About
Martindale-Hubbell highest score (AV).
Graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1982. Started out with an insurance protection and enterprise litigation organization. Represented a number of the major insurance agencies (car, health, life, fire, products legal responsibility, bonds, and so forth) . Began representing injured people and groups. Gained familiarity with the Bankruptcy Code and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code by means of advising creditors, documenting secured transactions for lenders, and representing creditors in civil litigation and in financial disaster courts in Va., Ky., and Tn. Served as a Chapter 7 financial ruin trustee for about five years. Served at the board of administrators of a financial institution for about 5 years. Served as a labor arbitrator for several years. Served as the principle out of doors recommend for a health center for over ten years.
Managing Partner, Shortridge and Shortridge, P.C., Norton, Va., 1984-2000, and Abingdon, Va., 2000 to the present. Associate, Mullins, Winston, and Robertson, Norton, Va. 1982-1984. Summer Intern, Office of the Lawyer General of Virginia, Richmond, Va., 1981. Adjunct Instructor, Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia, Wise, VA., 1987 (taught Business Law), 1996-97 (taught State & Local Government).
President, Wise County Bar Association, 1996.
Director, Governing Board of the Bankruptcy Section of the Virginia Bar Association, 1992-1995.
Director, Big Stone Gap Bank & Trust Company, Big Stone Gap, Va. 1987-92.
Director, Client Centered Legal Services, (a felony aid society), Castlewood, Va. 1987-ninety three.
Director, Hope House, (a shelter for battered spouses), Norton, Va., 1987-ninety two.
Director, Pro-Art (a chapter of the Va. Museum of Art), Wise, Va., 1984-89.
has club, Virginia State Bar Special Committee on Lawyers Malpractice Insurance, 2008 to 2013.
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- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Social Security Disability
- Car Accidents
- Civil Litigation
- Creditor s Rights & Representing Creditors in Bankruptcy Court
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Graduation year: 1979
Graduation year: 1975
