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Phil Bradfield

The Bradfield Injury Law Firm, PC
Virginia
Medical Malpractice LitigationPersonal Injury LitigationWorker's Compensation LitigationWrongful Death Litigation
11048 Warwick Blvd, Ste 1B Newport News, VA 23601-3229

Phil Bradfield

The Bradfield Injury Law Firm, PC
Virginia
Medical Malpractice LitigationPersonal Injury LitigationWorker's Compensation LitigationWrongful Death Litigation
11048 Warwick Blvd, Ste 1B Newport News, VA 23601-3229
(757) 596-6589
bradfieldinjurylaw@gmail.com
www.bradfieldinjurylawfirm.com
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PHILIP LOYD BRADFIELD
11048 Warwick Boulevard

Suite 1B                                                                                                                           (office) 757-596-6589

Newport News, VA  23601

bradfieldinjurylaw@gmail.com

 

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

THE BRADFIELD INJURY LAW FIRM, PC      Newport News, VA

Founding Member/Owner and Manager 2014 – Present

.        Represent individuals and families on all varieties of personal injury and wrongful death claims   and lawsuits and workers’ compensation claims on the Peninsula, Middle Peninsula, Southside Hampton Roads, Eastern Shore, Northern Neck, and Southside Virginia, including motor vehicle collisions, pedestrian injuries, tractor trailer and passenger bus liability, falls and injuries on business premises, motorcycle wrecks, dog bites, defective products, government liability, medical and hospital malpractice, and workplace injuries

 

MARCARI, RUSSOTTO, SPENCER & BALABAN, P.C.      Chesapeake, VA
Director, Virginia Litigation Department    2009 – 2914

.       Supervised, trained, and advised litigation department paralegals; advised, trained, supported, and assisted law firm’s attorneys with all Virginia civil litigation cases and issues, including general district court and circuit court lawsuits and appeals, personal injury, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, breach of contract, and declaratory judgment actions, providing  training and advice regarding liens on personal injury case proceeds under state and federal law, and drafting and implementing standard Virginia litigation procedures

.       Evaluated, prepared, negotiated, mediated, tried, and appealed of all personal injury, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, Federal Tort Claims Act, premises liability, and medical malpractice claims and lawsuits in Virginia state and federal trial and appellate courts and before the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission

.       Achieved multiple six figure settlements for injuries and deaths caused by interstate tractor trailer negligence, interstate passenger bus negligence, motor vehicle collisions, and medical malpractice

.       Formed new Virginia legal precedent regarding civil procedure, charitable immunity for churches, landlord liability to tenants for negligent acts of other individuals, and the federal government’s liability to interstate bus passengers for a federal agency’s negligent failure to revoke the operating authority of an interstate passenger bus company

.      Won multiple judge and jury trials of personal injury cases in circuits courts and general district courts throughout Hampton Roads, including Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach courts

.       Tried and won more lawsuits than any other attorney in the law firm

 

MOODY, STROPLE, KLOEPPEL & HIGGINBOTHAM, INC.     Portsmouth, VA

Trial Attorney    2000 – 2008
Represented railroad employees on Federal Employers Liability Act traumatic injury, repetitive stress injury, and wrongful death claims and lawsuits against Class I interstate railroads and other large corporations in state and federal courts throughout eastern United States; handled ERISA insurance lawsuits and appeals, liability insurance coverage disputes, military disability claims and hearings, interstate commercial tractor trailer catastrophic injury and wrongful death lawsuits, and automobile collision personal injury claims
Achieved multiple six figure and seven figure financial recoveries by settlement and jury verdict for clients injured or killed by the negligence of Class I interstate railroads and interstate commercial tractor trailers
Established new federal legal precedent in the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the interpretation of accidental death insurance policies
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY       Richmond, VA

Staff Legal Counsel     1998 – 1999
·         Defended insured businesses and individuals on premises liability, products liability, automobile collision, and workers’ compensation claims, lawsuits, and appeals in Virginia district and circuit  courts, and represented individuals, businesses, and Nationwide Insurance on appeals before the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission

·         Represented insurance companies on subrogation actions, bad faith claims, contract lawsuits, declaratory judgment actions, interpleaders, and uninsured/underinsured motorist lawsuits

·         Established new Virginia legal precedent regarding the legal standard for establishing an insurance company’s bad faith in the context of claims under automobile policy medical expense coverage

·         Won multiple judge and jury trials throughout Central Virginia, including City of Richmond, Henrico County, Hanover County, and Chesterfield County courts

 

CNA INSURANCE COMPANIES     Richmond, VA

Staff Legal Counsel     1997 - 1998

Defended insured businesses and individuals on premises liability, products liability, automobile accident, and workers’ compensation claims and lawsuits throughout Virginia
Represented insurer on subrogation actions and uninsured/underinsured motorist lawsuits
Won multiple jury trials throughout Central Virginia, Southwest Virginia, and Hampton Roads
PARKER, POLLARD & BROWN, P.C.     Richmond, VA

Trial Attorney    1989 – 1997
Evaluated, prepared, negotiated, tried, and appealed plaintiffs’ negligence and contract lawsuits in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
Represented employees on trial and appeal of workers’ compensation claims
Established new Virginia legal precedent regarding circuit court judges’ potential conflict of interest in the context of a personal injury trial decided by a judge rather than a jury
Won multiple judge and jury trials throughout Central Virginia, including City of Richmond, Henrico County, Hanover County, and Chesterfield County courts
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND     Fort Monroe, VA

Military Intelligence Analyst      1984 – 1986
EDUCATION:
WILLIAM AND MARY, MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW   Williamsburg, VA

Juris Doctorate, May 1989

 

Honors:

Best Individual Oralist award for outstanding legal argument, National Tax Moot Court Tournament  1989
The Order of Barristers membership award for outstanding advocacy skill  1989
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA    Charlottesville, VA
B. A., Foreign Affairs   May 1983
Honors:

·         Dean’s List for academic achievement

·         Passed United States Foreign Service Exam

·         Second Place, University of Virginia Talent Show

 

 

BAR MEMBERSHIPS:

Virginia State Bar 1989

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 1989

 

COURT ADMISSIONS:

Supreme Court of Virginia

United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

United States District Court, Western .District of Virginia

United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia

United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia

United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio

United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

 

Pro hac vice or individual case admissions to various state and federal courts in North Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, and Texas

 

PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

.      Graduate of National Trial Advocacy College   Charlottesville, VA   1994

.      Wrote training manuals and taught various Continuing Legal Education Seminars to Virginia attorneys   2011 – 2015

.      Wrote seminar outlines and instructed law firm attorneys, paralegals, and investigators regarding  Virginia civil procedure and evidence, uninsured and underinsured motorist law, workers’ compensation law and procedure, trial tactics and techniques, and transition to the civil litigation process in personal

injury cases   1999 – 2014

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:

.        Voted 2015 Top Lawyer in Coastal Virginia, Personal Injury category

 

 

 

PUBLISHED LEGAL OPINIONS:

Reported Appellate Opinions:  Dixon v. Life Insurance Company of North America, 389 F.3d 1179 (11th Cir. 2004); Pornomo vs. United States, Civil Action No. 3:14-CV-307 (E.D.Va. 2014); Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. St. John, 259 Va. 71, 524 S.E.2nd 649 (2000); Hurt v. Newcomb, 242 Va. 36, 405 S.E.2nd 843 (1991)
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Attorney Volunteer, Central Virginia Legal Aid
Instructor, Continuing Legal Education seminars
Judge, law school moot court tournaments
Campaign Manager of law firm, Greater Richmond United Way Annual Pledge Drive
Middle School Christian Education/Sunday School Teacher, Peninsula Community Chapel
Adult Christian Education/Sunday School Teacher, Hilton Presbyterian Church
Board of Directors, Mount Vernon Condominium Owners Association
Den Leader, Webelos Scout Troup
Elder and Small Group Leader, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia
Precinct Captain and volunteer, Peninsula political campaigns
Volunteer, Richmond and statewide political campaigns
INTERESTS:

Politics, international relations, history, physical fitness, theology, teaching, public speaking, debate, music
 

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