NEWS + EVENTS
Matthew Kelley is Appointed Southwestern Regional Director for VADA
Matt Kelley has been appointed the Southwestern Regional Director for Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (VADA). Matt has previously served on the VADA Board of Directors and is a past chair of the VADA Medical Malpractice committee.
Attorneys Peake and Workowski Present at VADA Meeting
Frith Anderson + Peake PC attorneys Walt Peake and Sean Workowski presented an ethics CLE at the 2018 Annual Meeting for the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys in Williamsburg, Virginia on October 12. Keeping with the VADA’s 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting theme of “Looking Back & Moving Forward,” Peake and Workowski addressed ethical issues in… Read more »
FA+P’s Medical Malpractice Team Prevails in Maternal Death Case
Frith Anderson + Peake attorneys, Walt Peake and Matt Kelley, successfully struck the plaintiff’s case in a recent City of Charlottesville wrongful death medical malpractice case. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the defense argued that the plaintiff’s experts failed to provide sufficient causation evidence demonstrating that the mother’s death had been caused by any of the alleged… Read more »
FA+P attorneys earn recognition in the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
Attorneys from Frith Anderson + Peake were recently selected for inclusion in the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. “Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on a rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than 7.8 million confidential evaluations by top attorneys.” The following attorneys were recognized: Walter H. Peake, III – Medical Malpractice Law –… Read more »
Andy Gerrish is Honored as Up and Coming Lawyer
Frith Anderson + Peake is proud to announce that Andy Gerrish has been honored as a member of the 2018 Class of Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s Up and Coming Lawyers. This statewide award recognizes lawyers across the commonwealth who are making their mark within their first 10 years of practice. According to Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly, these are… Read more »
FA+P Attorney Andrew Gerrish is Appointed Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference District Representative
Frith Anderson + Peake is proud to announce that Andrew Gerrish has been appointed to serve as the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference’s District Representative for the Eighth District. The Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference (“YLC”) functions as “a bar within a bar,” focusing its efforts on the special interests and concerns of… Read more »
FA+P’s Medical Malpractice Team Earns Another Defense Verdict
Frith Anderson + Peake attorneys, Walt Peake and Matt Kelley, earned a defense verdict in the Roanoke City Circuit Court in Roanoke, Virginia. At the close of a five day trial, the jury found in favor of the defendant physician who the plaintiff claimed had left hemostatic agent in her cervical spine that swelled to cause spinal cord… Read more »
FA+P’s Medical Malpractice Team Earns a Defense Verdict
Frith Anderson + Peake attorneys, Walt Peake and Matt Kelley, earned a defense verdict in the Circuit Court for Campbell County in Rustburg, Virginia. At the close of a three day trial, the jury found in favor of the defendant physician assistant and his employer who the plaintiff claimed improperly irrigated an abdominal puncture wound with Hibiclens. The… Read more »
Court grants summary judgment for FA+P’s attorney client in a legal-malpractice matter.
FA+P’s attorney client drafted a property-settlement agreement at the direction of the plaintiff. The plaintiff claimed the agreement was negligently drafted; she filed suit, alleging legal malpractice against FA+P’s client. The plaintiff, however, admitted that she never read the PSA before she endorsed it. On a motion for summary judgment, the Salem Circuit Court held… Read more »
Court grants partial summary judgment for FA+P’s commercial-roofing-contractor client.
Attorneys Phil Anderson and Andrew Gerrish recently received partial summary judgment on behalf of a commercial-roofing contractor in Roanoke City Circuit Court. In a series of two letter opinions, the last one issued on May 30, 2018, the Roanoke City Circuit Court granted partial summary judgment for FA+P’s client, capping the client’s liability to the… Read more »
