After Phil Anderson and Andy Gerrish obtained the dismissal of all claims asserted against their attorney client in a legal-malpractice matter filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, the plaintiff appealed that dismissal to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. After the parties briefed the plaintiff’s appeal, the Fourth Circuit… Read more »

Frith Anderson + Peake is proud to announce the promotion of Nate Schnetzler to partner. Nate joined FA+P in 2015 following a clerkship with the Honorable Michael F. Urbanski, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia. In 2018, 2019, and 2020, the rating service Super Lawyers® recognized Nate as a Virginia Rising… Read more »

Frith Anderson + Peake welcomes new attorney, Glenn B. Williams. Glenn graduated from The College of William and Mary with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received his Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law. Prior to law school, Glenn worked for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC in the Bureau… Read more »

Frith Anderson + Peake is pleased to announce that attorney, Sam Bernier, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys as its membership chair.  Sam also serves on the VADA’s Annual Meeting committee.  Sam concentrates his practice on the defense of health care providers in medical negligence actions… Read more »

FA+P is delighted to announce that Network Administrator, David Sink, has been named one of Virginia Lawyer Weekly’s 2019 Unsung Legal Heroes.  This award recognizes “the people who get it done, who keep the lawyers on track, who go above and beyond, usually behind the scenes. These awards are reserved for the state’s most talented… Read more »

New Principal, Samuel Bernier, recently joined Frith Anderson + Peake. Sam is based in our new Richmond Office set to open in mid to late October. Sam Bernier is a graduate of the University of Richmond, TC Williams School of Law. He began his legal career as the pro se law clerk to then U.S. Magistrate Judge… Read more »

Frith Anderson + Peake is pleased to announce that Macel Janoschka has been appointed by Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons of the Supreme Court of Virginia to the faculty for the Virginia State Bar Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course. The Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course was established in 1987 and is mandatory for all members… Read more »

Frith Anderson + Peake is pleased to welcome Bradley W. Fitzgerald to the firm.  Brad is an experienced general civil litigation attorney.  He concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death, products liability, premises liability, professional liability, general liability and automobile and transportation cases.  He has experience litigating catastrophic injury/accidents, toxic… Read more »

Plaintiff—a former client of FA+P’s attorney client—sued his former attorney and various federal defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Liberally construed for 12(b)(6) purposes, Plaintiff’s complaint asserted constitutional, fraud, emotional-distress, and legal-malpractice claims against the attorney. After the parties briefed FA+P’s 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, the court dismissed Plaintiff’s… Read more »

After the plaintiff—a tractor-trailer driver employed by an interstate motor carrier—slipped and fell in the defendant’s tractor-trailer service area while having his tractor’s oil changed, the plaintiff received workers’ compensation benefits. The plaintiff then filed suit against the defendant in Virginia Circuit Court, seeking over a million dollars in damages. The plaintiff’s employer had an… Read more »