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Robert L. Mills has been an active litigator for more than 30 years, trying cases in State and Federal Courts throughout Virginia and the East Seaboard. He began his practice with the firm of White, Reynolds, Smith & Winters defending such clients as General Motors, Ford Motor Company and numerous insurance carriers. He has served as general counsel for Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Co. a provider of law enforcement liability insurance to cities, towns and counties throughout the continental United States. Since 1987, Mr. Mills has devoted his practice exclusively to representing injured persons, especially cases involving serious injury, death or difficult issues of liability or complicated insurance issues.. Mr. Mills has tried numerous cases to verdict in State and Federal Courts all over the Commonwealth of Virginia and has won million dollar verdicts in both state and federal court in multiple states. He is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in civil trial practice and holds their highest peer review rating of "AV" reserved for those evaluated at the highest level of professional excellence. His trial practice focuses on products and premises liability, medical malpractice and automobile and tractor trailer collisions. Mr. Mills has written for legal publications and lectured on trial practice and is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Virginia State Bar, the American Association for Justice, Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association and the Virginia Beach Bar Association.. Mr. Mills has been admitted to practice before the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, United States Supreme Court, Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He serves as one of two managing partners for the firm and has many varied interests including scuba diving, underwater photography and alpine skiing. He has many years of experience as a soccer coach at all youth levels and holds an NSCAA National Coaching License. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Beach Travel Soccer Club, Hampton Roads Soccer Council, and the Virginia Opera.

Richard Serpe has represented victims of personal injuries for over 37 years. Especially passionate about the fate of injured children, he's devoted much of his career to representing society's most vulnerable victims. He is frequently associated in complex litigation, managing cases with difficult scientific and medical issues. He has experience managing large case cohorts, including the extensive use of database and litigation support software. His practice areas include Virginia car accidents, dog bites, wrongful death, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, tractor-trailer accidents, and more.. Richard Serpe is listed in The Best Lawyers in America ®, and has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell law directory, which is the highest given. He has been named a “Super Lawyer” – among the top 5 percent of lawyers in Virginia, by Virginia Super Lawyers since 2006. Mr. Serpe is admitted to practice law in Virginia, Texas and Louisiana.

My name is Emily Mapp Brannon and I'm an attorney who specializes in personal injury law.. I grew up in Norfolk, Virginia surrounded by the law (my father is an attorney) and always knew I wanted to be a lawyer.. I'm currently licensed in all Virginia courts and am a member of the Virginia Bar Association, Virginia Beach Bar Association, the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association, and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.. Based in Norfolk, I am ready to serve clients throughout Hampton Roads -- Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk -- as well as the communities of Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Michael Salasky built a successful personal injury practice over the course of 40 years representing countless people who were needlessly hurt through no fault of their own. It was and is his privilege to right these wrongs for his clients. His efforts resulted in many millions of dollars being awarded to his clients for their proven injuries. Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, Michael attended Norfolk Academy and graduated college from Tufts University in Boston where he received a B.A. in English. He received his law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in 1977. For several years he worked as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in Norfolk and prosecuted all varieties of criminal cases, from traffic matters to murder cases.. After a two year stint as an associate in a private law office, he opened his own law practice in 1982. Before concentrating his work on injury cases, Michael gained a wealth of experience over the years handling divorce and custody matters, real estate, collections, bankruptcy, construction law, contract matters, criminal cases and other disputes. His practice is currently focused on representing injured parties.. Over the years he has participated in the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, served as a judge on City of Norfolk grievance panels, and served local civic organizations.. He is married to Prue Salasky, who is a retired educator, journalist and editorial writer. They have three daughters.

Joseph M. Young has been practicing law in the Tidewater area for over 30 years. His primary area of practice has been in civil litigation although he served on the Norfolk Circuit Court criminal defense appointed list of attorneys for 18 years. During his career he has tried over 600 jury cases to a verdict in state and federal courts. Mr. Young is licensed to practice in Virginia and is a member of the Virginia State Bar. He has also been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Virginia Supreme Court. Mr. Young is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association and serves on the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association Professionalism Committee.

John Cooper has been practicing personal injury law in Virginia for over 25 years. His long and in-depth knowledge of personal injury and wrongful death cases means other lawyers often refer him injury cases.. Since he set up Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in Norfolk with Jim Hurley in 2011, John Cooper has won many multi-million dollar cases for clients who suffered terrible injuries on the highways of Virginia or families who lost loved ones.. John Cooper has forged a reputation for battling hard against the insurance companies to secure clients the compensation they deserve.. He is licensed to practice law in Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia. He has represented injured people in federal and state courts, including the Virginia Supreme Court.  John Cooper is admitted to practice in U.S. District Courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.. John Cooper was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and raised in Norfolk and Virginia Beach.  Both of his parents were lawyers.  His father was a tax attorney and he followed in his footsteps by going to the University of Virginia Law School, graduating in 1988. His mother went back to law school at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, when she was raising three children after an earlier career as an English professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.  John Cooper said it was clear from early that he would be a lawyer. “I truly love what I do,” he said.. John and his wife Monica have three children. Their son Matthew is following in John’s footsteps and is studying law at UVA.. John Cooper holds a 10 out of 10 rating with Avvo, and the highest rating (AV) granted to attorneys by Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Rating Service. He is recognized by Virginia Super Lawyers, an accolade only 5 percent of attorneys in the state attain.. John Cooper is a Governor At Large of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA). He works tirelessly to bring continuing legal education (CLE) events to attorneys across the state.. Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers is based in Norfolk with client meeting locations in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, Portsmouth and on Virginia's Eastern Shore. We also help clients in northeastern North Carolina. John Cooper has represented injured railroad workers across the country.. One thing that sets our firm apart from the competition is the fact that our sole focus is on personal injury law. Law partners John Cooper, Jim Hurley, Bill O’Mara and Griffin O'Hanlon do not split their attention between several very different practice areas. They devote their 50+ years of combined experience entirely to Virginia personal injury law. This specialization enables us to stay on top of all changes in the Virginia Code and Supreme Court cases, using our knowledge and up-to-date familiarity with Virginia law to our clients’ advantage.. Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers is not a factory firm where clients are seen as a way to increase our own profits. Instead, we view each client as a member of our own family and pride ourselves on supporting them the same way we would one of our own family members during a difficult time in their life. Please see our Cooper Hurley client reviews to find out more about our firm.

I was born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia and have lived and loved the Hampton Roads area my whole life.  I graduated from law school in 1975 and opened my own practice in 1977.. I am the father of four children and love spending all my free time with my family.. I

I have been practicing law since 1996.  Since working as a page in high school, and then as an intern and clerk for Congressmen while in college, I have developed a serious desire to help out the “little guy” and help them stand up to the largest of corporate powers.   Over the course of almost two decades in law, I have helped thousands of clients get the justice and compensation they deserve for their injuries.. I am a graduate of Lafayette College and the Howard University School of law with honors, and served as an associate managing editor of the law review. I practice law with genuine heart and a work ethic that separates myself from peers.  Born and raised outside of Washington D.C., I worked as a page in high school and then as an intern and clerk for Congressmen on both sides of the aisle during every summer while in college.  Further, while in law school, I clerked for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the United States Attorney's Office in San Diego, California. I am a member of numerous bar associations locally and nationally and teach trial advocacy CLE courses annually to my peers.

I have been practicing law for almost 22 years.  I strive to treat my clients like I would want my family members to be treated by colleagues.  I am tough as nails and trial tested.. I have a 12 year old daughter.  I enjoy sports, travelling and reading.

I enjoy training personal protection dogs in my spare time.  I have always been a dog lover, and when a family friend introduced me to protection dogs, I was hooked.  It amazes me how a good protection dog combines intensity and obedience.  I like to think that a good lawyer is not unlike a good protection dog: loyal to you, tough on your opponent!

Griffin O’Hanlon joined Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers as an attorney in the fall of 2015. He attended Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake for his freshman and sophomore years, before his parents relocated to Illinois. He returned to Virginia to attend Virginia Tech, where he majored in history. Griff obtained his J.D. from the Saint Louis University School of Law with a concentration in civil litigation.. After law school, Griff returned to Hampton Roads, where he practiced criminal law at the Norfolk Public Defender’s Office and a local private firm before joining Cooper Hurley and has extensive in-court litigation experience. Griff and his wife Kelsey, a graduate of Tallwood High School in Virginia Beach who works as a speech therapist for the Virginia Beach Public Schools, now live in Virginia Beach with their 3 children. When he’s not working on his files, Griff can be found on the beach, golf course or cheering on Virginia Tech’s football team.. The cases he has litigated include that of a construction worker who was injured by a drunk driver. The case was settled for $150,000 at mediation, a $95,000 settlement for a man injured by a drunk driver on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and a $100,000 pre-suit settlement for a moped rider struck by a vehicle in Virginia Beach. Griff O'Hanlon specializes in suing drunk drivers. He is motivated to help people who are going through an extremely tough time in their lives.

For over ten years, I have been working as an advocate for individuals in need.  After graduating from Regent University Law School, I began working as an attorney for Virginia Legal Aid Society, where I provided legal representation to low income individuals and families in the areas of housing, consumer, family and public benefits cases.  While at VLAS, I was the director of the HEAL program, a medical legal partnership where her office teamed up with local health care providers in the Western Tidewater area to identify patients who had situations affecting their health that may be improved by legal representation.. At Rutter Mills, I have been able to continue my passion and lifelong pursuit of helping those in need as a Social Security Disability Attorney, where I fight every day to get my disabled clients the benefits they are entitled by law.

For nearly twenty years, I have worked in just about every aspect of workers’ compensation.. I started out in a general law practice, representing injured workers in both state and Federal workers’ compensation cases in the state of Alabama. Returning home, I served the Commonwealth of Virginia for a number of years as a Staff Attorney at the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission. In that role, I wrote over 600 Review Opinions for the Commission, served as a mediator in over 100 matters successfully resolved by full and final settlement and served as the Commission Editor of the publication, The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act, Annotated, 2002 and 2003 Editions. Thereafter, for over a decade, I represented employers and insurers in the defense of workers’ compensation claims. I have been a frequent speaker at workers’ compensation seminars across Virginia.. I now bring this wealth of experience to bear to help injured workers throughout Tidewater and Hampton Roads.

Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers is a fast-growing personal injury law firm based in Norfolk Virginia. Jim Hurley and John Cooper set up the firm. Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers recently appointed a third partner, Bill O’Mara and fourth partner, Griffin O'Hanlon. The attorneys only take on personal injury and wrongful death cases. We don’t represent criminal defendants like drunk drivers who hurt our clients.. Our job is to take care of all of our clients’ legal needs when they are injured in a car, truck, motorcycle, railroad, or bus accident. Our client’s job is to get better from the injuries that they suffered in these accidents.. We also represent people who are hurt at businesses, or by dangerous drugs or medical devices, as well as families of those who lost a loved one due to the fault of another.. Jim Hurley has been practicing law throughout Virginia for almost three decades. His dedicated legal team has worked for him for two decades combined. He is also licensed to practice law in Florida. During his career, he has tried more than 100 cases — a staggering number — and handled hundreds more that were settled out of court. He is guided by the principle that the client is in charge of his or her case and should be kept fully aware of the details of the legal process. Jim Hurley holds a top AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating given, for his practice of law. He has been named in the Virginia Super Lawyers list since 2014 and holds many other accolades.. Practice areas. · Car accidents· Truck accidents· Motorcycle accidents· Pedestrian accidents· Cycling accidents· Wrongful death.. Bar AdmissionsU.S. District Court, Eastern District of VirginiaFlorida, 1998Virginia, 1990Honors. AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® : attorney reputation assessment system, showing the highest level of skill and ethics .. Virginia Super Lawyers, 2014 - 2019.. You have many choices when it comes to personal injury lawyers in Hampton Roads, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, or further afield. This can make choosing the right attorney seem overwhelming. While there are many options, it is important to remember that not all personal injury attorneys are capable of offering the same level of experience and dedication to one area of the law, nor are all of them able to prove their skill with a wide range of verdicts and settlements.. It can be difficult to secure a personal injury settlement or verdict. It’s important to hire a lawyer who won’t simply cave into the insurance company. You should hire a devoted personal injury lawyer who knows how to effectively argue for the other party’s complete liability, pursuing the maximum settlement you are owed for your injuries.. Why Choose Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers?. One thing that sets our firm apart from the competition is the fact that our sole focus is on personal injury law. Personal injury attorneys John Cooper, Jim Hurley, and Bill O’Mara do not split their attention between several practice areas. They devote their 50+ years of combined experience entirely to the intricacies and complexities of Virginia personal injury law. This specialization enables us to stay on top of all changes in the Virginia Code and Supreme Court cases, using our knowledge and up-to-date familiarity with Virginia law to our clients’ advantage.. A look at our client testimonials page will also help you understand why Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers has been the standout Norfolk personal injury firm for many residents of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, Chesapeake, and elsewhere in Virginia. We are not a factory firm where clients are seen as a way to increase our own profits. Instead, we view each client as a member of our own family and pride ourselves on supporting them the same way we would one of our own family members in crisis.. Dedicated to personal serviceYour lawyer will be available to contact 24/7. You will never be left wondering where your case stands. By working closely with you and your family during every stage of your lawsuit, we will provide you with the highest level of personalized service.. You have several choices when it comes to a personal injury attorney, but we believe you deserve nothing less than the best. Our Norfolk personal injury attorneys are prepared to work tirelessly on your behalf, providing constant support and doing everything in our power to ensure you are awarded the maximum settlement your serious injuries deserve.. If you are looking for a personal injury attorney in the Hampton Roads area, please contact Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers today to schedule a free case evaluation. We have a main office in Norfolk and client meeting locations in all six other cities of Hampton Roads and on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Please schedule an appointment if you are visiting any of the client meeting locations.. Unlike many other law firms, we do not forget our clients after we have helped them. We send them regular correspondence and give them the chance to win prizes in raffles. We hope your family members and friends are not injured due to the fault of another. We hope you will recommend them to Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers if the worst happens.

Bill O’Mara started his legal career in 2008 when he moved back to his home town of Chesapeake. He attended Indian River High School in Chesapeake. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Washington and Lee University Law School. He has practiced in the field of plaintiffs’ personal injury and other litigation.. Bill O’Mara gained extensive courtroom and trial experience, including contested trials before judges and juries across Hampton Roads before he arrived at Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers. In 2014, Mr. O’Mara joined Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers as an associate attorney. He became a partner in 2017. He now dedicates his entire practice to helping injured people. He heads up a dedicated premises liability team that helps people injured in slip and fall accidents, trampoline accidents and other accidents at stores, hotels, and restaurants.. Bill O’Mara is married with two daughters and a son. He lives in Chesapeake. He gains satisfaction from helping people through tough times and giving them access to justice after they suffer injuries.. Bill O’Mara’s bar admissions are:

Bailey Gifford joined Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in late 2020. Born in Nebraska and raised in Kentucky, she graduated with honors from Central Hardin High School.. After high school, Bailey graduated magna cum laude from Morehead State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with an emphasis in Business in 2016.. Bailey went on to the Appalachian School of Law, in Grundy, VA, where she obtained her J.D. in 2020. During her time there, she served as president of the Student Bar Association. Bailey also served as a Student Ambassador and participated as a member of both the Mock Trial and Moot Court teams. During law school, Bailey clerked for The Honorable Elizabeth A. McClanahan, formerly of the Supreme Court of Virginia, as well as for a private law firm in Grundy, VA.. Bailey enjoys exploring the Hampton Roads area with her husband, Kaleb. She looks forward to setting down roots in the area and making Virginia home.

After graduating from Harvard University with a degree in English & American Literature in Language, Brother attended law school at the T.C. Williams School of Law and graduated first in his class. He was named Allen Chair Editor of the University of Richmond Law Review and received multiple awards and medals upon graduation for his academic achievements.Brother is a member of the Bar and qualified to practice in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. The focus of his practice is severe personal injury cases, and he has secured multi-million dollar verdicts in several states.. Brother is also a member of the Maritime Law Association and has been designated Proctor in Admiralty in recognition of his expertise in representing injured seamen and others with maritime injuries.  Brother also has held the following positions: Adjunct Professor of Admiralty and Maritime Law, T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, Fall 2002; Chairman, American Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), Admiralty and Maritime Law Section, 2003-2004; Alumni Board of Directors, Norfolk Academy; Law School Alumni Association Board of Directors, T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond.. Each year Brother and the Rutter Mills law firm is recognized as being the best in the business. In 2024, he will again be on the list of Best Lawyers, ranked by . In 2023, Brother was named to Coastal VA Business's "Top Lawyers" list. He's been recognized as a top lawyer by Super Lawyers. US News has named Rutter Mills one of the country's top injury law firms for 8 years in a row.