Category: Samuel Bernier

FA+P Attorneys are named 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers

Six attorneys at the law firm of Frith Anderson + Peake were selected by their peers for inclusion as 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent… Read more »

FA+P Medical Malpractice Teams Earns Another Defense Verdict

The FA+P medical malpractice team is pleased to share that their physician client and his radiology practice earned a defense verdict following a five-day jury trial in April 2023. Attorneys Matt Kelley and Sam Bernier presented evidence showing their clients appropriately read a CT/CTA looking for an aortic dissection. Plaintiff alleged our clients failed to… Read more »

FA+P Medical Malpractice Team Earns Defense Verdict

The FA+P medical malpractice team is pleased to share that their physician client and her medical practice earned a defense verdict following a three day jury trial in February 2023.  Matt Kelley and Sam Bernier presented evidence showing their clients appropriately managed the plaintiff’s urgent care presentation.  Plaintiff alleged our clients failed to diagnose a… Read more »

Attorneys Matthew Kelley and Samuel Bernier Win VADA Best Article of the Year

The Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys recently announced Frith Anderson + Peake attorneys, Matthew Kelley and Samuel Bernier, as the winners of the 2022 Award for Best Article of the Year as published in the VADA’s Journal of Civil Litigation. Their article “Defending Advanced Practitioners in the Age of Telemedicine and Expanding Autonomy” appeared in… Read more »

Samuel Bernier and Matthew Kelley publish in VADA Journal of Civil Litigation

FA+P attorneys, Samuel Bernier and Matthew Kelley, recently published work in The Journal of Civil Litigation from the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. It addresses the expanding role advanced practitioners will play in healthcare following the COVID-19 pandemic’s expansion of their scope of practice both in Virginia and across state lines via telehealth. It will… Read more »

FA+P Attorneys are named 2022 Super Lawyers

Eight attorneys at the law firm of Frith Anderson + Peake were selected by their peers for inclusion as 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent… Read more »

FA+P’s Medical Malpractice Team Earns a Defense Verdict

Frith Anderson + Peake Attorneys, Matt Kelley and Sam Bernier, recently earned a defense verdict in the Augusta County Circuit Court following a four day jury trial.   FA+P represented the defendant radiologist in the four day trial. Plaintiff presented to the ER complaining of right-sided abdominal pain beginning earlier that day after eating.  She reported… Read more »

Attorney Sam Bernier Presents at VADA Meeting

Frith Anderson + Peake PC attorney Sam Bernier presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting for the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys in Hot Springs, Virginia on October 14.  Sam moderated a panel that provided a legislative update to VADA members.  The update included bills that became law as of July 1, 2020, and bills introduced… Read more »

FA+P Med Mal team speaks at VADA Spring Meeting

Attorneys Matthew Kelley, Sam Bernier and Nathan Moberley were invited to speak to the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Medical Malpractice Section during their spring meeting on May 14. Their presentation was titled “When does a lack of informed consent become battery and what do we do when we get there?” and it provided attendees… Read more »

FA+P Attorneys are named Super Lawyers

Ten attorneys at the law firm of Frith Anderson + Peake were selected by their peers for inclusion as 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent… Read more »