Practice Areas - Accidents
- Automobile Accidents and Injuries
- Automobile Negligence
- Bodily Injury
- Brain Injury
- Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
- Plaintiffs Personal Injury
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- Severe Burns
- Slip and Fall
- Spinal Injury
- Vehicular Homicide
- Wrongful Death
- Toxic Torts
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| University | Hampden-Sydney College, B.A., 1970 |
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| Law School | University of Richmond, J.D., 1973 |
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| Admitted | 1973, Virginia, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia |
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| Memberships | Virginia Beach (President, 1990), Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1990—); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Inns of Court, I'Anson-Hoffman Inn; Fellow, American Board of Trial Advocates. |
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| Languages | English |
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| Born | Norfolk, Virginia, May 13, 1948 |
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| Biography | Phi Delta Phi. Member, University of Richmond National Moot Court Team. Author: "Outer Limits: Criminal Discovery and Inspection in Virginia," Virginia Trial Lawyers Journal, 1989; "Accident Reconstruction: Is There Life After Brown v. Corbin?" 1993 Virginia Trial Lawyers Annual Convention Manual; "Is There a Place for Accident Reconstruction Testimony in Virginia?" 2005 Virginia Trial Lawyers Annual Convention Manual. Lecturer, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Trial Advocacy Seminars (1990-2005); Virginia and Virginia Beach Bar Association CLE (1987, 1990). Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2008; Who's Who in American Law, 1997-2008. Life Member, National Registry of Who's Who; Superlawyers - one of the top 10 lawyers in Virginia (2006); one of the top 50 lawyers in Virginia (2007). Invitation for Fellowship, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2008.
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| Reported Cases | Hackman v. Commonwealth, 220 Va. 710 (1980); Keeter v. Commonwealth, 222 Va. 134 (1981); Johnson v. Haas, 224 Va. 245 (1982); Keel v. Keel, 225 Va. 606 (1983); Colony Council Bd. of Directors v. Hightower Enterprises, 228 Va. 197 (1984); City of Virginia Beach v. Virginia Restaurant Ass'n, Inc., 231 Va. 130 (1986); Allen v. Commonwealth, 3 Va. App. 657 (1987); Rossman v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 832 F.2d 282 (4th Cir. 1987); U.S. v. Lozano, 839 F. 2d 1020 (4th Cir. 1988); Foster v. Commonwealth, 8 Va. App. 167 (1989); Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Parker, 240 Va. 180 (1990); Davis v. Thoman Motel Corp., 900 F. 2d 28 (4th Cir. 1990); Burns v. Johnson, 250 Va. 41 (1995); Clohessy v. Weiler, 250 Va. 249, 462 S. E. 2d 94 (1995); Jeneary v. Commonwealth, 262 Va. 418 (2001); Velocity Express Mid-Atlantic v. Hugen, 266 Va. 188, 585 S. E. 2d 557 (2003). |
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| ISLN | 907754631 |
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