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Philip Wilson Van Winkle
Fredericksburg, VA Lawyer
Personal Injury
University of Virginia School of Law
Philip Wilson “Wil” Van Winkle is an associate attorney for Allen & Allen in the Fredericksburg office specializing in car accident and personal injury cases. A fourth-generation Allen, Wil believes that personal injury is an area of the law where the lawyer can do a lot of good.
Wil received his B.A. in History and Political Science from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. There, he was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, and made the Dean’s List from 2012 to 2014. Wil received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia,...
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Michelle Rifici
Fredericksburg, VA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
(703) 919-4987
1125 Emancipation Hwy
Suite 400
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
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Theodore Briscoe III
Richmond, VA Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Theodore Briscoe is no stranger to court appearances, having represented more than 2,000 clients across the state of Virginia. With over 6 years of experience in criminal trials, he prides himself in his ability to advocate on the behalf of others.
Originally from Baltimore, Theodore is now living in the hustle and bustle of of downtown Richmond. During his time at Ithaca College, Theodore studied abroad in China, Morocco, and Spain whilst obtaining his Bachelor’s in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and International Business.
He made the decision to attend William and Mary Law School, where he was one...
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Kyle Matykowski
Richmond, VA Attorney
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Richmond
Kyle graduated from Radford University in 2006 where he double majored in History and Political Science. He made the decision to continue expanding his education and went on to graduate cum laude from the University of Richmond, TC Williams School of Law in 2011.
While in law school Kyle served as Symposium Editor on the Journal of Law in the Public Interest, today known as the Public Interest Law Review. It was during this time that Kyle participated in several activities that continued to build upon his wealth of experiences’. He served as an active member of the Trial Advocacy Board...
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Scott K. Maxwell
Richmond, VA Attorney with 15 years of experience
(804) 913-1771
7400 Beaufont Springs Drive
Suite 300
Richmond, VA 23225
Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
St. John's University School of Law
Attorney Scott Maxwell is an experienced attorney licensed to practice in Virginia, California, New York, and Connecticut (ret.). Attorney Maxwell's practice is focused on estate planning, probate administration, trust administration, residential real estate, and healthcare law.
Core Values
Compassionate representation of clients
Personalized attention
Prompt, open, and honest communication
Financially efficient representation
Meticulous attention to detail
Superb legal research
Admissions
Virginia
New York
California
Connecticut (retired)
Various Federal Courts
Education
St. John’s University School of Law, Queens, New York, Juris Doctor
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, B.A., Philosophy
Areas of Practice
Estate Planning (Forming Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, etc.)
Probate Administration
Trust Administration
Residential Real Estate
Healthcare Law
Awards and Honors
New York State Bar Association Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay...
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Darren Meyer
Fredericksburg, VA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
510 Princess Anne Street, Suite 201
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Widener University
Darren Meyer is a Fredericksburg area Criminal Defense and Traffic Attorney. Mr. Meyer practices traffic and criminal law throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia including but not limited to Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg, Stafford County, King George County, Caroline County. Mr. Meyer will aggressively defend your case and strives to obtain the best results for his clients in all criminal matters.
Attorney-client communication is something we feel is an important aspect to defending a criminal case. Being charged with a crime can be a stressful time in someone's life. It is...
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Mark S. Lindensmith
Richmond, VA Attorney with 46 years of experience
Personal Injury
University of Nebraska - Omaha
Mark S. Lindensmith is a native of Missouri, and he is a 1976 honors graduate of Missouri Western State College. He received his law degree from the University of Nebraska in 1979 and was admitted to the Nebraska State Bar in 1979. He has been a member of the Virginia State Bar since 1981, and he is a member of the American Association for Justice and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
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Roger T. Creager
Richmond, VA Attorney with 43 years of experience
Appeals, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
University of Virginia
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Berkley Foltz
Richmond, VA Attorney with 12 years of experience
1500 Forest Ave, Rm 100
Richmond, VA 23229
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of Richmond School of Law
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James William Garrett
Richmond, VA Attorney with 35 years of experience
(804) 285-7900
7275 Glen Forest Drive
Forest Plaza II, Suite 310
Richmond, VA 23226
Estate Planning
University of Virginia School of Law
Jim Garrett is a Principal of Carrell Blanton Ferris & Associates, PLC. and has practiced law for over twenty years. Before narrowing his practice to estate planning, his practice areas included real estate, business law and consumer protection. Today Jim uses his knowledge and experience in real estate and business in the estate planning context, especially in the areas of business succession planning, charitable giving and asset protection strategies.
Jim believes that estate planning is not just for the benefit of the client, but also for the client’s surviving loved ones, valued charities and later generations of the client’s family. That...
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Anna Drake Dunkum
Richmond, VA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
6800 Paragon Place
Suite 234
Richmond, VA 23230
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Collections and Estate Planning
Elon University
Anna focuses her practice on individual consumer and business bankruptcies, tax compliance and controversy, corporate and business law, and estate planning and administration. Prior to joining Harry Jernigan CPA Attorney, P.C., Mrs. Dunkum was Staff Attorney for the Chapter 13 Trustee for the Middle District of North Carolina- Greensboro Division. Mrs. Dunkum is admitted to practice in the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina and the Eastern District of Virginia as well as all courts in the State of North Carolina and the Commonwealth of Virginia and U.S. Tax Court. ...
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Cherie A Parson
North Chesterfield, VA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Employment
University of Richmond School of Law
Cherie Parson works exclusively as an employment attorney and has a unique professional background as a former Human Resources Professional that has enabled her to work effectively in representing individual employees.
She represents public and private employees in matters pertaining to their employment: discrimination (race/color and national origin, gender, religion, and disability), harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, severance negotiation, restrictive covenants or non-compete agreements, medical leave issues (FMLA), state and local grievances, and unemployment claims.
As an employment attorney, Ms. Parson provides clients an understanding of their employment rights, empowers them to protect their interests, and advocates on their behalf. She provides counseling,...
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Alexander Hamilton Ayers
Richmond, VA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
710 N Hamilton St
Suite 300
Richmond, VA 23221
Bankruptcy, Business, Construction and Estate Planning
Appalachian School of Law
Alexander was born and raised in the Richmond, VA area. He is an Eagle Scout and Member of the Order of the Arrow. Alexander attended the Virginia Military Institute on a lacrosse scholarship. After his Rat Year, Alexander transferred to Hampden Sydney College, where he graduated in 2002. Alexander worked as a law clerk for 3 years at Ayers & Stolte before attending Appalachian School of Law. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable John Alderman of Hanover Circuit Court in the Summer of 2007. Alexander graduated ASL with 112 hours of training in the theory, ethics and...
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Jennifer G. Capocelli
Richmond, VA Attorney
Workers' Comp
University of Kentucky
Jennifer G. Capocelli serves as the resident workers’ compensation authority at Allen & Allen, working out of the Richmond office. With more than 25 years of experience representing employers and their insurance companies in workers’ compensation cases, Jennifer provides valuable insight into how insurance companies handle and evaluate claims. Jennifer now eagerly puts that insight to work helping people who have been injured on the job.
Before joining the Allen Law Firm, Jennifer served as a Senior Trial Attorney at Hanover Insurance Group where she handled and litigated complex workers’ compensation cases involving permanent and total disability cases, brain injury...
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Brody Reid
Richmond, VA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of Richmond School of Law
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Duncan Reid
Richmond, VA Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
University of Richmond School of Law
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John Newby
Richmond, VA Lawyer
Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
John Newby is the Managing Partner for the Chesterfield law office.
John began working as a personal injury lawyer in 2001 after graduating from the Washington and Lee University School of Law. He has dedicated his career to helping injured people and their families and has handled thousands of cases. He is experienced in auto accidents, wrongful deaths, premises liability, and other types of personal injury cases.
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Michael La Fratta
Richmond, VA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of Richmond School of Law
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Angela Neiman
Richmond, VA Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationUniversity of Richmond School of Law
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Adrienne Sakyi
Yorktown, VA Attorney with 14 years of experience
(757) 240-4000
4000 George Washington Memorial Highway
Yorktown, VA 23692
Business, Family, Personal Injury and Real Estate
College of William and Mary and Flagler College
Adrienne Sakyi is an Associate Attorney with the law firm of Schempf & Ware, PLLC in Yorktown, Virginia. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, business disputes, and estate litigation. Schempf & Ware, PLLC represents both individuals and businesses in many forms of litigation ranging from business needs to personal injury to criminal matters, and we would be happy to assist you with any needs you may have.
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Gregory Bean
Richmond, VA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
(804) 783-7512
919 East Main Street, Twenty-Fourth floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability and Real Estate
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Mr. Bean is a litigator who focuses his practice in medical malpractice defense and professional liability.
Prior to joining LeClairRyan, Mr. Bean represented national auto insurance companies, hotels, product manufacturers, and local municipalities in a variety of civil litigation matters. He specialized in representing insurance companies accused of mishandling personal injury claims and accused of bad faith insurance practices. He also handled high-value product liability cases in federal and state courts.
Mr. Bean also has experience defending creditors and financial institutions in foreclosure, unfair debt practices, bankruptcy, and other banking and real estate related matters. Additionally, Greg provides pro bono...
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J. Brian Bailey
Richmond, VA Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
Regent University School of Law
Mr. Bailey received a B.A. in Government from The College of William and Mary before enrolling at Regent University School of Law. While studying law, he served as Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Robert J. Humphreys in the Court of Appeals of Virginia and interned at the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia. After receiving his J.D. from Regent, Mr. Bailey served three years as Law Clerk for the Chief Staff Attorney at the Supreme Court of Virginia, and was granted a Legal Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University before joining a local Richmond law firm focusing on...
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Nicholas Braswell
Richmond, VA Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Criminal Defense
University of Richmond School of Law
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Jennifer D. Oram-Smith
Virginia Beach, VA Attorney with 39 years of experience
(757) 226-0141
291 Independence Blvd. Suite 241
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
West Virginia University
Ms. Oram-Smith started practicing law in West Virginia in 1986. She practiced for two years there, and then moved back to Virginia in 1988 and has been practicing family law in Virginia ever since. She served the community as a staff attorney with the Virginia Beach office of the Tidewater Legal Aid Society for four years.
Ms. Oram-Smith is a veteran divorce Attorney in Virginia Beach, Virginia for over 30 years and currently represents clients in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia in her family law practice located near the Town Center of Virginia Beach.
Ms. Oram-Smith is committed to...
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Ghislaine Storr Burks
Spotsylvania, VA Attorney with 20 years of experience
Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Valparaiso University School of Law
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Alexander Taylor Jr.
Richmond, VA Attorney
Criminal Defense, Family, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
University of Richmond School of Law
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Paul Vincent Hamilton
Colonial Heights, VA Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Estate Planning
University of Richmond School of Law
I have practiced law for 42 yrs. I am now partially retired and limit my practice to wills and trusts, elder law matters, estates, guardianships and conservatorships.
Before entering law practice, I served as a Police Officer, Police Chief, Director of Criminal Justice Planning and as an adjunct college instructor, teaching classes in law, police science and criminology.
I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 52 years and we have four children, Cecilie, Jocelyn, Andrew & Fredericka. My daughter, Cecilie Hamilton, has practiced law for 21 years and is located next door to my office in Colonial...
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Rebecca Nicole Eichler
Alexandria, VA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Immigration
University of London, Queen Mary & Westfield College and College of William and Mary
Rebecca Eichler holds a B.A. in International Relations, Geography and French from Boston University, was commissioned as an officer in the US Army, earned her law degree in 1998 at the William and Mary School of Law followed by a Master of Laws in International Human Rights from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London as the Draper's Scholar. Ms. Eichler is licensed in New York and Virginia. She speaks Spanish, German, and French. Ms. Eichler lives with her husband and her two children in Virginia and enjoys world travel.
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Kevin M. McGowan
Petersburg, VA Attorney with 47 years of experience
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Virginia School of Law
Kevin M. McGowan has been in practice since 1978. He received his J.D. in 1978 from the University of Virginia School of Law after graduating from Belmont Abbey College in 1975 (Magna Cum Laude). He is currently an Associate with Marks & Harrison, one of the largest personal injury firms in Virginia. He concentrates on workers’ compensation and personal injury.
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Jason Cody
Arlington, VA Attorney with 22 years of experience
IP
George Mason University School of Law
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Everett Lupton
Virginia Beach, VA Attorney with 24 years of experience
(757) 699-7100
5601 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Suite 100
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of Richmond School of Law
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 is primarily a personal injury attorney who has represented injured persons 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...
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Von Piersall
Portsmouth, VA Attorney
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Personal Injury
I, Von L. Piersall, III, founded my law practice in 2001, which has since grown into a well-recognized firm handling personal injury, criminal law, and family law cases.
I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from East Carolina University, a Master of Science in Counseling from Longwood College, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond. Before practicing law, I dedicated my efforts to assisting young individuals involved with the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice and worked at the Pines Treatment Center as well as a group home in Norfolk.
Throughout my career, I have successfully had matters heard across...
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Jennifer B. Worden
Norfolk, VA Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Regent University School of Law
Going through a divorce or custody situation is one of the most stressful times in a person's life. I know first hand. I've been there, and I understand what you are going through.
It was awful for me, but having a competent, caring, empathetic, and responsive attorney on your side helps more than you can imagine. I'd love to help you in your difficult times to move forward to a happy "new normal."
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Raymond Lee Hogge
Norfolk, VA Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Employment
University of Richmond School of Law
Ray Hogge is the founding member of Hogge Law.
Labor and employment law is the focus of Ray's law practice. Since 1989 Ray has represented public and private employers across Virginia in employment-related litigation, mediation, and administrative proceedings, and has advised and represented them in all aspects of labor and employment law, including hiring, firing, discharge, discipline, personnel policies, human resource management, workplace investigations, employment contracts, noncompete agreements, equal opportunity in employment, wage and hour laws, executive compensation, employee benefits, workers’ compensation, workplace safety, and employment risk management.
Ray is a graduate of the College of William and Mary...
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John B Gately
Virginia Beach, VA Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Administrative and Military
New England Law | Boston
A former Coast Guard judge advocate, John B. Gately has successfully represented clients in hundreds of courts-martial, medical boards, and administrative proceedings.
John B. Gately focuses his practice on military disability and veterans’ rights issues, concentrating on representing active duty service members, Reservists, and Guardsmen before the Physical Evaluation Boards of the various armed and uniformed services.
This includes representing clients before the various Boards of Correction for Military and Naval Records on both disability and nonmedical issues.
He also represents veterans on levels of claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs nationwide. John B. Gately has been awarded the coveted AV rating...
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Miguel Serrano
Immigration
Suffolk University Law School
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Thomas Spiggle
Arlington, VA Lawyer
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Employment
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Leslie A. Williams
Norfolk, VA Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
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Michael Bruce Hamar
Norfolk, VA Attorney with 48 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
University of Virginia School of Law
Bar and Court Admissions: Virginia State Bar (1977) and Alabama State Bar (1977); State Bar of Texas (1981); U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1979; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (1981); U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1984)
Education: University of Virginia, B.A., with high distinction (1974); University of Virginia, J.D. (1977)
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OlaDipo A Akin-Deko
Springfield, VA Attorney with 18 years of experience
Administrative, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
The George Washington University Law School and Texas Southern University
Dipo Akin-Deko is the Managing Director of Akin-Deko Professional Services Firm. Mr. Akin-Deko focus is on Business and Employment law, Public and Private Sector Contracts and Business Consulting.
Specialties: Mr. Akin-Deko represents businesses as well as individuals in business formation, business and commercial litigation, negotiations, contract dispute and formation, liability assessments, not for profit representation, licensing and labor/employment defense.
Mr. Akin-Deko has consulting experience includes corporate strategy, strategic planning, private and government contracting/sub contracting advising.