Why Clients Choose Us (Ethics, Experience, Super Lawyer Achievements and more)

Why Clients Choose Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton:

• Achieved the highest law firm rating from Martindale-AV Rating
• Selected as Virginia Super Lawyers, 2006-2008 (Lewis), 2009 (Lewis, Shapiro)
• Selected to the Best Lawyers In America 2010 Edition(Lewis-Personal Injury; Shapiro-Rail Law)
  
• First Virginia injury law firm invited to join Primerus, “the Good Housekeeping seal” for lawyers, per the Wall Street Journal
• Editors of 3 InjuryBoard law blogs: Virginia Beach, Norfolk & NE North Carolina Blogs
  
• Selected to the elite“Million Dollar Advocates Forum” (Lewis, Shapiro)
  
• Elected section officers (Cooper, Shapiro) in largest national trial attorney organization, the AAJ
• Extensive experience achieving record verdicts & settlements
• Selected to teach seminars to lawyers & physicians
• Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer per the NBTA (Shapiro)
• Experienced railroad injury lawyers, designated by rail unions
• Former law clerks selected by Federal Judges (Shapiro, Cooper)
• Lawyers admitted to practice at the U.S. Supreme Court (Shapiro, Appleton)
• Licensed: VA, WV, NC, SC, Wash., D.C., KY, associated to practice pro hac vice in entire eastern U.S.A.
• Proud members of the American Association for Justice (AAJ)
• Free case evaluation and confidential legal consultation
• No legal fee unless we WIN your case, part of our written pledge