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Practice emphasis litigation in all phases, including insurance
and coverage issues, general liability and medical malpractice/healthcare
provider defense
- Born
Brooklyn, New York; 1958
- Admitted
Virginia Bar, Maryland and District of Columbia
PRACTICE
AREAS
EDUCATION
- State
University of New York; (B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1979)
- American
University (J.D. 1982); Senior staff member American University
Law Review
EXPERIENCE
- "I
believe that a successful litigator investigates the facts, then
evaluates the case and then explores every avenue to achieve the
best result for the client"
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Extensive trial experience in state and federal court.
- Licensed
to practice in Virginia, Maryland the District of Columbia.
- Successfully
handled over 300 cases in the federal and state courts in the areas
of constitutional civil rights violations, labor and employment
and medical malpractice, personal injury insurance and general business
with over 50 published decisions
- Recently
was on the winning defense team of a consolidated trial of 1500
asbestos cases
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Impressive list of victories in the Virginia Supreme Court and the
Federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Successfully represented individuals, businesses, the Commonwealth
of Virginia, doctors, nurses, Sheriffs, state and local government
agencies, property and casualty insurers and life insurance companies
WORK
OF DISTINCTION
- Selected
by the Attorney General of Virginia as outside counsel in defense
of claims asserted against the Commonwealth of Virginia and its
agencies
- Defense
of Section 1983 Civil Rights and Title VII claims
- Favorable
court decisions for the insurance industry in the area of premises
liability and insurance coverage issues
- Burns
v. Johnson, 250 VA. 41 (1995); Gustafson v. Southland Life
Ins. Co., 855 F.Supp. 854 (E.D. of VA 1995)
- School
Board of the City of Portsmouth v. Colander, 519, S.E.2d 374
(VA 1999)
- Riddick
v. School Board of the City of Portsmouth, 2000 W.L. 1359663
(Table), (4th Cir., September 21, 2000)
LEGAL
AFFILIATIONS
- Virginia
State Bar
- Maryland
State Bar
- District
of Columbia Bar Association
- American
Bar Association
- Virginia
Association of Defense Lawyers
- Past
Chairman of the Continuing Legal Education Committee
- Member
of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Norfolk and
Portsmouth Bar Association
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