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Virginia and North Carolina attorney Ed Booth focuses on personal injury law, bringing clients peace of mind with his extensive legal skills. Since earning his law degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 2004, Ed’s focus has shifted from his earlier career in criminal law—where he served as a Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney—to personal injury cases. Raised in North Carolina and later settling in Norfolk, Ed cherishes his longstanding connection to Tidewater, Virginia. He applies his proficiency to a wide range of personal injury matters, such as vehicle accidents and medical malpractice, guiding clients through potentially overwhelming proceedings. Revered for his courtroom prowess, Ed’s skillful use of trial technology, including advanced applications like TrialPad, enhances his capacity to persuade juries and secure the best results for his clients. Driven by a desire to improve his clients’ lives, Ed is committed to obtaining favorable settlements and verdicts that bring meaningful relief.

Tom Shumaker represents professionals, executives, businesses, federal contractors and organizations across Virginia, assisting them them with the full spectrum of their Employment and Labor law legal needs.. Clients value Mr. Shumaker’s exceptionally keen judgement and insight, formed by his combined 26 years of experience in labor and employment litigation and 30+ years of executive/director-level management, administrative and operations leadership across multiple business sectors, legislative office and 13 years as a Military officer in the United States Marine Corp. Attorney Shumaker now brings that strategic expertise to bear to assist his clients with a wide variety of workplace-related disputes, and in legal and regulatory compliance risk mitigation or defense. He is rated “Distinguished” by Martindale-Hubbell based on peer reviews.. Shumaker’s vast depth and breadth of experience includes 14 years as in-house council for Norfolk Southern Corporation—a Fortune 500 international corporation with over 30,000 employees across 22 states and Canada, where he managed Employment and Labor law, OSHA practice, and supervised inside and outside counsel litigating hundreds of Labor law, Employment law and personal injury lawsuits.. Shumaker’s previous law practice, with two national U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”, involved labor and employment, commercial and civil litigation trial and appellate work in numerous U.S. District Courts on behalf of large, multi-state employers including Bayer, Proctor & Gamble, University of Pittsburgh Medical System and PNC Bank. His Labor law experience includes unionization elections, picketing, strikes, Unfair Labor Practices charges, and compliance with the Davis Bacon and Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Acts and he offers counsel on Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiation strategies.. Shumaker has extensive experience in case investigations and discovery, taking and defending depositions, mediation, administrative hearings, valuing cases, and settlement negotiations. His trial work, as the first or second chair and supervising litigation teams, demonstrates a historically high success rate.. Tom assists clients to understand their obligations and/or assert their rights and to file, resolve and/or prevent lawsuits, violations and claims related to:. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” ---  In addition to litigation, Attorney Shumaker assists his business clients with the analysis and primary prevention of employment and labor relations issues. He counsels executive management and Human Resources on the application of law and reviews business practices for regulatory compliance in proactive risk mitigation. He has written numerous policies, procedures and Affirmative Action Plans to ensure compliance with changing EEOC and OFCCP regulations and has extensive experience in responding to those agencies’ investigations and audits; improved corporate and small business ADA, Rehab Act & diversity compliance through program and policy revisions; has extensive experience with employee accommodation requests, needs, resources and approvals. He’s developed over 50 training programs and has personally trained thousands of employers, managers and staff on diverse topics, including FMLA, Discrimination, USERRA, ADA, Title VII and more.. Following his U.S. Naval Academy education, Mr. Shumaker served active duty in the United States Marine Corps, 2nd Battalion/2nd Marines as an infantry officer and is a Gulf War veteran. During and following his law school education, his service continued in the U.S.M.C. Reserves where he served as Executive Officer of the Military Police unit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Serving 13 years in the lay-equivalent of executive/director-level management positions, he laid the foundation of his skills in business administration, fiscal and operations management, performance management, complex operational program development, employee training and development, employee relations and Military law enforcement, while leading up to 460 Marines and officers.. A twice-elected legislative government official for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania’s inaugural home rule government, Attorney Shumaker’s staunch advocacy for strict Ethics Code legislation and Campaign Reform as well as opportunities for citizen participation and transparency of government culminated in special recognition by the Senate of Pennsylvania and the Council: “his distinguished service to his constituents, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee and service to numerous community non-profit organizations,” “[Shumaker’s] tremendous contribution to the cause of good government and citizen participation, representing the citizens…with the utmost integrity; the citizens…are truly indebted to him for his exemplary leadership [and] he is truly deserving of great distinction and honor.”. In 2009, Shumaker was appointed to the Virginia Bar Association’s Attorney Disciplinary Committee, 7th District, which he served for 4 years. He previously served as Chair of the Section on Intellectual Property Law, Copyright Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and is a member of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association and the Pennsylvania & Virginia Bar Associations.. Mr. Shumaker served on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, Eastern Virginia, from 2010-2019 and, more recently, his longstanding passion for community service continues as an active member of the regional Crisis Response Team.. Tapped for his expertise and insight, Mr. Shumaker has been engaged to speak at national law conferences and industry regional law panels on the business and practice impacts of new case law, legislation and regulations. He is a contributing author to the American Bar Association’s book, Railway Labor Act,4th Edition, and has published scholarly law articles and client educational briefs across varied platforms.. "Employer obligations and employee rights in the workplace are vast and complex. They involve emotionally-charged issues which often have substantial financial impact to both parties; and are complicated by the myriad of previous case law, Federal and state laws and regulations—what is commonly referred to as the 'Alphabet Soup' of Labor and Employment law."  Shumaker has developed the perceptive legal analysis, intuition and strategic skill that comes from decades of experience navigating these and has prevailed in negotiation, mediation, and litigation of claims and and cases involving, but not limited to:. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)  •   Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)  •  Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)  •  Equal Pay Act.  •  Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)  •  The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)  •  Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)   •   Whistleblower Claims under Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)   Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)  •  The Rehab Act  •  Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)  •   Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)  •  National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)  •  Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)  •   Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)  •   Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)

Tina has extensive litigation experience handling claims involving personal injury (automobile accidents, slip/trip and fall, wrongful death, etc.), premise liablility, negligence, and breach of contract.  She is also well-versed in estate planning/administration and employment law.. While serving as counsel for several national insurance companies over the past 20 years, Tina has gained extensive experience in the litigation and handling of claims arising from negligence (automobile accidents, fire damage, faulty repair, product defect, etc.), breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraud, and workers’ compensation.. Tina is passionate about assisting individuals and prides herself on "Making A Difference" for each client.

Thomas J. Wright, V is a graduate of the University of Miami and Regent University School of Law.  His focus is Family Law and getting the best results possible for each and every clients.  He delivers solutions to your problems.. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Wright served over ten years in the United States Marine Corps. He had the unique opportunity to serve in both the enlisted ranks and as a commissioned officer. Highlights of his career include flying combat missions in support of OIF in the F/A-18D Hornet and training Marines and Sailors in JEB Little Creek. Mr. Wright treats his clients as he treated his Marines – with respect, fairness, and a sincere concern for their best interest.

Lawren D. Burroughs is a proud parent of four amazing children. It therefore stands to reason that family is of the upmost importance to her. As a family law attorney for nearly two decades, she has fought for the rights of parents and children alike.

I am a driven, aggressive advocate for my personal injury clients, and have practiced for over 40 years in the Virginia Beach area after serving as a law clerk for a federal district Judge in Norfolk. For decades before 2024 I was a partner in Norris & St. Clair law firm.  In 2024 I accepted the offer to join another top personal injury law firm, Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp, and have now joined forces with the personal injury lawyers at my present law firm.. Over my career, I have settled and tried many cases resulting in millions of dollars for my seriously injured clients. A number of my case results can be reviewed on the law firm website.. I have also taught paralegals during my legal career and I have served as an invited lecturer at legal seminars as well.. I provide free, confidential consultations in the field of personal injury and medical malpractice for injured persons and their families.

For the past twenty-five years Christy has called Virginia Beach home, but she was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and spent many of her early years traveling and attending school overseas. She attended boarding school at the Foxcroft School for Girls in Middleburg, Virginia and graduated from high school during the first Gulf War while attending the Walworth Barbour American International School in Tel Aviv, Israel. She was one of eight remaining students to graduate that year and had to carry a gas mask with her to class! She credits these early experiences with shaping her unique approach to conflict resolution both at home and in the office.. A graduate of Virginia Wesleyan College (1999) and Regent University School of Law (2002), Christy has devoted the last twenty years of her professional career to the exclusive practice of divorce and family law in Hampton Roads. She recognizes the deeply personal nature of her work, and the very real impact that having the right attorney has on her clients and their families. Christy is a current board member and past president of the Virginia Beach Bar Association and former chair of the C.L.A.S.S. program (Concerned Lawyers Advocating Spousal Safety).. When she is not working, Christy takes every opportunity to travel. She has visited almost every major city in the United States and Europe, and enjoys overseas travel to Central America, Africa, and the Middle East. Most recently, Christy spent two weeks in southern Thailand with her husband, but her most memorable trip was spent backpacking through Spain and Morocco with her son. Christy is happily married with two adult children and a new grandbaby that she adores.

For more information about me, please view my profiles on the following sites:. My Law Firm - Poole Brooke Plumlee PC. My Blog - Fanney Family Law Blog - fanneyfamilylaw .com. Justia Profile under Jordan A. Fanney

Everett Lupton is a trial lawyer practicing in state and federal courts in both Virginia and North Carolina. He has tried more than a hundred jury trials to verdict, tried even more bench trials, and represented clients in many arbitrations and mediations. Mr. Lupton has represented injured persons for the predominant amount of his career in motor vehicle collisions, tractor trailer crashes, serious slip and fall injuries, mauling by animals, and other types of bodily injury claims. Furthermore, he has represented injured railroad workers in FELA (Federal Employee Liability Act) claims and cases, as well as representing injured maritime workers for Jones Act and Suits in Admiralty Act claims and cases.. He has also defended clients in traffic charges in Eastern Virginia and Eastern North Carolina. Mr. Lupton has written multiple published articles on legal issues, been a speaker at multiple attorney CLE programs, served as an Adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University (2007-2013), and served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Tidewater Community College (2001-2007). He is a native of Tidewater, Virginia. When he is not practicing law, Mr. Lupton enjoys time with his wife and two daughters, outdoor activities, and working on his family’s farm in southern Virginia Beach. He is an active member of a community church in Hampton Roads.

Eric has spent the majority of his life calling Virginia’s Hampton Roads region his home.  He graduated from Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School, presently located in Virginia Beach. Eric attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia and graduated with a B.B.A. in Finance. Following several years of working in the information technology field, Eric aspired to become a lawyer and obtained his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan.. Early in his legal career, Eric served the citizens of Danville, Virginia as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney (prosecutor) where gained invaluable trial experience in all types of serious criminal matters.. Eric relocated to Virginia Beach, and began practicing plaintiff’s personal injury and medical malpractice. He takes great pride in protecting the rights of his clients and making sure they are fully compensated for their injuries.. Eric has been recognized by Super Lawyers in Virginia as a “Rising Star” for the years 2014-2017. This is an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in their practice of law. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Virginia receive this distinction.. Actively involved in his community, Eric currently sits on the Board of Directors for Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School.. Eric is licensed to practice law in the following courts:. •All Virginia state courts. •All North Carolina state courts. •U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He is an active member in the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the Virginia Beach Bar Association.

Compassion and understanding are at the core of how attorney David Ashe approaches the challenges that face his clients’ Social Security and veteran disability claims. Born and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, he has lived a life dedicated to public service. During his long career as a judge advocate in the US Marine Corps, he served with infantry in Iraq, with NATO throughout Europe and with the highest planning levels of the Marine Corps. As a reserve officer, he served with the DoD’s disability evaluation system in which he guided wounded warriors through the medical separation process. As a result, his experience is with the earliest stages of a disability claim and the innermost workings of the VA. David has represented more than 1,500 clients at every level of a Social Security disability from the earliest moments of planning and filing to the highest levels of appeal. Prior to his focus on disability law, he spent many years representing debt collectors and banks and he continues to provide guidance to his clients regarding financial issues.

Brook M. Thibault is a Virginia Beach trial lawyer, former Associate Counsel for CMA CGM (America) LLC the world's third largest container ship company, and Public Defender.. Brook M. Thibault's main area of focus is trial litigation! Whether that be fighting for your family via a divorce or custody trial, or protecting your rights and freedom against criminal or traffic charges, Brook M. Thibault is an experinced, quick thinking trial lawyer with years of experience in the courtroom.. Prior to his litigation career, and as Associate Counsel for CMA CGM, Brook shared in the corporate legal responsibilities associated with the company as subsidiary and agent for CMA CGM S.A. a French Domestic Society Anonym; including complex commercial real estate transactions, transportation and maritime law, and international asset search and collection.Brook can be reached at any time for a free consultation. Put his experiance and talent to work for you!Brook was born in upstate New York and attended college at the University at Buffalo, where he majored in Political Science with a concentration in Legal then moved to Virginia Beach to attend Regent University School of Law. Brook is a member of the local Bar Associations and is an active member of the Community. Since 2003, he has played hockey for the Newport News, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach Hockey Leagues. He is also an annual participant in numerous motorcycle "poker runs" for various charitable organizations.. Virginia DUI / DWI Lawyer. Virginia Criminal Defense Lawyer. Virginia Drug Possession Lawyer. Virginia Divorce Lawyer (also specializing in military divorce and same sex divorce). Virginia Custody Lawyer. Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer. Virginia Expungement Laywer. Virginia Guardian Ad Litem Laywer

Any person in need of a personal injury lawyer has a tremendous number of choices, so an important question is - what makes me, Rick Shapiro, different or unique from other practitioners that would warrant a prospective client taking time out of their busy schedule to reach out for representation? Well, I believe my background, skills, and actual trial experience help set me apart from the competition. In September 2023, I was selected as a recipient of the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) 2023 President’s Award. Although many nominations were submitted nationwide, I was just one of eight attorneys chosen by the prestigious National Board, certifying civil trial attorneys across the U.S.  I was also recently named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2024 Virginia’s Go To Lawyers Medical Malpractice. The attorneys awarded this honor are nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from the publication.. A relentless personal injury trial attorney, I was named a 2022 Leader in the Law by Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly. Successful American inventor & product designer (18 U.S. patents). Amazon best-selling thriller author. During my three-decade career, I have won personal injury client appeals before the VA Supreme Court, NC Supreme Court, SC Supreme Court, WV Supreme Court, TN Supreme Court, and three times before the federal 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, underscoring my trial achievements. In addition, my law firm has won settlements/verdicts in excess of $100 million dollars. On the successful TN Supreme Court appeal, I worked tirelessly for seven years to achieve victory for our client. When you consider hiring your personal injury lawyer, reputation, integrity, and track record all matter.. While attending the University of Maryland at College Park, where I obtained a government and politics degree, I was lucky to get a job on Capitol Hill as an intern. I was then offered a full-time job as a staff assistant for a U.S. Congressman. Learning how legislation really gets rolling, along with interacting with constituents, was great training for later becoming a lawyer.. While I was working on Capitol Hill, I decided to apply to law school and try to become a lawyer. I was accepted to George Mason Law School located in Northern Virginia. I graduated in the top 5 percent of my class and wrote a law review article that was published in the George Mason Law Review.  I also worked part-time but still managed to pile up student loans (which took forever to repay).. I also heard about how it was a great experience to obtain a clerkship for a federal judge, so I put out a bunch of applications and ended up becoming a law clerk to a federal judge in Norfolk Virginia, my hometown. I spent a year, with pay, as one of Federal Judge Robert Doumar’s law clerks and saw great (and some bad) trial lawyers in court in both civil and criminal cases every week. This was great training.By 1993, I was exclusively doing personal injury law. I am now licensed to practice in North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, and Washington, DC, but actually handle personal injury litigation in nearly every state across the eastern United States by associating with other attorneys licensed in those states. I also applied for and am now honored to be admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.I have been involved in all kinds of personal injury and wrongful death trials, including car wreck cases, trucking cases, railroad injury and derailment, chemical and toxic spill cases, etc. In many instances, my seriously injured client’s case settles at or just before a jury trial, because if I do a good job for my client, the defendant pushes hard to settle their case rather than face a jury. I have also been an officer of the Railroad Section of the American Association of Justice, the largest nationwide civil trial injury lawyer network, and remain involved in the motor vehicle, trucking, and railroad sections. Since 2006, I have been writing and editing personal injury law blog articles on Legal Examiner, which is the largest injury law blog in the country.  I focus on important safety issues in the Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Northeast North Carolina regions. Over the years, I have lectured to other personal injury lawyers on a national basis, in Virginia, and in the state of Georgia. I have been asked by organizations to speak on topics of injury law as well as evidence law.  One of the things that really motivates me as an injury lawyer is helping people who are clearly being taken advantage of by a corporation or by a claims adjuster. Believe me, I have lots of examples. I have had cases where a claims adjuster strings along an injured person, and then springs the statute of limitations defense on them after it is too late. On several occasions, I was able to figure out how to file the suit in a different state (with a longer statute) and “revive” my client's claim. On other occasions, I have had potential clients call me and tell me that another lawyer turned their case down. I’ve taken many cases that other lawyers have refused and later settled the cases for substantial sums of money for (grateful) clients. Doing a good job means thinking about your client's case not only when you're in the office, but when you're home on the weekend, surfing the Internet on some other topic, or even when taking a shower.  My job does not have any defined hours.. Also, I am a prolific inventor. I hold 18 United States patents (the patents cover “fold flat” wagons, carts, jogging strollers, etc. ) and I was granted patents in South Africa and Australia. I signed license agreements with several companies, including Radio Flyer, which licensed my folding wagon handle patent.  I believe I am one of the only injury lawyers in the US who invent/design products and actively practice injury law.  It provides a unique perspective. Also, I am a published fiction author, having written a No. 1 Amazon bestseller, Taming the Telomeres, and the acclaimed follow-up, Targeting the Telomeres.I am proud of being a lawyer and especially proud of being a trial attorney. We have a framed poster in our law office reception area with the title: Where Would We Be Without Lawyers?” and it shows the nation’s “founding fathers” in an artist’s rendering with an empty silhouette for 35 of the famous faces--yes, 35 of the 55 framer’s of the Constitution were lawyers, and 25 of our nation’s presidents, including Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, were lawyers. Part of my duty as an attorney is to stand between corporations, insurance companies, and government attempts to limit or wipe out the ultimate check and balance: the courthouse and our jury system.  I am a strong believer in the US jury system as our system allows juries to decide important civil justice issues.  The US jury system is vastly more important to our government system than most people realize and one of my roles is to see that the jury system is not eroded and that judges always recognize that most civil disputes should be resolved by juries if they can not be settled before trial.. Based in Virginia Beach, 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 and northeastern North Carolina.

Andrew Stover limits his law practice exclusively to personal injury law. He is a native of Joliet, Illinois, where he attended high school at Joliet Catholic Academy and served as the captain of the golf team. Andrew graduated college from the University of Missouri-Columbia before studying law at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia. While studying law in Lexington, Andrew served on the Student Judicial Council and the Journal for Civil Rights and Social Justice.. Upon law school graduation, he sought out and was hired for a prestigious two-year judicial clerkship with the Virginia Beach Circuit Court, apprenticing for the circuit court trial judges. Two of his mentor judges were prior partners at Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp law firm, and another has since been elected to serve on the Virginia Court of Appeals, which hears both civil and criminal appeals from throughout Virginia. During his clerkship, he conducted legal research and drafted portions of legal opinions for all of the circuit judges, besides observing civil and criminal hearings and trials as a law clerk.. Andrew is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Virginia Beach Bar Association. When away from the office, he enjoys golfing and skiing.

An experienced trial attorney, Kelly brings both compassion and powerful advocacy to her cases. Drawing from her well-rounded experience in state and federal government, Kelly focuses on defending clients in the consumer financial services industry and tailoring unique solutions to meet their varied needs.