Eric M. Lemmer attended the University of Virginia. Eric was admitted for his last two years of college into the McIntire School of Commerce, where he studied business until graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce. While at McIntire, Eric concentrated his studies on finance and marketing and also completed several accounting and economics courses. Throughout college, Eric was an active member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and served as the Treasurer and on the House Judiciary Committee.

After completing his business studies, Eric earned a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, in 2008 from George Mason University School of Law, located in Arlington, Virginia. While at GMU, Eric served as an Associate Editor on the George Mason Civil Rights Law Journal. During the summer of 2006, Eric worked at the law offices of Delaney, McCarthy & Colton, PC in connection with GMU’s Domestic Relations Clinic, where he interviewed clients, drafted affidavits, complaints and decrees, and researched legal issues relating to divorce proceedings.

Before joining the Arlington Law Group, Eric worked for over three years in the District of Columbia at the law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP, where he represented a variety of domestic and international technology, telecommunications and private equity enterprises on time-sensitive transactional matters, such as mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings and general corporate governance matters. While at Bingham, Eric obtained extensive experience drafting and negotiating commercial and government contracts, including stock and asset purchase agreements, real estate leases, employment agreements, indemnification agreements and board and stockholder consents.

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• District of Columbia

Awards

• Arlington Magazine Top Lawyer, Business/Corporate, Nonprofit, 2023
• Arlington Magazine Top Lawyer, Business/Corporate, 2019

Articles

• Corporate Transparency Act, November 28, 2023
• Buying, Selling and Restructuring Distressed Assets, October 28, 2020
• Managing Risks for Employers in Reopening During the Covid-19 Pandemic, June 8, 2020
• Foreign Registrations of Business Entities, 2018
• Opening a Franchised Business, 2017
• Buying and Selling Privately Held Businesses, 2015
• Non-Profit Corporations and Charitable Trusts, 2014
• Pet Trusts, 2013