Stephen D. Harris
- Emeritus Attorney (Retired)
- Admitted • Virginia and Ohio - 1967 • Michigan - 2007
- Education • Mount Union College - B.A. 1963 • Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary - J.D. 1967
- Memberships Former Member Williamsburg City Council, Williamsburg Economic Development Authority, Williamsburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority; Former Member Board of Directors Old Point Financial Corporation and Old Point Bank. Former Member Williamsburg Advisory Board; Past President and Board Member of Greater Williamsburg United Way, Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg Rotary Club and Port Anne Owners Association; Board Member Williamsburg Rotary Club Foundation.
- Email: sdh@ghfhlaw.com
Sheldon M. Franck
- Admitted • Virginia - 1975
- Education • Rensselear Polytechnic Institute - B.S. 1972 • Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary - J.D. 1975, LL.M. in Taxation 1978
- Practice Areas • Real Estate • Planned Communities and Home Owners Associations • Taxation • General Litigation • Estate Planning and Probate and Estate Administration • Business Law
- Memberships Former Lecturer in Business Law, College of William & Mary. Former Board Member of Housing Partnerships, Inc., Community Services Coalition, United Way, Bacon Street Youth and Family Services and Heritage Humane Society.
- Email: sfranck@ghfhlaw.com
Vernon M. Geddy, III
- Admitted • Virginia - 1982
- Education • University of North Carolina - B.A. 1979 • University of Virginia - J.D. 1982
- Practice Areas • Real Estate Law • Land Use and Zoning Law • Administrative Agencies • Business Law • Estate Planning and Probate and Estate Administration
- Memberships Former Member of City of Williamsburg Board of Zoning Appeals, Past Chairman and Board Member of Child Development Resources, Inc. and the Williamsburg Community Foundation. Member Peninsula Advisory Board for Chesapeake Bank, President and Board Member of the Bruton Parish Church Endowment Fund, Inc., Board Member of Williamsburg Landing, Inc. Named by Virginia Business Magazine to “Virginia Legal Elite” and “Virginia Super Lawyers.”
- Email: vgeddy@ghfhlaw.com
Andrew M. Franck
- Admitted • Virginia - 2002
- Education • James Madison University - B.S. magna cum laude 1999 • Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary - J.D. 2002
- Practice Areas • Real Estate • Planned communities and Home Owners Associations • Tax Deferred Exchanges • Estate Planning • Estate and Trust Administration • Business Law • General Civil Litigation
- Memberships Board Member Housing Partnerships, Inc.
- Email: afranck@ghfhlaw.com
Susanna B. Hickman
- Admitted to the bar,1993, Virginia; Education: Sweet Briar College
- Education (B.A.cum laude 1988); Marshall-Wythe School of law, College of William & Mary (J.D. 1993), Certified Guardian ad litem, Commissioner of Accounts for New Kent County and Assistant Commissioner Charles City County and King and Queen County. Former Treasurer Williamsburg Bar Association 1994-2006. Former Board Member of Hospice House, Former Board Member of Williamsburg Community Foundation and Board Member of Riverside Doctors Hospital. Former Adjunct Professor at Marshall-Wythe School of Law.
- Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Trust Administration, Fiduciary
- Litigation, Residential and Commercial Real Estate and Business Law.
- Email: shickman@ghfhlaw.com
SUPPORT STAFF
Welcome
Mary Jackson
Receptionist.
Mary is the welcoming voice answering the phone and the smiling face that greets you when you arrive. She joined the firm in September 2014.
Jess Colson
Real Estate Assistant
Joined the firm in 2020 and assists with documents for real estate refinancing, real estate sales, real estate purchases, and construction working to service the clients of Sheldon Franck, and Andrew Franck.