Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz is the editor of Richmond BizSense, and covers banking, lawsuits, finance, M&A and golf. He can be reached at [email protected] or 804-855-1037.

Golf club owners want suit thrown out

Local developer HHHunt Corp. and several other defendants make their case for why they aren’t on the hook for $11 million the Dominion Club owes its members.

Trading Day: Inside the SEC filings for 4.21.11

More executive pay packages revealed – this time from two local banks and a local drug maker. One local REIT may look to raise more capital, while another continues gobbling up hotels around the country including one in Richmond.

Size (of local law firms) matters

Richmond is home to the five largest law firms in Virginia, according a list published this week by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Law firms headquartered in the Richmond region also account for a third of  the 75 largest law firms in the state, VLW found. Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s 2011 list of Virginia’s largest law firms found… Read more »

New bank makes its Richmond premier

Premier Bank has finally arrived in Richmond. And now Darius Johnson has to think twice when he answers the phone.

The tax team

Two professors have joined forces and started their own accounting practice at the busiest time of year.

Dominion Club members take a swing at Hunt

A committee of creditors says that HHHunt Corp. wants to own a West End golf club but walk away from more than $11.6 million in obligations to the club’s creditors.