Attorney Profiles

Willard J. Moody, Sr., born Franklin, Virginia, June 16, 1924; admitted to bar, 1952, Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary; University of Richmond (LL.B., 1952). Delta Theta Phi; Member Virginia House of Delegates, 1956-1967, and Virginia State Senator, 1968-1984. Commissioner in Chancery, and Commissioner of Accounts, Circuit Court, City of Portsmouth. Member: Portsmouth Bar Association (President, 1960), Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, American Bar Association; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1973); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Tidewater Association of Claimants Attorneys; Inner Circle of Advocates; Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys (ARLA).

Willard J. Moody, Jr. , born Portsmouth, Virginia, June 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983; Virginia; 1997, West Virginia; 1997, North Carolina; 1997, Florida. Education: Elon College (B.A., 1979); University of Richmond (J.D., 1983). Admitted: United States Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Member: Virginia Bar Association; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA); Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association; Portsmouth Bar Association (Past-President 1996-1997); and Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys (ARLA).

Byron P. Kloeppel , Of Counsel, born Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 17, 1941; admitted to bar, 1970, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1970) Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk, Judge Richard B. Kellam, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1970-1971; 1972-1973. Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association; American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Virginia State Bar Association. [Lt. (j.g.) U.S.Navy, 1964-1967]. Admitted: Supreme Court of the United States; Virginia Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; United States Court of Claims.

Raymond H. Strople (1940 - 2006)

Wm. Earl Higginbotham, born Orlando, Florida, September 18, 1950; admitted to bar, 1985, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with honors, 1972), Antioch College (B.A., 1983) Florida State University (J.D., with honors, 1984). Member: Florida Bar, American Bar Association, Jacksonville Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. (Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocates) Practice Areas: Personal Injury; FELA.

E. Stanley Murphy, born Arlington, Virginia, May 23, 1954; admitted to bar, 1983, Virginia. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A. 1977); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., With Distinction, 1983). Phi Delta Phi. Admitted: United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. Member: Virginia State Bar; Virginia Bar Association; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.

John W. Hall, born Portsmouth, Virginia, November 9, 1952;   admitted to bar 1982, Virginia.  Education:  William and Mary (B.A. 1974); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (J.D. 1982).

Claude Woody Anderson, Jr., born Richmond, Virginia, October 24, 1959;  admitted to bar 1986, Virginia;  1992, North Carolina.  Education:  University of Richmond (B.A. 1982);  Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D. 1985).  Admitted:  U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and North Carolina.  Member:  Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association;  American Bar Association;  American Trial Lawyers Association;  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association;  North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers;  Breast Implant Litigation Group of ATLA.

Philip L. Bradfield, born Dublin, Georgia, November 14, 1961; admitted to bar 1989, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1983), Marshall-Wythe, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1989). Order of the Barristers. Best individual Oralist at National Tax Moot Court Tournament, 1989.

Michael R. Davis, born Norfolk, Virginia, April 4, 1966; admitted to bar 1991, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1988), Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1991). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi (Membership Chairman); Moot Court Bar; T.C. Clarke Fellowship. Member: Virginia Beach Bar Association; Virginia State Bar.

Paul G. Moody, born Portsmouth, Virginia, January 13, 1963; admitted to bar 2000, Virginia. Education: Virginia Wesleyan College (1993). Regent University School of Law (1998). Member: American Bar Association.

Richard W. Zahn, Jr., born Richmond, Virginia, October 1, 1964; admitted to bar 1993, Virginia. Admitted: United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit; United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Washington and Lee University (BA., 1986); New England School of Law (J.D. magna cum laude, 1993).

Virginia Office:
500 Crawford Street
Suite 300
Portsmouth, VA 23704
(757) 393-4093
(800) 368-1033
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Suite 105
Jacksonville, FL 32256
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