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BECAUSE THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN SPECIFIC CASES DEPEND ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE, PAST CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN FUTURE CASES UNDERTAKEN BY A LAWYER OR LAW FIRM.

News

• 5-8-08 - John C. Shea attended the Personal Injury Litigators Summit, a personal injury seminar from May 8, 2008 to May 10, 2008.

• 5-1-08 - John C. Shea attended the meeting of the Masters Marketing Group, a meeting of law firms from around the country who confer on management and marketing issues relating to personal injury practice.  The meeting was held in Chicago from April 30, 2008 to May 2, 2008.

• 4/23/08 - John C. Shea, Bridget N. Long and S. Aaron Barr attended the Lawyers Inner Circle Marketing Summit in Raleigh, NC. Lawyers and staff from around the country attended the seminar to discuss the marketing of personal injury law firms.

• 4/1/08 - Marks & Harrison is pleased to announce that Megan B. Larking has become associated with the firm. Megan B. Larkin graduated magna cum laude from Virginia Wesleyan College in 1996 and received her B.A. in English. In 2000 Megan received her J.D. from the Temple University School of Law. Before moving to Virginia, Megan worked as a trial attorney in Philadelphia with Billet & Connor and in Atlanta with Sutehrland, Asbill & Brennan. At Marks & Harrison Megan will focus her practice on representing the injured.

• 4/1/08 - John C. Shea's article "Day in the Life Videos: How to Make Sure the Jury Sees it All" was recently published in the February  issue of the Journal of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Foundation.

• 3/29/08 - John C. Shea spoke at the 49th Annual Convention of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association at the Homestead on the topic of Investigating Tractor Trailer Wrecks.

• 3/6/08 - John C. Shea spoke for the Virginia Law Foundation's Bridge the Gap program in Richmond. Mr. Shea spoke to recent graduates and attorneys new to Virginia on civil practice in the civil courts of Virginia.

• 2/28/08 - James Mick Kessel served as a judge for the T.C. Williams School of Law  008 Barnett Moot Court Competition.

• 2/26/08 - Kyle Leftwich Banning spoke at a mental illness forum hosted by FACES (Family Advocacy Creating Education and Services). The mission of FACES is to serve and support families dealing with mental illness. More information can be obtained at their website www.facesva.org.

• 2/16/08 - John C. Shea participated as a speaker in the American Bar Association Student Division's Forth Circuit Spring Meeting. Mr. Shea, along with other attorneys from the Richmond area, spoke to law students from North Carolina and Virginia on the advantages of various types of law practice. The meeting was held at the T.C. Williams School of Law. Mr. Shea spoke to law students about what to expect if they chose a career in personal injury practice.

• 2/11/08 - James Mick Kessel served as a judge for the William B. Spong Moot Court Tournament at William & Mary last week. For more information visit the William & Mary Moot Court website.

• 2/5/08 - James Mick Kessel attended the Southern Trial Lawyers Association 2008 conference in New Orleans.

• 1/26/08 - J. Penn Crawford and Andrea J. Geiger served as judges for the 2008 VTLA Student Trial Advocacy Competition.

• 1/21/08 - Joanna L. Suyes, J. Penn Crawford, Andrea J. Geiger and James Mick Kessel served as judges for the 2008 University of Richmond Law Client Counseling Competition.

• 1/8/08 - Kyle Leftwich Banning was a guest speaker at the Richmond Brain Tumor Support Group's January meeting. "The Richmond Brain Tumor Support Group is a non-profit dedicated to providing support for brain tumor survivors and their loved ones, promoting awareness for brain tumor issues, and advocating for brain tumor research in Central Virginia."

• 1/1/08 - Marks & Harrison is pleased to announce the opening of our new office at 206 Greenville Ave. Staunton, VA 24401.

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Press

• Marks & Harrison Brief Amicus Curiae filed on behalf of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association on October 2, 2006, in support of trial court's award of monetary penalties against a Ford Motor Company lawyer whom the trial court found filed defenses for which the trial court found the Ford lawyer lacked a sufficient good faith basis in fact and law. Click here for the Ford v Benitez opinion and here for the Ford Motor v Benitez, VTLA Amicus Brief.
  
• Decision Allowing Plaintiff to Recover Full Amount of Medical Bills Despite Medicaid Write-offs
      
• Day-In-The-Life Videos: How to Make Sure the Jury Sees It All
      
• W.D. VA 2005 Opinion Rejects Write-Offs Argument in Medicaid Context
   
• Investigating Tractor-Trailer Wrecks
   
• Fibromyalgia: The Rodney Dangerfield of Medical Diagnoses
   
• Personal Injury: Case Evaluation and Selection
   
• Motor Carrier Is Liable For 'Independent Contractor'
   
• Just What is a Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement and Why Should I Care?
   
• Death Case Mediated For $1 million
   
• Role of Defense Neuropsychologists Should Be Limited Under Virginia Evidence Law
   
• VADA/VSCA Presentation on "Medical Expense Coverage From The Plaintiff¹s Perspective."
   
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, "Settling Auto Accident Claims."
   
• "Advertising Regulation in Virginia" Presentation to the Virginia Beach Bar Association.
   
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Evidence Seminar; Speaker on Demonstrative Evidence.
   
• Richmond Bar Association Bench Bar Panelist on "Pre-Trial Procedures."
   
• "Ethical Considerations In Solicitation In Virginia," The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
   
• "Use Of Neuropsychologists As Expert Witnesses," The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
   
• "How Insurance Companies Evaluate And Negotiate Settlement Of Automobile Accident Cases: What the Attorney Can Do To Maximize Recovery," The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
   
• "A Lawyer's Guide To Mediation Preparation," Presentation at the 1998 Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Convention.
   
• "Personal Injury By the Numbers," The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
   
• "Computer Animation-Dealing With The Stealth Witness," Vol. 9, No. 4 Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Journal.
   
• A Guide To The Preparation And Trial Of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Cases; Published By The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
   
• "A Growing Number of Circuit Courts Reject Wrongdoer Attempts To Reap Windfall Benefits From Their Victims' Collateral Health Insurance," Vol. 11, No. 3 The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
   
• "The Collateral Source Rule Keeps Pandora's Box Of Health Insurance Write-off Issues Closed": Vol. V, No. 3 Virginia State Bar Litigation News.
   
• "Health Insurance Write-Offs Irrelevant Under Collateral Source Rule," Vol. 10, No. 3 The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
   
• "A Current Guide to Civil RICO in New York Federal Courts," 66 N.Y. St. B.J. 18.
   
• "U.S. Supreme Court Applies 'Operation or Management Test' to RICO Section 1962(c) Claim," 42 Va. Lawyer 16.
   
• "Public/Private Cooperation Not Barred By Constitution," 34 Va. Bar News 16.
   
• Note, "The Admissibility of Testimony Influenced by the Use of Hypnosis," 67 Va. L. Rev. 1203.
   
• "Role of Defense Neuropyschologists Should Be Limited Under Virginia Evidence Law," Vol. 14, No. 4, The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 24.
   
• Seminar Presentation on Motions in Limine at Virginia Trial Lawyers Association May 2003 Tort Seminar.
   
• "Silencing the Witness," Vol. 14, No. 1 The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 18.
   
• "The Post-Trial Perils of the 21-day and 30-day Rules," Vol. 12, No. 2 The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 2.
   
• Seminar Presentation on Collateral Source Rule and Medical Expenses at the Annual Convention of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association on April 1, 2000, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
   
• Seminar Presentation on Marketing for the Small Law Firm at Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, October, 2003.
   
• "Trial Themes" Presentation at Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Advanced Auto Retreat, July, 2003.
   
• Presentation to Young Lawyers Section of the Richmond Bar Association on Trial Strategies, October, 2003.