Won summary judgment for a federal savings bank in a Uniform Commercial Code presentment warranty declaratory judgment case involving the sufficiency of evidence offered by a depositary bank that alleged that a check presented to it for payment was altered. Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B. v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., et al., No. 1:04-CV-275 (E.D.Va. 2004). Won affirmance of that judgment on defendant’s appeal to the US Court of Appeals. Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B., v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., No. 04-2569 (4th Cir. 2006), rehearing and rehearing en banc denied (2007)