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Practice Areas: Personal injury litigation with emphasis in claims arising under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act
Education: George Mason University School of Law, J. D., with distinction, 1983; College of William and Mary, B.A., 1977
Admitted: Supreme Court of Virginia, Supreme Court of the United States; Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. United States Bankruptcy Court; Eastern District of Virginia
Memberships: Virginia State Bar, American Association for Justice; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Phi Delta Phi honorary legal society
Biography: Extensive trial and appellate experience in throughout Eastern United States. Before limiting practice to FELA claims, handled a variety of complex litigation matters, including products liability, medical malpractice and construction claims.
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Author, Innocent Misrepresentation By Sellers: Is Strict Liability Really the Rule In Virginia?, George Mason University Law Review, Spring 1983; Former contributing editor to Virginia Civil Procedure, (Michie’s); Author and reviser, Chapter 71, Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Litigating Tort Cases, West Publishing; Author, Guarding the Gate of Expert Testimony: The Daubert Conundrum, Virginia Trial Lawyer’s Association Journal, Winter 1996/1997; Author, The Trouble With Lawyers, How the American Right Created a Tort Crisis (pending) 2008; Virginia CLE lecturer; former law lecturer, University of Virginia Law School.
Director and Secretary, Eastern Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association; member, Torch Club International; founding director, My Friend’s House program for children of terminally ill parents; vestry member and Senior Warden, Episcopal Church of The Holy Cross; board member Briarwood Civic League.