Richard N. Shapiro
Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp 4705 Columbus Street #304 Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Practice Area(s): Personal Injury, Products Liability call (800) 752-0042 fax (757) 460-3428 visit website
Biographical Information
Rick Shapiro exclusively practices personal injury law and has over two decades of legal experience. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (ABA Accredited) and has litigated injury cases throughout the eastern United States, including wrongful death, truck accident injuries, defective product injuries, railroad worker injuries and disease claims, and medical negligence claims.
Rick was elected chair of the Railroad Law section of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) twice (2013-2014 and 2005-2006) and was named President of the Railroad Accident Division of the National Trial Lawyers Association (NTLA 2013-14). He has written and lectured on evidence law to the AAJ, VTLA, Georgia TLA, as well as to Virginia lawyers.
Along with being a successful attorney, Rick is a prolific U.S. inventor and designer of consumer wheeled products, holding 18 US patents and numerous foreign patents.
Admission Dates & Jurisdictions
Education
- University of Maryland, B.A.
- George Mason University School of Law, J.D. (with distinction).
Professional Associations
- “AV” Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- Recognized as a Virginia “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics Magazine (since ’10)
- Recognized “Best Lawyer” by U.S. News & World Report (since ’10)
- 10.0 perfect rating on Avvo, a lawyer rating service
- Board Certified by the National Board of Legal Specialty (ABA Accredited)
- Selected to the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” of Virginia, by the American Trial Lawyers Association
- Chairman of the American Association of Justice Railroad Section (two terms)
- Executive Committee Member for the Railroad Trial Lawyers Association
- Selected to Who’s Who in American Law (2009)
Verdicts & Settlements
- Ratliff v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 2009 WL 649268 (March 12, 2009) (Link to WV Supreme Court Opinion)
- Payne v. CSX Transportation, Inc., No. 2-231-07, (Dec. 27, 2013) (Link to TN Court of Appeals Opinion)
Speaking Engagements
- Invited Presenter: AAJ Seminar on Railroad Release Law (June 2009), and has been an invited speaker at a number of national and regional lawyer seminars.
- Invited Presenter: AAJ Seminar on Corporate Represenative Depositions (February 2012).
- Invited Presenter: “End Distracted Driving”, Jamestown High School in Williamsburg, VA (January 2013).
Publications
“Using Medical Evidence to Maximize Personal Injury Case Damages,” VA Trial Lawyers Law Letter Vol. 21, No. 1 (2009).