Marks and Harrison

If you have suffered a serious injury due to the negligence of another, you need someone on your side to help you obtain the fair and reasonable compensation that you deserve.

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John C. Shea

John C. Shea

John C. Shea has been in practice since 1977, focusing his practice exclusively in representation of the injured. Graduating from Wake Forest University in 1974 (Cum Laude), he received his J.D. in 1977 from the University of Richmond School of Law. He has been with Marks & Harrison since that time. His special interests are brain injury and tractor-trailer cases.

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James G. Harrison III

James G. Harrison III

James G. Harrison III has been practicing law since 1984, concentrating his practice in personal injury.

He is a 1976 graduate of Woodberry Forest School. After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1980 (St. Anthony Hall TILKA Ribbon Society), he received his J.D. in 1984 from George Mason University School of Law. He has been with Marks & Harrison since 1984. He is currently President and Managing Partner of the Firm.

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James A. McCauley

James A. McCauley

James A. McCauley focuses his practice exclusively in representation of the injured.

After graduating from the University of Maryland, he wrote for the Washington Star newspaper before receiving his J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law. He is currently Secretary of the Firm.

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John D. Ayers

John D. Ayers focuses his practice exclusively in representation of the injured. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Virginia. He is currently an associate with the firm.

John grew up in Hanover County and attended Patrick Henry High School in Ashland, VA. After graduating from Virginia Tech, he went directly into law school and graduated from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. John Worked as a legal assistant for 4 years while he was attending school. He was also a clerk for Judge Melvin R. Hughes in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond.

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Kyle C. Leftwich Banning

Kyle C. Leftwich Banning has been exclusively handling Social Security Disability Claims since 1994.

After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1987, she received her J.D. in 1993 from the University of Richmond's T.C. Williams School of Law. Since 1994, she has been an Associate of the Firm.

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J. Penn Crawford

Penn Crawford joined Marks and Harrison in March of 2007.  Penn began his legal career at a Richmond Law Firm where he handled criminal and civil litigation, including state appellate work and federal litigation.  Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Penn graduated from the University of Richmond School of Law in 2002 and has been qualified by the state as a Guardian Ad Litem for children, serving mainly in the City of Richmond. 

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Andrea J. Geiger

Andrea Geiger joined Marks & Harrison in December 2006 as an associate. She began her legal career with Williamson & Lavecchia, L.C. in 2003, after obtaining her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Richmond School of Law. Born in Amherst, Virginia, Andrea attended college at the University of Virginia, majoring in Economics and Philosophy.

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John C. Gould

John C. "Jack" Gould has been practicing law since 1978, focusing his practice in plaintiff's personal injury and criminal defense.

Upon graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1975, he received his J.D. in 1978 from the University of Richmond. He served for one year as a Law Clerk to the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.

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Fletcher W. Harkrader

Fletcher W. Harkrader, III has been practicing law since 1983, and focuses his practice exclusively on personal injury.

Graduating from Washington and Lee University in 1980 (cum laude), he received his J.D. in 1983 from the University of Richmond School of Law.  He was Louisa County Attorney from 1990 until 1998.  He represented the Virginia Transportation Commissioner as trial counsel by appointment of the Governor of Virginia from 1994 until January 2002 when he joined Marks & Harrison.

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Gregory S. Hooe

Gregory S. Hooe is a 1977 graduate of the University of Virginia. He received his J.D. from the University of Richmond and was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in May 1980. Before entering private practice, Greg was a Law Clerk with the Chief Staff Attorney of the Virginia Supreme Court. Since entering private practice in 1982, Greg has been a civil trial attorney, concentrating in the area of personal injury since 1986.

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James Mick Kessel

James Mick Kessel has dedicated his practice to representing the interests of injured persons and criminal defendants. He focuses his practice in Richmond, Petersburg, Chesterfield and the surrounding counties. He is currently an associate of the firm.

After graduating cum laude from West Virginia University in 1999, he received his J.D. in 2002 from the University of Richmond School of Law. He is admitted to practice law before all state and federal courts in Virginia.

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Mark S. Lindensmith


Mark Lindensmith comes to Marks and Harrison after having served for over 27 years as a research director and senior attorney at the National Legal Research Group, Inc., one of the nation’s oldest and largest legal research firms, located here in Virginia. He has specialized in personal injury, health law, insurance, and torts. During that time, he supervised or prepared briefs, pleadings, and reports in literally thousands of personal injury, wrongful death, and insurance cases, and he has advised other attorneys nationwide in the preparation or defense of their personal injury and torts cases. Many hundreds of those cases arose out of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland. He has written briefs for numerous state supreme courts throughout the country, many of the federal circuit courts, and has prepared writs of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.

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Bridget N. Long

Bridget N. Long has been in practice since 1998, primarily representing plaintiffs in civil actions.

After graduating from Mary Washington College in 1995 (Cum Laude), she received her J.D. in 1998 from the University of Richmond School of Law. She has been with Marks & Harrison since that time. She is currently an Associate of the Firm.

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Dean C. Marcus

Dean C. Marcus

Dean C. Marcus has been in practice since 2002, concentrating his practice in criminal defense. Graduating with a B.A. from Gettysburg College in 1996, he received his J.D. in 2001 from the University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law. Before joining Marks & Harrison he practiced criminal defense in the Richmond area.

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Kevin M. McGowan

Kevin M. McGowan has been in practice since 1978.

He received his J.D. in 1978 from the University of Virginia School of Law after graduating from Belmont Abbey College in 1975 (Magna Cum Laude). He is currently an Associate with Marks & Harrison, one of the largest personal injury firms in Virginia. He concentrates his practice in workers' compensation and personal injury.

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Allen Schreiber

Allen Schreiber has been in practice since 1984.  He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1981 and then attended Cumberland School of law where he received his J.D. degree in 1984.  He practiced defense litigation for sixteen years and then devoted his practice to representing the injured since Jan 2000. Allen currently concentrates his practice in the area of wage and hour and mediation/arbitration.  He has been a member of the American Arbitration panel since 2001.

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Louis D. Snesil

Louis D. Snesil has been in practice since 1983.

Graduating from the College of William and Mary in 1976, he received his J.D. in 1983 from the University of Richmond School of Law. He focuses his practice in workers' compensation.

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Joanna L. Suyes

Joanna L. Suyes focuses her practice on representing the injured.

 Joanna grew up in Chesterfield County, graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1989 and received her M. Div. from the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond in 1997.  After working at Marks and Harrison for nearly fifteen years as a legal assistant, she received her J. D. cum laude in 2007 from the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond.  Joanna has worked as an associate at Marks and Harrison since that time.

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Eric D. Yost

Eric D. Yost joined Marks & Harrison in December 2005, primarily representing clients in personal injury. In addition to his personal caseload, he will be representing the Firm’s Spanish and Portuguese speaking clients in the Firm’s six offices.

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