Richard Shapiro served as a law clerk to Federal District Court Judge Robert G. Doumar in Norfolk, and now exclusively handles injury law. He co-authored “Railroad Health & Safety; a Litigator’s Guide” which appears in a leading law encyclopedia, “American Jurisprudence Trials”, and is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification of Massachusetts (ABA Accredited).  Rick was elected chair of the Railroad Law section of the American Association for Justice (AAJ, 2005-2006) and has lectured on evidence law to the AAJ, VTLA, Georgia TLA, as well as to Virginia lawyers.

Read what some of Rick's clients say about him:
"You built a very strong case, which showed when the rubber hit the road and it really showed at settlement time" - Arthur

"Rick was so passionate about my case." - Anne

"I couldn't be more pleased with the services provided by Mr. Shapiro." - Mike


In addition, Rick is a member of Primerus Society of Law Firms, along with his partners-an organization of experienced and ethical attorneys. 

Rick regularly writes/blogs on injury law topics, along with his partners, as one of the editors of Virginia Beach Injuryboard and Norfolk Injuryboard.

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Rick also received an "A V" rating (the highest available) from Martindale-Hubbell, another prominent legal rating service. This rating means Rick has a reputation among other lawyers and judges as being highly ethical and of being very high, to pre-eminent, in his legal ability.


Ranked as a top-100 trial lawyer by the American Trial Lawyers Association



Selected for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers in America" 2010 publication (Railroad Injury Law) which only includes a tiny number of the active attorneys in any given state.













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