Known for consistent courtroom success, Gary B. Mims has practiced law since 1980. He was a defense litigator for 20 years, defending a heavy schedule of trials involving automobile, trucking, train and other transportation accidents and a wide variety of personal injury cases. He developed a special interest and significant experience in medical malpractice, first from the defense side, and since 1999, as a plaintiff's attorney. He has successfully represented clients in complicated medical cases involving failure to diagnose cancer, defective joint prostheses, anesthesia-related injuries and weight-loss drugs. Gary has also successfully represented clients suffering injury and death by a massive train wreck, defective golf course design, and a defective storm retention pond, among others.
- Business Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Car Accidents
- General Civil
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- 4th Circuit
- D.C. Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Sickels, Frei & Mims, PC
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- Gary B. Mims has practiced law since 1980. For 20 years, he was with the defense practice of Brault, Palmer, Grove, Zimmerman, White and Mims. Prior to joining his current firm, he was with Snead & Mims, and The Law Offices of Gary Brooks Mims.
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- U.S. Senate elect Committee on Ethics
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- George Mason University School of Law
- J.D.
- University of Virginia
- B.A.
- Best Lawyer
- Best Lawyers in America
- Annually since 2005.
- Super Lawyer: Virginia, DC
- Super Lawyer
- Top 1% personal injury lawyers
- Washingtonian Magazine
- Named
- Ten Leaders in Law, Northern Virginia
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Virginia
- American and National Trial Lawyers Associations
- Legal Lion
- Northern Virginia Magazine
- Virginia State Bar
- Member
- Current
- The George Mason American Inn of Court
- Master
- Current
- American Bar Association - Moot Court Competition
- Judge
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- Fairfax Bar Association
- Judicial Screening Committee Member
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- Sickels, Frei & Mims, PC Website
- Blog
- Virginia Injury Lawyer Blog
- Sickels, Frei and Mims Names Matthew Perushek Partner
5 December 2019 - Charles Sickels Retires after 45 Years in Law
19 November 2019 - What happens if your jury verdict is appealed? A step-by-step look at the civil appeals process under Virginia law.
30 September 2019 - VA Supreme Court Affirms Trial Win in Botched Cosmetic Surgery Case
30 August 2019 - Sickels, Frei & Mims Attorneys Named 2020 Best Lawyers
15 August 2019 - Medical errors shouldn’t be hidden: What we can learn from Neil Armstrong’s $6 Million Wrongful Death Case
26 July 2019 - Tips for Young Lawyers
3 June 2019 - The “Standard of Care” isn’t Standard in Medical Malpractice. Why “Standard of Care” is so critical to your case.
14 May 2019 - Super Lawyers Again Recognizes Firm Attorneys
24 April 2019
