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With more than 40 years of legal experience and over 2,000 favorable verdicts and settlements won on behalf of injured plaintiffs, Partner-Attorney Irvin V. Cantor has continued to achieve remarkable results for clients of Breit Cantor Grana Buckner. Focusing his practice on traumatic brain injury cases and other serious personal injury claims, he regularly secures multi-million dollar outcomes for injury victims throughout Richmond, Virginia, and the entire nation. A compassionate and caring voice for the injured, Attorney Cantor always puts his clients’ needs above his own, tirelessly seeking justice whenever negligence has occurred. An established author, legal lecturer, and honored member of the Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame, he is considered one of the leading plaintiffs’ attorneys in Virginia.

With more than 30 years of experience, Trent is an accomplished client advocate in the courtroom. He is equally skilled at negotiating cases and is especially adept at timing settlement discussions to maximize his clients’ recoveries. Trent served as the President of the Allen Law Firm from 2012 to 2018. He currently serves as the Managing Attorney for the Mechanicsville office.. Trent prides himself on his dedication to helping his clients and providing them with exceptional service. He strives to help clients persevere during difficult times and come out with the best results possible. Trent’s philosophy is to let the client focus on their health while he fights to get them the outcome that they deserve.. Throughout his legal career, Trent has earned a reputation for successfully handling difficult liability cases. When he joined Allen & Allen in 1992, Trent brought with him substantial experience handling personal injury cases and traffic offenses. He focuses his practice on catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases including car accidents, truck accidents, and motorcycle accidents.. Trent received his Bachelor’s Degree from Hampden-Sydney College and his law degree from the Mercer University School of Law. At Mercer University School of Law, Trent qualified for the National Moot Court competition and served as President of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity.. While work requires him to be a “landlubber”, Trent enjoys water sports, including fishing and boating along the Rappahannock River in his free time. He and his wife, Katherine, have two children.

TED BRUNS has been engaged in the practice of law since 1995 and joined the firm as a partner in 2001. Mr. Bruns served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Henrico prior to entering private practice where he maintains a general practice with an emphasis on criminal and civil litigation. Mr. Bruns regularly represents clients throughout central Virginia in both state and federal courts and has spoken on issues related to the practice of criminal law at the University of Richmond Law School. Mr. Bruns’ criminal defense practice includes the defense of all variety of traffic and criminal offenses, from minor moving violations to capital offenses in both the state and federal systems. Mr. Bruns was recognized by Super Lawyers and Richmond Magazines in 2008 and 2009 as one of Virginia’s “rising stars” in the defense of criminal cases.

Rob is an attorney with over 30 years of experience. He is a generalist in every sense of the word, and brings his wide array of experience to every matter. He has counseled his clients on a variety of corporate, litigation, technology, real estate, contract, regulatory and intellectual property issues.. Rob is an experienced intellectual property practitioner. He registers and maintains trademarks and copyrights, and drafts and negotiates patent, trademark and copyright licenses. He also investigates, files and prosecutes intellectual infringement actions.. Rob has handled a wide array of complex commercial litigation matters. He has tried cases in federal and state courts and is licensed to practice in Virginia and South Carolina. Rob is also Rule 403 qualified to handle cases solo in South Carolina.. From 2011-2014, Rob spent three years in Charleston, South Carolina as General Counsel for Kiawah Partners, a multi-disciplinary, international luxury resort developer. Kiawah Partners has a 25 year history of creating award winning communities at Kiawah Island, The Lodge at Doonberg in County Clare, Ireland and Christophe Harbour, St. Kitts and Nevis. Rob worked to solve issues which mixed business and litigation. such as reviewing and approving development activities, reviewing and responding to investment proposals, negotiating with government official regarding potential development on Hainan Island, China, and other legal matters relating to Kiawah, St. Kitts and Ireland. He worked to solve issues which mixed business and litigation. He worked alongside senior management to handle the day-to-day problems regarding the ongoing real estate development of Kiawah Island.. Rob is excited to be back working in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. His experience helps Mauck & Brooke clients get to the bottom line quicker and more efficiently.

Please note that we are not forming an attorney-client relationship until we meet in person and we both decide to do so. I cannot and will not give you legal advice until we establish that attorney-client relationship. Therefore, if you contact me to see about legal representation, please do not provide me with specific information about your case.. I strive to provide skilled, efficient, and compassionate legal services. I want my clients to understand what I am doing and why, to leave the case with dignity intact, and to retain some tools for future conflict resolution. I hope my clients find me kind, smart, and approachable. My advocacy style is to treat all parties and the process with the utmost respect and to let skill and preparedness be our guide, rather than rancor and incivility.

Paul Kunberger is a licensed attorney living and working in the City of Richmond. Paul received his BA in Political Science from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1976 and his J.D. in Law from the University of Baltimore in 1980. He was admitted to the Maryland Court of Appeals in 1981, the DC Court of Appeals in 1982, and the Virginia Supreme Court in 1994. Paul has also been admitted into US Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern and Western districts of Virginia, the district of Maryland, and the U.S. District Court of Maryland and Washington D.C.

Michael and his wife, Laura, met at Ohio Wesleyan University, and have been married since 1987.  They have three children, and their eldest son graduated from Ohio Wesleyan.. Mr. Phelan volunteers countless hours with organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), United Parents Against Lead to reduce the hazards of lead to children, and Northstar Academy, a Richmond non-profit shool for children with learning disabilities. Mr. Phelan is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Northstar. The Board presented in January, 2010 the first annual Special Needs Forum for educators, health care providers, and parents of special needs children. Mr. Phelan is also on the board of the Commonwealth Community Trust, a nonprofit trust for people with disabilities.. Mr. Phelan has extensive trial experience in state and federal courts, and has gained a national reputation for handling complex brain injury, lead poisoning, pharmaceutical, product liability, trucking accident, complex commercial litigation, medical device and toxic substance cases. He achieved one of the largest recoveries in the country in a benzene exposure case involving an oral dental adhesive. Mr. Phelan is the past Chair of the Product Liability Section of the Virginia Trial Lawyer’s Association and has lectured at the Section’s annual retreats, at the 2006 ATLA Pharmaceutical/Medical Device seminar, and at many other seminars on numerous litigation topics.. Since 1996, Mr. Phelan has maintained an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell National Law Directory. This rating is based upon an extensive and confidential peer review by members of the bar, and is the highest rating available for legal ability and ethical standards. He also serves as an elected board member on the Virginia Trial Lawyer’s Association’s Board of Governors.. Mr. Phelan was selected to the American Trial Lawyers Association 2007 Top 100 Trial Lawyers.  Since 2008, He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Personal Injury Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation and Product Liability Litigation (Copyright Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC) and for includion in Virginia Super Lawyers.  He has been recognized as on of the Top 25 lawyers in Richmond and Top Lawyers in Virginia.  In 2010, he achieved two of the top 34 settlements in the state.

Jonathan was born in New York and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia. After seven years practicing law in Georgia, he moved to Richmond from Atlanta with his wife, Sydney. They live in the city with their two children. In their free time, Jonathan and his family enjoy the outdoors, music, sports of all kinds, traveling and cooking

Jim Thorsen’s practice has focused on complex civil litigation for over thirty years.  He represents individuals in serious personal injury cases, including medical malpractice, as well as employees and executives in major areas of employment law such as EEOC matters, whistleblower claims, wrongful termination, non-competes and contracts.  Jim also represents individuals in the fields of civil rights laws, First Amendment issues, defamation law, malicious prosecution, and domestic relations.. Jim has received a number of honors in the areas of employment law and civil litigation for many years.  He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2009, he has been recognized as a Virginia Super Lawyer® in employment litigation from 2006- 2013, and he has been included as Legal Elite by Virginia Business magazine for many years.  He is AV®-Preeminent™ by Martindale Hubbell.  Jim is sought after as a speaker in his areas of law and he has been a frequent lecturer for Virginia State Bar Continuing Legal Education programs since 2009.. Bar Admissions:Virginia, 1978Virginia Supreme CourtUnited States District Courts for Eastern and Western VirginiaUnited States Fourth Circuit Court of AppealUnited States Supreme Court. Professional and Bar MembershipsVirginia State BarVirginia Bar AssociationVirginia Trial Lawyers AssociationNational Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)Virginia Employment and Labor Law Association (VELLA)

I was a critical care nurse before embarking on a career change to law.  In my years of legal practice, I have successfully defended healthcare providers in the very complex medical malpractice cases and tried many of them to defense verdicts, including cases involving radiology, neurology, neurosurgery, cancers, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, cardiothoracic emergency medicine, nursing, critical care, chiropractic, pulmonology, orthopedics, psychiatry, and all areas of medical and nursing care.. Additionally, I have successuflly represented healthcare providers before state licensing boards and hospital peer review investigations.. Further, I asisst health care providers to be compliant with state and federal privacy laws and regulations such and developing policies and procedures as required by state and federal regulations.

I have been in practice since 2001 and I have always focused on domestic relations law.

Gary has been practicing law for over fifteen years. He began at a large firm representing Fortune 500 companies in civil litigation and individuals in family law matters. He has since represented clients in complex matters pending in state and federal courts throughout the nation, including breach of contract, product liability, personal injury, wrongful death and insurance coverage/bad faith disputes. He also has substantial experience representing clients in family law matters, including divorce, property distribution, support and custody.. He is admitted to practice before all Virginia state courts, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Western District of Virginia, and the Southern District of Indiana, and U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Seventh Circuit, and Ninth Circuit.

Edward is an accomplished litigator who has tried and won an impressive variety of cases in state and federal courts including personal injury, premises liability and insurance coverage matters.. An extremely talented trial attorney, he has mastered the courtroom skills necessary to obtain substantial verdicts for his clients. Edward helped spearhead the firm's expansion to Northern Virginia and has been the managing partner of the Fredericksburg office since it opened in 1994. He joined the Allen & Allen personal injury law firm in 1987 after graduating from Washington and Lee University School of Law. He is proud to be one of the firm's eight attorneys to be named to Best Lawyers in America - a publication considered by many to be the preeminent guide to legal excellence in the United States.. With a strong background in personal injury litigation, Edward handles cases involving car crashes, premises liability, motorcycle accidents, brain injury, medical expense and other insurance coverage disputes throughout Virginia and the District of Columbia.. Edward is proud to be a member of the Allen firm because of its strong commitment to helping injured people. He is a Past President of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, an organization which promotes the interests of personal injury victims.

Divorce is one of the most disruptive and emotional life events, requiring careful decision-making.When you are desperate and confused, we are here to help you find the answers you need. We understand how essential it is to have strong representation and expert guidance you can trust. The last thing you want is to feel like your needs aren’t being addressed during your divorce. Practicing law since 1996, Chris Macturk opened Evolution Divorce in 2017 to help people carefully navigate the process and pricing of divorce. Our goal is to help you safely maneuver the chaos of divorce so you can evolve into a more stable stage of your life.. Chris Macturk - FOUNDING ATTORNEYAn accomplished Richmond divorce and family lawyer, Chris Macturk wanted to change how he priced his services in a way that offered a closer, transparent, and unfettered working relationship with his clients. Often hearing complaints about the uncertainties and anxieties presented by hourly billing, he decided to change his business model and open a firm offering Pre-Agreed Pricing. Evolution was born. Chris has guided hundreds of individuals through separations, divorces and disputes over children and support. A Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), Chris is also past President of both the Henrico County Bar Association and the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association. He is an active member of the Virginia Bar Association, having served as the Chair of its Domestic Relations Section (2021-2022) and the City of Richmond Bar Association, having served as the chairperson of its Pro Bono Committee and a member of the Judicial Committee and the Administration of Justice Committee.

Courtney, a partner with the firm, concentrates her practice on personal injury, brain injury cases and wrongful death claims. She works in the firm's Richmond office and serves clients in Short Pump, Midlothian, Mechanicsville and across the state of Virginia. She is a tireless, compassionate advocate for her clients. Since joining the firm in 1990, Courtney has obtained numerous victories in the courtroom. Courtney's compassion extends beyond the courtroom as she works closely with her clients to resolve their cases. Although Courtney is proud of her courtroom results, she is most passionate about the people she represents.  "I'm a people person," she says, "and I enjoy the individual relationships I develop with my clients." She draws inspiration from the courage of her clients to overcome adversity and to recover from injury that was caused by the fault of another.. Courtney has successfully resolved through trial and settlement many cases involving children. As the mother of four children herself, Courtney is able to draw upon her own experiences to compassionately work with children. Courtney has lectured on the topic of "Children as Witnesses" and has participated in producing a video which has been used to train lawyers and judges on the special circumstances involved when children are in the courtroom.. Courtney aggressively takes on insurance companies to preserve the rights of her clients. She once fought a case all the way to the Virginia Supreme Court to obtain justice for a 12-year-old client whose insurance company wrongfully denied payments for his medical bills.. Courtney is proud to be a trial lawyer and an advocate for injured people. She believes in the civil justice system, individual freedom and the responsibility placed on society and individuals to maintain a system whereby injured parties can seek and receive justice.

Call Today for a Free Consultation.. Chris Pitera is a trial attorney practicing personal injury law at the firm of Cannella & O’Neal. Chris represents persons who have been injured through no fault of their own in courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is an experienced, passionate, and effective attorney-advocate. His main focus is promoting his clients’ total recovery. To that end, he works tirelessly and zealously so that his clients can obtain the best possible recovery in their case.. Prior to joining Cannella & O’Neal, Chris was an Assistant Attorney General with the Virginia Attorney General’s Office. In that capacity, he has tried numerous civil cases to verdict, settled hundreds more, and recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Among other things, Chris handled property damage claims on behalf of the Virginia Department of Transportation. He also handled hundreds of medical lien reductions on behalf of MCV Hospital, so he understands how to best maximize recoveries for plaintiffs.. Chris is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Virginia State Bar – Young Lawyers Conference, Richmond Bar Association, and American Bar Association.. Chris has the highest rating of “Top Attorney” and received the Clients’ Choice Award for 2016 through 2020. He was named 2021 Virginia Rising Star by SuperLawyers.. Chris received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York – Stony Brook, where he graduated magna cum laude and a member of the prestigious Honors College. Before going to law school, Chris was a White House and Congressional intern. He went on to receive his law degree from Liberty University School of Law, where he was the Student Works Editor for the Liberty Legal Journal, member and traveling competitor of the Moot Court Board, Vice-Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Board, and elected among his peers as 2L Senator. He also received the distinguished Spirit of Liberty Award, an honor granted by the faculty to one graduating law student.. In addition to his formal education, Chris has received Certificates of Training from the National Trial Advocacy College (Charlottesville, VA), NAAGTRI Depositions Training Course (Santa Fe, NM), and the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (Staunton, VA).. Chris resides in the greater Richmond area with his wife and two children.

At the Quinn Law Centers, I practice in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, employment law, adoption & surrogacy and estate planning. We focus on "building families and re-building lives." I have been practicing law for 32 years. After graduating from the University of Virginia Law School, I clerked for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. I run a Women's Injury Law Center, an Adoption & Surrogacy Law Center and an Employment and Personal Injury Law Center. We also operate a QLC Internship Program with over 120 interns coming through since 2005 ranging from high school to law school. When not practing law or serving on various Boards or giving presentations, I teach aerobics, play tennis, cycle, scuba dive, water and snow ski, travel, hike and try to spend time with my family including my twin sons and step-son.

Andy is a commercial litigator with over 19 years of experience. In June 2011 he started his own practice focusing on business, environmental, and trust and estates litigation in state and federal courts.  Andy spent 16 yers at the national law firm of Troutman Sanders, where he was Deputy Practice Chair of the Complex Litigation Group.

After law school, I joined the United States Marine Corps, where I began my legal career as a Judge Advocate, serving in Okinawa, Japan, and subsequently at Headquarters Marine Corps in Arlington, Virginia. As a prosecutor, and later, defense counsel, in the Marine Corps, I tried countless courts-martial and administrative hearings.. Upon completing military service, I was an attorney with the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. While with the SEC from 1990-1993, I investigated and/or litigated civil violations of the federal securities laws. I served as a federal prosecutor (Special Assistant U.S. Attorney) in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, assigned to the Securities Fraud Unit. While assigned to that Unit, I prosecuted criminal violations of the federal securities laws, including insider trading, market manipulation, money laundering, mail and wire fraud, perjury, and making false statements to a government agency. I obtained convictions in cases involving a nationwide broker payoff scheme; a multi-state financial fraud involving cellular telecommunications; insider trading by principals of a publicly traded company; and embezzlement by a registered agent. Representative of the nature of the cases handled by me, I also investigated the marketing and sale of certain limited partnerships by a major broker-dealer, resulting in the establishment of a $ million claims fund for investors, and the payment of fines to the U.S. Treasury.. I next entered private practice as a partner with a national law firm based in Richmond, Virginia, where my practice was concentrated on the representation of a major brokerage firm. In 1999, I began practice as a solo practitioner.. I was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers in the area of Securities Litigation.  I currently serves on the Richmond Bar Association’s Communications Committee, having previously served on the Administration of Justice Committee, which facilitates a dialogue between the bench and the bar on best practices.  In 2014, I was appointed to serve a multi-year term on the Audit Committee for the American Association of Justice.  I have a 10.0 Avvo Rating and for fourteen years an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell (its highest rating).. I served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, where I taught a course entitled, “Enforcement of the Federal Securities Laws.”. I have formerly served as both Co-Chair and Chair of the Securities Arbitration Subcommittee (Corporate and Business Litigation Committee) of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.  I also previously held the position of Chair of the ABA’s Securities Enforcement Subcommittee (Business Law Section). For many years, I served as Chair, and then, Vice-Chair, of the Criminal Laws Committee of the ABA’s Section of Business Law. In conjunction with my work for the ABA, in 2003, I was appointed by then-ABA President Dennis Archer to serve on a 14-member commission. This special commission was formed to examine criticisms of mandatory minimum sentences raised by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in his August 2003 speech to the Opening Assembly at the ABA’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco.  After holding extensive hearings, the Commission presented a detailed report to the ABA.. I earned a Master of Laws degree (Securities Regulation) from Georgetown University Law Center, and J.D. and B.B.A. degrees from Baylor University. I was admitted to the Bar Associations of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the State of Texas (inactive). Additionally, I am admitted to practice in the federal court system.  Also, I practice regularly before FINRA. I estimate that I have handle represented over 200 claimants in securities arbitrations.  I dedicate a portion of my practice to pro-bono representation.. My wife, Emily, and I are long standing members of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, where we both have served on the Vestry.  We have two daughters -- one is a third year at University of Virginia and the other is a sophmore at Baylor University.

A graduate of Richmond Community High School and Virginia Commonwealth University, Dave was born in Richmond and returned here to live and practice law after he graduated from The University of Virginia School of Law.. One of Dave's primary areas of practice is car accident litigation.  He appears in the courtroom frequently, trying cases before both judges and juries and winning substantial verdicts for his clients.  When it serves a client's best interests, he explores ways to resolve cases through arbitration and mediation. He works in the firm's Richmond, VA office and represents clients across the state of Virginia.. Before he joined the Allen Law Firm, Dave worked as in house legal counsel for a major automobile liability insurance company.  He represented insurance company policyholders who had been sued by plaintiffs injured in motor vehicle accidents. This experience has given Dave insight into how insurance company adjusters, managers, and lawyers think and work, how they handle and evaluate claims and how they defend the policyholder during litigation.. Dave understands that liability insurance companies believe the plaintiff's deposition is the single most important event that takes place before trial.  For this reason, he takes special care to prepare his clients well for the questions a defense lawyer may ask during depositions. Dave also recognizes the "red flags" or weaknesses in a defendant's case, especially those that may worry insurance adjusters and encourage them to settle cases before trial.. Beyond helping his clients, Dave is active among the student population in his community. Working with teachers at both James River and Hermitage High Schools, Dave has helped organize mock trials where students undertake the roles of judges, lawyers, witnesses and jurors.  He has taught business and legal classes at Hermitage Tech with an emphasis on career opportunities in the field of law and law enforcement.. In 2008, 2012, 2014, and 2015, the Richmond Police Training Academy invited Dave to participate in training basic recruits to recognize the signs and symptoms of alcohol intoxication and impairment for training purposes.. A graduate of Richmond Community High School and Virginia Commonwealth University, Dave was born in Richmond and returned here to live and practice law after he graduated from The University of Virginia School of Law.. One of Dave's primary areas of practice is car accident litigation.  He appears in the courtroom frequently trying cases before both judges and juries and winning substantial verdicts for his clients.  When it serves a client’s best interests, he explores ways to resolve cases through arbitration and mediation. He works in the firm’s Richmond, VA office and represents clients across the state of Virginia.. Before he joined the Allen Law Firm, Dave worked as in house legal counsel for a major automobile liability insurance company.  He represented insurance company policyholders who had been sued by plaintiffs injured in motor vehicle accidents. This experience has given Dave insight into how auto liability insurance company adjusters, managers, and lawyers think and work, how they handle and evaluate claims and how they defend the policyholder during litigation.. Dave understands that liability insurance companies believe the plaintiff’s deposition is the single most important event that takes place before trial.  For this reason, he takes special care to prepare his clients well for the questions a defense lawyer may ask during depositions. Dave also recognizes the “red flags” or weaknesses in a defendant’s case, especially those that may worry insurance adjusters and encourage them to settle cases before trial.. Dave has great respect for the criminal and civil justice system established by the Constitution.  He believes young people who learn more about our legal system will become better citizens.  Working with teachers at both James River and Hermitage High Schools, Dave has helped organize mock trials where students undertake the roles of judges, lawyers, witnesses and jurors.  He has taught business and legal classes at Hermitage Tech with an emphasis on career opportunities in the field of law and law enforcement.. Continuing legal education is vital for lawyers and others in law enforcement. In June, 2008, the Richmond Police Training Academy invited Dave to participate in training basic recruits to recognize the signs and symptoms of alcohol intoxication and impairment for training purposes.  In 2007, he was a featured speaker at the Virginia CLE Seminar for lawyers, “Small Firm, Big Insurer: How the Little Guy Hits the Big Time”.