Soon after arriving in Herndon, he met Hal Launders and became his friend and attorney. During the mid-1990s, he and his fellow Virginia attorney, the late Farnum Johnson, helped Hal and his wife Ruth construct the estate plan which led to the establishment of The Ruth and Hal Launders Charitable Trust in 2006. Mr. Fairfield is a former President of the Herndon Chamber of Commerce, the Committee for Dulles, and the Dulles Airport Rotary Club. He is married and has two adult children.