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Charles F. Hilton

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Harrisonburg,  VA  U.S.A.
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Practice Areas

  • Medical Malpractice
  • Professional Liability
  • Litigation
  • Health Care
  • Personal Injury
  • Insurance Defense
  • Torts
  • Trade Secrets
  • Civil Practice
  • Complex Litigation
  • Hospital Law
  • Insurance
  • Negligence
  • Premises Liability
  • Railroad Law
 
University Virginia Military Institute, B.A., History with honors, 1980, Distinguished Academic Graduate
 
Law SchoolWake Forest University, J.D., 1983
 
Admitted1983, North Carolina and U.S. Court of Military Review; 1986, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
 
Memberships Virginia Bar Association.
 
MilitaryCapt., U.S. Army, J.A.G.C., 1983-1986
 
BornNewton, North Carolina, September 30, 1958
 
BiographyWharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, PLC (1986—), Concentration in all areas of civil litigation with emphasis in medical malpractice, healthcare and hospital law for both patients and healthcare providers; United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1983-1986 as legal assistance attorney, administrative attorney and military prosecutor. Publications: Charles F. Hilton and Carolyn C. Lavecchia, Medical Malpractice Law in Virginia, Chapter 1 (Statutes and Rules), Virginia CLE (1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008); Charles F. Hilton and Humes J. Franklin, III, Purposeful Availment? When Doing Business In Virginia With Out-of-State Customers May Subject Your Client To Personal Jurisdiction In Another State, 15 Journal of Civil Litigation 4 (Winter 2004); Phillip C. Stone and Charles F. Hilton, Medicolegal Aspects of Emergency Room Radiology, Vol. 30, Radiological Clinics of North America No. 2 (March 1992); Ronald D. Hodges and Charles F. Hilton, The Role of the Expert Witness, The Physicians' Legal Monitor (Spring 1991); Phillip C. Stone and Charles F. Hilton, Medical Malpractice Annual Survey, 23 Richmond Law Review No. 4 (1989). Recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Law (2006-2010); Elected by Peers to Virginia's Legal Elite survey by Virginia Business Magazine, Civil Litigation (2004-2010), Healthcare Law (2003); Recognized as being a Super Lawyer, in Top 5% of Virginia's practicing attorneys by Law & Politics, published in Richmond Magazine (2007-2009); Appointed to Blue Ribbon Panel to evaluate nominees (2008-2010); Member of The Boyd-Graves Conference, 2001— (by invitation; statewide commission sponsored by Virginia Bar Association to study civil law reform in Virginia), Committees: Deadman Statute Review, 2003-2005, Chairman, Study of One Year Service of Process Rule, 2003-2005, 2007, Challenging Expert Testimony by Motion, 2006, Chairman, Study of Change to American Rule on Attorney Fees for Small Claims, 2009. Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission Special Appointment by Governor Timothy Kaine (2007); Virginia Association of Defence Attorneys (1986—), President 2001-2002, Board of Directors 1995-2003 (including offices of Secretary, Treasurer, & President-elect), Chairman & Vice Chairman of Medical Malpractice Section 1991-1995 Faculty and Team Coach, Virginia Association of Defence Attorneys Trial Tactics Seminar, T. C. Williams University of Richmond Law School, Richmond, Virginia, March 3-4, 2006, Chairman, Legal Ethics Opinion 1723 Study Committee 2008, Chairman, Judicial Nominations Committee 1998-2002, Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee 2006-2007, Chairman, Electronic Communications Committee 1995-1996 (Established first Internet website for VADA, the first for a statewide bar organization in Virginia); Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course Faculty (2003-2006); Association of Defence Trial Attorneys (by invitation, 2002-2005); Panel Arbitrator for National Arbitration Forum (2005—); Member, Judicial Nominations and Review Committee (2002-2009); Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation (2002—); American Health Lawyers Association (2002-2009); Virginia State Bar Standing Committee on Military Law (1988-1992); Defence Research Institute (2002-2004); Harrisonburg-Rockingham Bar Association (Secretary, 1995-1996); Asbury United Methodist Church (Administrative Board, 1993-1996); VMI Alumni Association, Shenandoah Valley Chapter (President, 1995-1997). Fellow: Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyer Honorary Society.
 
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Charles F. Hilton
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
100 South Mason Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801-7528




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