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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. John is the only lawyer in Central
Virginia recognized by Best Lawyers In America, Legal Elite
and SuperLawyers.
He is a member of :
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, President (2001 -
2002)
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Virginia Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Listed in the Current Edition of
The
Best Lawyers in America.
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association (Board Member)
- Boyd-Graves Conference
- Fellow of the Roscoe Pound Institute
- Trial Lawyers For Public Justice
- Achieved Highest Rating by Martindale-Hubbell

- Named SuperLawyer in Virginia for 2006
- Faculty Member, Virginia College of Trial Advocacy
- State Delegate to the American Association for Justice
Publications & Speeches:
-
"The Lawyer's Role; Truck Accident Litigation Second Edition, ABA
- "Medical Expense Coverage From the Plaintiff’s
Perspective," VADA/VSCA Presentation
- "Settling Auto Accident Cases," Panel Moderator,
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- "Advertising Regulation in Virginia,"
Presentation to the Virginia Beach Bar Association
- "Demonstrative Evidence," Virginia Trial Lawyers
Association Speaker
- "Pre-Trial Procedures," Richmond Bar Association
Bench Bar Panelist
- "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, (Co-authored
with Robert J. Arthur)
- "A Lawyer’s Guide to Mediation Preparation,"
Presentation at the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Convention
- "Personal Injury by the Numbers," The Journal of the
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- "CYA: When your Client Won’t Settle," The Journal of
the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- A Guide to the Preparation and Trial of Mild
Traumatic Brain Injury Cases, Published by the Virginia
Trial Lawyers Association
- "Focus Groups and Supplemental Jury Questionnaires,"
Presentation at the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Advocacy Seminar
- "Marketing for the Small Law Firm," Presentation at
the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Practice
Management Seminar
- "Preparing Your Client for Mediation," Presentation
to the Richmond Bar Association
- "Understanding Fibromyalgia Syndrome," The
Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- "Getting Your Name Out With or Without Media
Advertising," Presentation to the Young Trial Lawyers
Section of Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- "Role of Defense Neuropsychologists Should Be
Limited Under Virginia Evidence Law," The Journal of the
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- "Computer Animation: Dealing With the Stealth
Witness," The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers
Association
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Tort Law Seminar;
Seminar Chairman
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association CLE Committee;
Chairman
- Chairman, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Retreat
on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
- "Handling Tractor Trailer Cases from Intake Through
Discovery," Practice Pointers, Virginia Trial Lawyers
Association Tractor Trailer Collision Retreat
- "Opening Statement," Presentation at the Richmond
Bar Association’s Trial Tips and Strategies from the
Masters
- "The Play’s the Thing," CLE Panel Discussion, Young
Trial Lawyers Section of the Richmond Bar Association,
Presented with Dr. David Ball
- "Hot Topics in Evidence," Presentation at the
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Evidence Seminar
- "Maximize Efficiency with Night and Weekend Staff,"
American Association for Justice’s Small Office
Practice Session Newsletter
- "Multi-Media In Mediation," Solo & Small Firm
Conference of Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Moderator, Marketing Round Table, Solo & Small Firm
Conference of Virginia Trial Lawyers Associatio
- Presentation on "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
& Fibromyalgia" at the Virginia Trial Lawyers
Association Medical Seminar
- Speaker at ABA’s 31st National Conference on
Professional Responsibility: Advertising Our Profession
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; Chicago, Illinois
- "Opening Statement for the Plaintiff," Presentation
at the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Advocacy
Seminar
- Guest Speaker on Personal Injury at the 27th Annual
"Bridge The Gap" Seminar for the Virginia Bar
Association
- "Day-in-the-Life Videos: How to Make Sure the Jury
Sees it All"
- "Trial Themes for the Injured Plaintiff"
- "A Practical Guide to Persuasive Opening
Statements," The Journal of the Virginia Trial
Lawyers Association
- "Fibromyalgia: The Rodney Dangerfield of Medical
Diagnosis," Presentation at Virginia Trial Lawyers
Association Seminar
- "Mediation: Make Love, Not War," The
Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- "Proving Non-Pecuniary Losses of Beneficiaries in a
Wrongful Death Case," The Journal of the Virginia
Trial Lawyers Association
- "How to
investigate tractor-trailer accidents" The Journal of
the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association:Online
Reported Cases:
- J. v. C.V. – Public university was statutory employer of
worker hurt removing electrical conduit from university
building, as maintaining its buildings was a statutory duty
of university, so worker was limited to workers’
compensation remedies against university.
- P.M. v. E.R. – Multiple defendants were liable for
injuries to rescue workers caused by negligence in
connection with the release of toxic chemicals while trying
to dispose of same, but claims by neighboring property owner
were not proven.
- F. v. C.V. – When a minor victim told her brother and
grandmother of a defendant’s attempt to have sex with her,
that corroborated her testimony of the incident, and
constituted, collectively, sufficient evidence for a sodomy
and attempted rape conviction.
- L. v. W. – Judgment for the doctor was reversed where
the injury was instructed on the unavailable defense of
contributory negligence instead of mitigation, which was a
defense to a patient’s neglect of her health after receipt
of negligent treatment.
Email:
jshea@marksandharrison.com
Phone: 804.282.0999
Toll Free: 1-800-283-2202
Fax: 804.288.1853
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