Shapiro, Appleton & Duffan, PC

Specialties

Our firm specializes in personal injury and medical malpractice law. In fact, our firm motto is, «All We Do is Injury Law.» We have offices in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Hampton. However, we can represent clients throughout the Hampton Roads region including Newport News, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, and so forth.

We have a «no recovery, no fee» policy, which means that we don’t get paid unless you receive a settlement or jury verdict in your case.

Practice Areas:

Amputation injuries

Medical malpractice injuries

Boating accident injuries

Motorcycle accidents

Car accidents

Paralysis injuries

Commercial truck wrecks

Premises injuries (slip/​trip/​fall)

Dangerous drugs

Railroad accident injuries

Electric shock injuries

Railroad cancers

Faulty products

Traumatic brain injuries

Intubation injury

​Workers’ compensation

Mesothelioma & Asbestos

Wrongful death claims

History

Established in 1985.

A group of highly experienced attorneys came together with a single objective — help injured folks in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. This was the genesis of our law firm. We only represent clients who were injured in an accident caused by the fault of another (i.e. plaintiffs).

Since the firm’s founding, our team of attorneys have secured a myriad of large settlements and jury verdicts. In fact, we secured a record-​setting $ 60 million jury verdict for a seriously injured client in 2000. We also secured a $ 21 million structured settlement for a client in 2012.

Meet the Manager

Richard S.

Manager

Richard «Rick» Shapiro exclusively handles injury law. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Legal Specialty. Rick has litigated injury cases throughout the southeastern United States. He co-​authored «Railroad Health & Safety: A Litigator’s Guide,» which appears in a leading law encyclopedia, «American Jurisprudence Trials.»

Rick was elected chair of the Railroad Law section of the American Association for Justice (2005 – 2006) and has written and lectured on evidence law to the American Association of Justice, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and numerous other Virginia lawyers’ organizations.

Rick is a member of Primerus Society of Law Firms, along with his partners. This is an organization of highly experienced and ethical attorneys.