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Admitted: 1977, Virginia; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: University of Virginia, LL.B., 1977

College: Old Dominion University

Birth Date and Place: Old Dominion University, B.A., 1974

Practice Areas: Defamation Law; Sexual Harassment; Legal Malpractice; Aviation; Libel and Slander; Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents; Trucking Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Brain Injury; Head and Spinal Injury; Slip and Fall; Wrongful Death; Animal Bites; Medical

Additional Information: Author: "Malpractice Laws Benefits Doctors," The Virginian Pilot, August 2009; "The Afflicted Society," The Virginian Pilot, April 2008; "Cash Cows, Caps & Gowns, and Greed," The Virginian Pilot, November 2004; "Learning about Hubris and Humility in Iraq," The Virginian Pilot, May 2004; "Greenfest Excesses Not Fault of Police," The Virginian Pilot, September 1989; "Family Law: Divorce Virginia Style," Virginia Bar News, June 1982; "Aviation Law: The Miller/Mackey Connection," Virginia Bar News, Feb. 1982. Lecturer, "Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Virginia: Strategies in Preparation and Valuation," 1997.

Nationwide v. Smelser, 264 Va. 109 (2002); Dunham v. Hotelera Canco, 933 F. Supp. 543 (1996); Johnson v. Carter, 939 F.2d 180 (4th Cir. 1991); Former Special Project Employees Association v. City of Norfolk, 909 F.2d 89 (E.D. Va. 1990); Kulikowski v. Eastern Airlines, Inc., 870 F.2d 655 (4th Cir. 1989); York, et al. v. Howard W. Jones Jr. et al., 717 F.Supp. 421 (E.D. Va. 1989); Dukelow v. Dukelow, 2 Va. App. 21, 341 S.E.2d 208 (1986); Milligan v. City of Newport News, 743 F.2d 227 (4th Cir. 1984); Pennington v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., 576 F.Supp. 868 (E.D. Va. 1983); Wilson v. Piper Aircraft Corporation, 228 Ore. 61, 577 P.2d 1322 (1977).

Firm Members: Christopher Palermo-Re