About Our Virginia Truck Accident Injury Law Firm
At Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton law firm “All We Do Is Injury Law,” so you know we focus on injury law every day. We are dedicated to representing those injured due to the carelessness and fault of others, including trucking accidents injuries, car accidents, railroad accidents, faulty product injuries and medical malpractice claims.
Attorneys with our firm have represented thousands of accident victims and have more than 100 years of combined legal experience.
We cannot legally state we are the best injury lawyers In Virginia, Carolina or beyond. However, we can tell you that many of our lawyers have been selected for the highest honors in our area of injury law. In 2005, our injury law firm was the first plaintiff’s injury firm in the state of Virginia selected for membership in a prestigious international group of highly ethical law firms, called Primerus. Primerus carefully screens law firms and the Wall Street Journal reported that Primerus “wants to offer consumers a way to pick the good from the bad by establishing a sort of ‘Good Housekeeping’ seal of approval for attorneys.”
Also, our law firm has the highest-available AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell lawyer rating service. Two of our attorneys were selected by Best Lawyers in America (2010 edition), and two lawyers with our firm have also been designated Virginia Superlawyers.
Our attorneys are the editors of the Virginia Beach Injuryboard, the Norfolk Injuryboard, and the Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard law blogs, and we are proud to state that we provide free, pro bono legal articles all year to consumers on injury prevention and health and safety topics. Further, all our attorneys provide time and money to a wide variety of charities as a way of giving back to the community.
Only a small number of law firms have been involved in transportation injury litigation in nearly every state of the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. Our firm has handled cases in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Washington DC, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Maryland, Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Louisiana.
The firm’s main office is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, near the northeast North Carolina border, and we have satellite offices in Elizabeth City, NC, and Hampton, DC. Attorneys and staff with our firm reside in both North Carolina and Virginia, and our lawyers are licensed in VA, NC, SC, WV, DC and KY.
In October 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained the largest verdict in Virginia’s history for an injured person. The initial award of $46 million was elevated to $60 million with interest accrued while the defendant appealed the initial confidential settlement.
When we accept an injury case, we bring legal experience and the respect of opposing attorneys and court officers earned the old-fashioned way – by working hard and being ethical.
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