Practice Areas - Personal Injury
- Federal Employers Liability Act
- Railroad Accidents and Injuries
- Truck Accidents
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- Nursing Home Liability
- Premises Liability
- Medical Malpractice
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 757-460-7776
Fax: 757-460-3428
http://www.hsinjurylaw.com
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| University | University of Maryland, B.A., 1980 |
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| Law School | George Mason University, J.D., with distinction, 1984 |
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| Admitted | 1984, Virginia, 1996, District of Columbia, West Virginia and North Carolina; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit |
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| Memberships | Norfolk-Portsmouth and Virginia Beach Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; American Association For Justice (Chairman, Railroad Section, 2005-2006); Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys. |
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| Born | Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Biography | Board Certified Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Recipient, George Mason Law Alumni Honor Scholarship, 1984. Member, George Mason University Law Review, 1982-1984. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Robert G. Doumar, 1984-1985. Co-Author, "Railroad Health & Safety; a Litigator's Guide," 72 American Jurisprudence Trials, p 1. Lecturer: Railroad Section, American Association For Justice (AAJ); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Georgia Trial Lawyers. Staff Assistant to U.S. Congressman G. William Whitehurst, 1979-1981. Named as a Virginia "Super Lawyer" for personal injury/general category by Law & Politics publication for the State of Virginia (2009-2010); Included in "Best Lawyers in America (2010) for Railroad Law, Invited Member: Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Selected to the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers" of Virginia, by the American Trial Lawyers Association; Selected to Who's Who in American Law-2009; Member, George Mason University Law Review, 1982-1984 (Article Published-1984); Member of the Primerus International Society of Law Firms . Rick is an inventor, holding 14 U.S. patents on compact, folding wheel technology. (Also available at Hampton, VA & Elizabeth City, North Carolina Office). (Also at Elizabeth City, North Carolina Office) (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) |
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| Reported Cases | Bray v. Ins. Co. of State of Pa., 917 F2d 130 (4th Cir. 1990); Ratliff v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co, S. Court WV Supreme Court (2009). |
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| ISLN | 903818450 |
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