A Majority of Attorneys at our Firm are Licensed in North Carolina(NC)

Each of the attorneys at our firm are licensed in Virginia and a majority are also licensed in North Carolina among other states. Geographically, Southeastern Virginia and Northeast North Carolina are part of the same region. The fact that the Virginia/North Carolina border runs between Chesapeake, Virginia, and Moyock, North Carolina, is just a coincidence. The people of this region (sometimes called Hampton Roads) all have a lot in common. Many of us cross the border regularly to work, play, or go home. Thus, the lawyers at Shapiro, Lewis, and Appleton it seems sensible that lawyers doing personal injury out of Virginia Beach, Virginia, should have North Carolina licenses as well. However, I doubt any other personal injury firms in Tidewater, Virginia (VA) have as high a percentage of lawyers with North Carolina licenses as we do.

One of the ways that we keep up to date on the law affecting automobile accident and other injury cases in North Carolina is to belong to organizations of trial lawyers in the state like the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Their web site is www.ncatl.org. With our association with the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, we make sure that we stay in touch with our fellow personal injury lawyers on the other side of the Virginia/North Carolina (VA/NC) border and with developments in the law affecting our personal injury clients. This way, when we handle a case in Roanoke Rapids or on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, we are in the best position to do the kind of excellent job that we expect from ourselves and which our clients have grown to expect over the years.

In many cases like medical malpractice or trucking accidents, there may be a Virginia (VA) and a North Carolina (NC) aspect of the case. Because we know the Virginia (VA) and North Carolina (NC) law of personal injury, we are better able to advise clients in these two state situations, where insurance and court rules are different in the two states. Our experience in Virginia (VA) and North Carolina (NC) law helps us to get the best result for our injured clients.

How can you identify a top Virginia injury lawyer for your case? Look no further.

Our VA personal injury lawyers have been selected for many accolades.

Two of the attorneys with our Virginia Beach accident injury law firm, James Lewis and Rick Shapiro, have been named the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Two of our VA injury lawyers -- Lewis and Shapiro - have been named to Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury since 2010. In addition, Lewis and Shapiro have been selected for inclusion in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. 

Our VA accident injury law firm was the first in the commonwealth nvited to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Rick Shapiro was named as one of the Top 100 Injury Lawyers in Virginia by the National Trial Lawyers Association.

In October, 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained what was then the largest verdict in Virginia's history for an injured person. Our brain damaged client received an initial award of $46 million that rose to $60 million with interest when the defendant abandoned an appeal and agreed to settle. 

Geographical Areas

Our personal injury lawyers handle personal injury cases throughout the eastern USA, and work closely with lawyers in other states on signficant injury cases.

In Virginia, this includes Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, Richmond, Petersburg, Roanoke, Salem, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Ashland, Big Stone Gap, and every community on the Eastern Shore, including Accomack, Onancock, Chincoteauge, Wachapreague, and Cape Charles, Bloxom, Eastville, Exmore, Greenbackville, Machipongo, Mappsville, Melfa, Nassawadox, Onley, Tangier, Temperanceville, Wachapreague and Wallops Island.

In West Virginia, we can handle personal injury claims in Bluefield, Beckley, Bridgeport, Charles Town, Charleston, Fairmont, Huntington, Lewisburg, Madison, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Moundsville, Parkersburg, Ripley, Sutton, Weirton, Wheeling and any other town or county.

Injury Lawyers licensed in VA, WV, North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), Kentucky (KY), Florida (FL) and Washington, DC.