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My Education and Experience

For over 40 years, it has been my honor to represent clients throughout the United States. I have tried over 175 jury cases to verdict and nearly 1,0000 bench trials and administrative hearings. After ending my active national practice, I have focused on cases in eastern Virginia, appearing in most circuit courts east of I-95. I currently have an active case load in all civil courts on the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck.

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You can learn more about my trial work here.

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In addition to my appellate work in Virginia state and numerous federal courts, I have been privileged to handle cases in the United States Supreme Court.

 

I am honored to have been chosen repeatedly as a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer and to Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite list. It is also my honor to have been an author for both Lexis and West Publishing.

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Please take a few minutes to browse my resume.

MY RESUME

Education

  • College of William and Mary, Class of 1976

    • B.A. in Government and History​

  • ​George Mason University School of Law, 1983

    • J.D., With Distinction

      • Published in law review

      • Member, Phi Delta Phi honorary legal society

Trial Experience

  • Actively litigated cases in state and federal cases throughout the United States since 1983

  • More than 175 jury cases tried to verdict

  • Almost 1,000 bench trials and administrative hearings

  • Regular appellate appearances in the Virginia Supreme Court, the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Four cases in the United States Supreme Court

  • Appellate matters in several federal circuit courts of appeal outside Virginia

  • Involvement in several nationally prominent cases

  • Recovered at least $30 Million in significant personal injury cases through verdict or settlement

  • Court appearances in approximatley half of the counties in Virginia

Bar Admissions

  • Virginia, 1983

  • All Virginia federal district and bankruptcy courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

  • U.S. Supreme Court

  • Numerous regular admissions to federal district courts

Partial Publication List

  • Innocent Misrepresentation by Vendors: Is Strict Liability Really the Standard in Virginia? George Mason University Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1983

  • Virginia Civil Procedure, (Middleditch, et al.), Michie Publishing. Reviser and principal author of annual supplements, 1991-1993

  • Guarding the Gate of Expert Testimony: The Daubert Conundrum, Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers, Winter 1996/1997

  • Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Chapter 76, Litigating Tort Cases, West Publishing, 2003 and multiple annual updates (sole author with acknowledgement)

  • Gateway to Discovery, Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2013 (lead article for two-issue series on civil discovery).

  • Numerous magazine and CLE publications

WHY URBANNA?

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