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Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton

Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton, P.C.

Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Hampton, Virginia
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Shapiro, Lewis &'s Biography

The Virginia Beach-Norfolk Virginia (VA) based personal injury lawyers at Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton injury law firm are dedicated to representing those injured in the eastern USA due to the carelessness and fault of others, including car/auto, truck and railroadr accidents, faulty product injuries, medical malpractice and wrongful death claims. Our Virginia-Carolina personal injury lawyers have represented thousands of accident injury victims throughout the eastern United States and the firm's personal injury lawyers have over 100 years combined legal experience. Our regular inury law firm websites are HSInjurylaw.com (VA) and Carolina.hsinjurylaw.com (NC)and we have offices in Va. Beach, Hampton, VA and Elizabeth City, NC. We participate in this web blog so we can "give back" something intangible to victims and consumers and to help achieve health and safety improvements in general.

In 2005, the law firm was the first plaintiff's injury firm in 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" lawyer rating from Martindale-Hubbell lawyer rating service, and three VA personal injury lawyers with our firm have been designated Virginia "Super Lawyers" and two firm injury trial attorneys have been named among the "Best Lawyers in America" (2010, 2011 Editions)listing the best, top personal injury lawyers nationwide.

There are a small number of injury law firms that have actually been involved in transportation & auto injury litigation in nearly every state along the eastern half of the USA. (Our personal injury law firm has handled cases in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Washington D.C., South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Maryland, Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Louisiana and beyond). We fight for a level playing field in the civil justice system which includes enforcing civil rights of all our clients.


Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton attorneys not only actively handle personal injury trials, but are active as officiers and members in national lawyer's organizations, such as the American Association For Justice (AAJ) and several other national and state organizations, which are a vital source of legal information for injury lawyers. The firm's main office is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, near the Northeast North Carolina border, we also have a Hampton, VA satellite office and we have a 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 personal injury law firm reside in both North Carolina and Virginia, and our lawyers are licensed in VA, NC, SC, WV, DC, FL, & KY.

We Cannot Legally State We are the best, top, injury lawyers in Virginia, Carolina or beyond, however, we can tell you that our personal injury attorneys have been selected ror 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); two of our Virginia Beach, VA based personal injury attorneys are included among "The Best Lawyer's In America" (2010, 2011 Editions), and 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 a single personal injury victim (46 Million Dollar Verdict, with Interest, 60 Million Dollars, Settled confidentially during appeal).

What states do we cover? We have accepted injury cases throughout the eastern half of the USA, and injury clients select our injury attorneys based on a long track records of major settlements and verdicts and our commitment to high ethical standards and continuing legal education.

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Other Activities, Interests, and Memberships

I tend to keep very busy with my active law practice representing individuals hurt by the negligence of others. In addition to handling a full client load, I have been helping recently to run the business side of our law firm, handling financial, insurance, and banking issues. I also try to stay active with my various bar groups, including at the national level, the American Association for Justice, formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association. I attend at least one and sometimes two of their conventions each year and am especially active in the Railroad Law Section, as well as the litigation groups devoted to railroad crossing accidents/derailments and F.E.L.A. cases. I also am an active member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Virginia Beach Bar Association and the Norfolk/Portsmouth Bar Association.

I try to get some exercise when possible, including regularly playing squash, doing yoga, and swimming. I also love to get up to the Virginia mountains for hiking or skiing whenever possible. Living in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area provides great access to the ocean and the beaches as well.

Probably my most important activity is being the parent to three wonderful kids. I have twin pre-teen daughters and a teenage son. I try to spend as much time as I can with them, including playing basketball, reading, and playing chess.

I stay active with my Jewish synagogue. Our family are regular worshippers on Friday nights and Saturday mornings. The children all attend Sunday School and we enjoy our religious community at Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Serving: Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Chesapeake Beach, Eastern Shore, Emporia, Franklin, Hampton, Isle of Wight County, James City County, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Williamsburg, York County, Edenton, Outer Banks, Rocky Mount, Greenville, Elizabeth City, Goldsboro, Havelock, Kinston, Kitty Hawk, Manteo, Nags Head, New Bern, Roanoke Rapids, Tarboro, Wilson, Ahoskie, Currituck, Camden (as well as Eastern USA).

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