What Our Clients Say

Check out our testimonial library featuring clients discussing their experiences, and learn
Why Clients Choose Us

  • You went above and beyond the call of duty for an attorney.
  • I like to deal with people who are honest and who keep their word.  You are that kind of straight shooter. 
  • I would recommend Mr. Shapiro and his staff to other persons who have a personal injury and need help with their situation as I did.
  • I asked a friend of mine...what attorney would he use [to handle a mesothelioma case] and he immediately said Rick Shapiro.  He called Rick on his cell phone and explained our situation and handed me the phone.  That connection to the law firm of Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton began a relationship of trust and a sense of confidence that we had not experienced before. It was apparent to us that we had the right team fighting for our father.
  • She returned my calls promptly and everyone at the office was courteous and helpful.
  • I was really happy with the work that John Cooper did on my auto accident case.  We went to mediation and got the case resolved for a good amount which will let me do things to help my financial future like buying a house. 

View All

Videos

We Welcome LAWYER REFERRALS. Click Here

HSInjury Blog

Library

InjuryBoard Links

Information on Pertinent Topics and Issues in Injury Law

Blog Category:

Car & Motorcycle Accidents

1/31/2009
Richard N. Shapiro
Comments (0)

Virginia/Carolina Border Personal Injury Lawyers With Experience Representing Active/Retired Military Suffering Injuries (Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, Seals, Coast Guard)

Virginia/Carolina Border Personal Injury Lawyers With Experience Representing Active/Retired Military Suffering Injuries (Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, Seals, Coast Guard)

 

My partner John Cooper posted an article about our military clients, discussing the importance/significance of retaining experienced injury lawyers like our Norfolk/Virginia Beach based personal injury law firm, because we have decades of personal injury law experience representing active and retired military service men and women clients, and our lawyers hold Virginia and North Carolina lawyer licenses as well.  This makes sense, since our injury law firm home office is on the Norfolk/Virginia Beach border.  Norfolk, bordering Virginia Beach, is home to the world’s largest Navy base and geographically Virginia Beach stretches to the Northeast North Carolina border, so thousands of consumers commute between NC and VA and vice versa..  Thousands of active/retired Navy sailors/officers, Army, Air Force, Marines, Seals, and Coast Guard men and women reside in the Hampton Roads, VA area.  Norfolk  Naval Station (NAS) is the world's largest Naval Station, supporting 75 ships and 134 aircraft alongside 14 piers and 11 aircraft hangars. The Port Services control more than 3,100 ships' movements annually as they arrive and depart their berths.  Related Air Operations conduct over 100,000 flight operations each year, an average of 275 flights per day or one every six minutes!  The Navy Amphibious Base, Little Creek  is located in Virginia Beach, near our home office, the Naval Air Station, Oceana (NAS) is in Virginia Beach, and a major Coast Guard base, the Coast Guard Air Station, Elizabeth City, NC,  is just across the North Carolina (NC) border not far from the Cheapeake or Virginia Beach border at the North Carolina-Virginia line.

For example, John’s article explains how experienced injury lawyers at our injury law firm deal with on base/military clinic medical care.  So in these cases you are best off to get the medical records directly from the client who typically keeps his own jacket of military medical records. Then, what you have to do is to take the relevant records and send them back to the government, for the Navy typically Naval Legal Services, and ask them to put a dollar figure on the value of the treatment. What Naval Legal Services will do is to confirm what the appropriate “statement of value” is for the military care that you’re claiming in the accident case. Naval Legal Services will typically send you the Statement of Value for you to use as a kind of dummy bill to present to the insurance company for the at fault driver.

 

The article explains how the government/military is reimbursed the value of the medical services, out of the settlement or verdict in a personal injury case/suit.   Our injury law firm has represented, and is familiar with all these issues or terms of local significance:

  • Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, Seals-personal injury claim/suits (car/truck accidents and other types of injury claims)
  • Oceana personal injury claim/suits
  • NAB/Norfolk Naval Base personal injury claim/suits
  • NOB personal injury claim/suits
  • Active/Retired Military personal injury claim/suits
  • Elizabeth City Coast Guard Base personal injury claim/suits
  • Coast Guard personal injury claim/suits

 

 

 




About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses exclusively on injury and accident law. We have a proven track record in the court room, and you can review our case results to see for yourself. Our attorneys have deep roots in Virginia and handle cases throughout the commonwealth. Our office is based in Virginia Beach, but we're ready to come to you anywhere in Virginia if you've been seriously hurt by someone else's carelessness. While not every injury case meets our criteria,  we off a free, initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us toll free at 1-800-752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail and we will return your call promptly.  

Rick Shapiro and James Lewis were included among the "Best Lawyers in America" 2010 Edition. Rick and James, along with fellow attorney John Cooper were named Virginia "Super Lawyers" For Personal Injury Law  (2010 Ed., less than 5% of lawyers are chosen), and selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2009). In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical, respected law firms. Our firm has the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer ranking organization, which means we have a reputation for preeminent legal skill.

We also offer free special reports along with editing the Virginia Beach Injuryboard and Norfolk Injuryboard as a public information service. Our injury attorneys also host an extensive injury law video library on Youtube, a Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers blog, a Medical Malpractice and Surgical Errors blog, and a blog dedicated to accident and safety issues on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.


 injury, lawyerinjury, lawyerinjury, lawyerinjury, lawyerinjury, lawyer
Bookmark and Share


There are no comments.

Post a comment

Post a Comment to "Virginia/Carolina Border Personal Injury Lawyers With Experience Representing Active/Retired Military Suffering Injuries (Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, Seals, Coast Guard)"

To reply to this message, enter your reply in the box labeled "Message", hit "Post Message."

Username:*

Password:*

Register for an account

Message:

Notify me of follow-up comments via email.

For security purposes, please enter the graphic text in the box below: [hit F5 if you can not read the text]


Our Free Guides

Get Help Now

Name:

Phone:

Email:

Tell us more:


Main VA Office
1294 Diamond Springs Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Phone: (757)-460-7776
Fax: (757)-460-3428
Toll Free: 1-800-752-0042

Get Directions

Hampton-Peninsula Area Office
Mill Point Center
101 Eaton Street
Hampton, Virginia 23669
Phone: (757)-788-8162

Get Directions

North Carolina Office
101 E. Elizabeth Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Toll Free: 1-800-752-0042

Get Directions

Offices

Offices

Main VA Office
1294 Diamond Springs Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Phone: (757)-460-7776
Fax: (757)-460-3428
Toll Free: 1-800-752-0042

Hampton-Peninsula Area Office
Mill Point Center
101 Eaton Street
Hampton, Virginia 23669
Phone: (757)-788-8162

North Carolina Office
101 E. Elizabeth Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Toll Free: 1-800-752-0042

Follow us:

Case Results

DISCLAIMER: PLEASE NOTE THAT EVERY CASE IS DIFFERENT, AND THE VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS MENTIONED ON THIS WEBSITE, WHILE ACCURATE, DO NOT REPRESENT WHAT WE MAY OBTAIN FOR YOU IN YOUR CASE.


Car & Motorcycle Accidents

View All

News

FAQs

1-800-752-0042