Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton law firm is dedicated to representing those injured due to the carelessness and fault of others, including railroad, truck and car accidents, faulty product injuries, and medical malpractice claims. The firm has represented thousands of accident victims throughout the eastern United States and the firm's lawyers have over 100 years combined legal experience. Our regular law firm websites are www.hsinjurylaw.com (VA) and http://Carolina.hsinjurylaw.com/(NC) We participate in this web blog so we can "give back" something intangible to victims and consumers and to help achieve safety improvements in general.
In 2005, the law firm was the first plaintiff's injury firm in the State of Virginia selected for membership in a prestigious international group of law firms, called Primerus. Primerus carefully screens law firms and only offers membership to highly skilled and experienced attorneys. The Wall Street Journal reported "[Primerus] wants to offer consumers a way to pick the good from the bad by establishing a sort of 'Good Housekeeping' seal of approval for attorneys." Also, our law firm has the highest available "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell lawyer rating service, and 3 lawyers with our firm have been designated Virginia "Superlawyers."
There are a small number of law firms that have actually been involved in transportation/vehicle injury litigation in nearly every state along the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic U.S.A. (The firm has handled cases in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Washington D.C., South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Maryland, Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Louisiana and beyond).
Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton attorneys not only actively handle injury trials, but are active in national lawyer's organizations, such as the American Association For Justice (AAJ) and several other organizations, which are a vital source of legal networking information for injury lawyers. The firm's main office is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, near the Northeast North Carolina border, and we have a NE NC office in Elizabeth City. We serve clients in all surrounding Virginia/Carolina areas, including Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Petersburg, Franklin, Emporia and the Eastern Shore. Of course, we also handle cases in Northeast NC, and all areas of North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Washington, D.C. and points beyond.
Lawyers and staff with our firm reside in both North Carolina and Virginia, and our lawyers are licensed in VA, NC, SC, WV, DC, & KY.
We Cannot Legally State We are the Best, Top, Injury Lawyers In Virginia, Carolina or beyond, however, we can tell you that our Lawyers Have Been Selected For Many Achievements Outlined Below:
Several Injury Attorneys With Our Firm have been Named As Virginia "Super Lawyers" For Personal Injury Law (Lewis, Shapiro)(Less than 5% of Oustanding Lawyers are Chosen); also selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Lewis, Shapiro); named among the Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia by ATLA (Shapiro), and our law firm was the first Injury Law Firm in Virginia Invited to Join Primerus, a select group of Highly Ethical, Respected Law Firms.
In October, 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained the largest record verdict in Virginia's history for an injured person (46 Million Dollar Verdict, with Interest, 60 Million Dollars, Settled confidentially during appeal).