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Patrick Henry Corporate Center {newline}Suite 300
12350 Jefferson Avenue
Newport News, Virginia 23602 ((Independent City))
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 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, L.C. (originally Patten & Wornom), recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. The firm's 24 lawyers represent a diverse range of individual and corporate clients in litigation, commercial transactions, real estate matters and estate planning. With a wide variety of practice areas and deep connections to southeastern Virginia, the firm's attorneys are well suited to meet the needs of regional clients, or national firms in need of capable local representation. In addition to a strong general practice, the lawyers of the firm's trial team have specialized expertise litigating serious personal injury, mass tort, and asbestos disease claims. The firm's experience in every practice area is complimented by comprehensive staff support, state of the art technology, and a centrally located, professionally designed office environment. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice. Administrative, Banking, Business, Commercial Litigation, Class Actions, Construction, Corporate, Development, Domestic Relations, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Personal Injury Litigation, Products Liability (Asbestos Litigation), Probate, Public and Government Contracts, Real Estate, RICO, Taxation, Transactions, Occupational Lung Disease Workers' Compensation, Zoning, Commercial Law, Information Technology, Intellectual Property. Year Established: 1953
Firm Size: 24
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AddressPatrick Henry Corporate Center {newline}Suite 300
12350 Jefferson Avenue
Newport News, VA 23602, ((Independent City))
PhonePhone: 757-223-4500
Facsimile: 757-249-3242; 757-249-1627; 757-223-4518
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http://www.pwhd.com
Donald N. Patten (Partner) born Newport News, VA, October 30, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., 1964); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1967). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008. Recognized as, "Super Lawyer," Hampton Roads Magazine. Member: Board of Trustees, Mariner's Museum; Board of Directors and Executive Committee, International Cooperating Ministries; Advisory Board, College of William and Mary. Former Chairman, Peninsula Airport Commission. Former Rector and Member of Board of Visitors, College of William and Mary. Former Member and Vice-Mayor, Newport News City Council. Former Chairman, Newport News City Planning Commission. Former Member, Virginia State Council of Higher Education. Member: Newport News, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Former President); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocates. Reported Cases: United Virginia Bank/Citizens and Marine v. Union Oil Co. of California, 214 Va. 48, 197 S.E. 2d 174, 66 A.L.R. 3d 1286 (Va., June 11, 1973); Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. v. Watson, 243 Va. 128, 413 S. E. 2d 630 (1992); Curtis Fishing and Hunting Club, Inc. v. Johnson, et al., 200 S.E. 2d 542, 214 Va. 388 (Nov. 26, 1973); Cunningham v. Insurance Co. of North America, et al., 189 S.E. 2d 832, 213 Va. 72 (June 12, 1972); Huggins v. Commonwealth, 191 S.E. 2d 734, 213 Va. 327 (Oct. 9, 1972); Collier v. Raymark, 729 F. Supp. 485 (E.D. Va. 1989); Cannon v. H. K. Porter Co., 705 F. Supp. 288 (E.D. Va. 1989); Cave v. Johns-Manville Corp., 843 F. 2d 1386 (4th Cir. 1988). Practice Areas: Asbestos; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Business and Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Municipal Law.Email: Donald N. Patten
Robert R. Hatten (Managing Partner) born Charlottesville, Virginia, January 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Virginia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1969); Washington and Lee University (J.D., 1972). Recipient: Courageous Advocacy Award, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1989; Citation of Excellence Award, ATLA, 1999-2000. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2007. Law Clerk to the Honorable John A. MacKenzie, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk, Virginia, 1972-1973. Member: Newport News and Federal Bar Associations; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocates (Charter Fellow, 1995); Southern Trial Lawyers Association (1998). Practice Areas: Asbestos Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Products Liability.Email: Robert R. Hatten
Alan A. Diamonstein (Partner) admitted to bar, 1958, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (LL.B., 1958). Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from The College of William and Mary and from Christopher Newport University. Raven and Omicron Delta Kappa. Former Member, House of Delegates, Virginia General Assembly, 1967-2001. Executive Advisory Board, Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowships. Member, Board of Visitors, University of Virginia. Member: Newport News, Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Development.Email: Alan A. Diamonstein
H. Duncan Garnett, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1971, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A.; J.D.). Omicron Delta Kappa. The Best Lawyers in America, 1995. Recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by Richmond and Hampton Roads Magazines. Faculty, Virginia College of Trial Advocacy. Member, Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers. Member: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Former President); AAJ; Virginia State Bar (Professionalism Faculty). Practice Areas: Tractor Trailer; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Civil Trials; Business Litigation.Email: H. Duncan Garnett, Jr.
Avery Tillinghast "Sandy" Waterman, Jr. (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, October 29, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 1987, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1988, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1990 U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1995, District of Columbia; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of William & Mary (A.B., 1979); University of Virginia (J.D., 1982). Omicron Delta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Mortar Board, The College Register; President's Aide. Author: "Negligent Retention: Alive and Well in Virginia," 11 V.L.W. 253, Aug. 19, 1996; "Charitable Immunity: A Limited Doctrine," 9 The Journal of VTLA 2, Spring, 1997; "Healthcare Policies, Procedures and Protocols: Discoverability, Abuse, Admissibility and Legislation," 19 The Journal of VTLA 23, Spring, 2008; Listed: Who's Who in Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, 1978; Who's Who in American Law, 1990; Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1999; Virginia Business' Legal Elite, 2005; Best Lawyers in America, 2008; Virginia's Super Lawyers, 2008; Law dragon's Leading Plaintiff Attorneys, 2007; Amicus Curiae Honor Roll, 2006; Adjunct Professor, Tulane University, 1984. Member: Williamsburg and Federal Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Virginia and Southern Trial Lawyers Associations. Reported Cases: Kane v. Hargis, 987 F.2d 1005 (4th Cir. 1993); Alley v. Chrysler Credit Corp., 767 F.2d 138 (5th Cir. 1985); Webb v. Stevens, 2008 U.S. Dist. Lexis 61480 (E.D. N.C.); Choimbol v. Fairfield Resorts, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. Lexis 19340 (E.D. Va.); Zhu v. Rocco Farms, Inc., 1998 U.S. Dist. Lexis 21781 (W.D. Va.); Williamson v. Patterson, 150 B.R. 367 (E.D. Va. 1993); Verosol, B.V. v. Hunter Douglas, Inc., 806 F. Supp. 582 (E.D. Va. 1992); Riverside Hosp., Inc. v. Johnson, 272 Va. 518 (2006); Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Newport News Circuit Court Asbestos Cases Plaintiffs, 264 Va. 89 (2002); Waterman v. Halveson, 261 Va. 203 (2001); Jones v. Dokos Enters., Inc., 233 Va. 555 (1987); Pais v. Automation Prods., Inc., 36 Va. Cir. 230 (Newport News 1995); Treitler v. Am. Druggists' Ins. Co., 474 So. 2d 475 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1985); Evans v. Detweiler v. 466 So. 2d 800 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1984); Duckworth v. GEICO, 464 So. 2d 907 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1984); Landaiche v. Lou-Con, 461 So. 2d 1107 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1984); In re Tutorship of Werling, 459 So. 2d 758 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1984); and Mayeur v. Am. Cyanamid Co., 459 So. 2d 292 (La. App. 5th Cir. 1984); Carr v. Carr No. 0096-09-1 (Va. App. Aug. 18, 2009). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Litigation; Class Actions.Email: Avery Tillinghast "Sandy" Waterman, Jr.
Eleanor Weston Brown (Partner) born Landstuhl, West Germany, February 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Virginia; 1995, North Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1981); University of Richmond (J.D., 1985); College of William & Mary (LL.M. in Taxation, 1987). President, Peninsula Estate Planning Council, 2001-2002. Associate Professor, Regent University School of Law, 2002. Chairman, Hampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority 2007. Virginia Business Magazine "Legal Elite" in Tax, Trusts and Estates, 2005-2008. Author: "Transferable Conversation Easement Tax Credits, the Virginia Experience, Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation," Vol. 6, Oxford University Press. Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts and Estates; Probate; Estate Administration; Tax.Email: Eleanor Weston Brown
South Trimble Patterson (Partner) born Verdun, France, December 3, 1960; admitted to bar, 1991, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1983); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1991). Association for Retarded Citizens-Peninsula: Board of Directors, 1992-1997; President, 1996-1997. Faculty, American Institute of Banking, 1993-1994. Member, The Mariners' Museum Corporate Council, 2002-2007. Listed in Virginia Business Legal Elite, 2004. Member: Board of Governors, Virginia State Bar, Business Law Section, 2002. Executive Board, Colonial Virginia Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 2003-2007. Member: Newport News and York County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Business; Corporate; Real Estate.Email: South Trimble Patterson
James H. Shoemaker, Jr. (Partner) born Newport News, Virginia, December 26, 1961; admitted to bar, 1991, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.A./Econ., 1984); University of Richmond (J.D., 1991). Commissioner, Hampton Roads Sanitation District, 1996-2003. Member, Board of Trustees: Sarah Bonwell Hudgins Center, 1992, President, 1998-2002; Escheator, City of Hampton, 1996-2001. Member: Virginia, Newport News and Federal Bar Associations. [Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, 1984-1988]. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury.Email: James H. Shoemaker, Jr.
Hugh B. McCormick, III (Partner) born Short Hills, New Jersey, January 14, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Washington and Lee University (B.S., 1989); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1994). Member: Newport News and American Bar Associations; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Asbestos Litigation; Product Liability; Wrongful Death; Personal Injury.Email: Hugh B. McCormick, III
Steven A. Meade (Partner) born Lebanon, Virginia, September 21, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1991); College of William and Mary (J.D., 1994). Adjunct Professor, College of William and Mary School of Law, 1997-2003. Newport News Wetlands Board, 1997-2007 (Chair 2002-2004). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Transactions; Construction Law.Email: Steven A. Meade
Douglas E. Miller (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 19, 1962; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia. Education: James Madison University (B.S., 1984); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif. Member: William & Mary Law Review, 1993-1995. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Estate Litigation; Land Use Disputes; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Douglas E. Miller
Patrick R. Pettitt (Member) born Newport News, Virginia, December 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Old Dominion University (B.S.M.E., 1988); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1994). Order of the Barristers. Selected, American Trial Lawyers Association National Trial Team, 1994. Chief Justice, William B. Spong, Jr. Invitational Moot Court Tournament, 1994. Member: National Apartment Association; Virginia Apartment Management Association; Central Virginia Apartment Association; Peninsula Homebuilders' Association Peninsula Apartment Council; Tidewater Builders' Association Multifamily Housing Council. Member: Virginia State Bar (Area Representative, Board of Governors, Real Property Section, 1999-2002; Member, Sections on: Business Law; Real Estate Law, 1994). Practice Areas: Landlord and Tenant Law; Collections; Litigation.Email: Patrick R. Pettitt
Todd M. Lynn (Partner) born Hagerstown, Maryland, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Virginia. Education: James Madison University (B.B.A., Finance, 1984); University of Richmond (J.D., 1991). Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Hampton Roads Technology Council, 2005. Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate and Limited Liability Company Law; Commercial Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Venture Capital.Email: Todd M. Lynn
William W. Harty (Partner) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 15, 1966; admitted to bar, 2000, Virginia. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., 1988); Regent University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Listed: Virginia's Legal Elite, 2005; Virginia Rising Star, 2007. Law Clerk to D. Arthur Kelsey, Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals, 2002-2004. [Captain, U.S. Army, 1988-1997]. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Litigation; Personal Injury; Toxic Torts; Maritime Law.Email: William W. Harty
Jennifer West Vincent (Partner) born Fort Bragg, NC, August 16, 1967; admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Christopher Newport College (B.A., 1990); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Asbestos Litigation; Workers Compensation; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act.Email: Jennifer West Vincent
ASSOCIATESJason E. Messersmith (Associate) born Newport News, Virginia, 1976; admitted to bar, 2008, Virginia. Education: Old Dominion University (B.S., Applied Mathematics, 2005); William & Mary Law School (J.D., 2008). Past Member: William and Mary Environmental Law; Policy Review. Member: Newport News Bar, Hampton Bar and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Wills and Estates; Landlord/Tenant.Email: Jason E. Messersmith
Kevin M. Diamonstein (Associate) born Richmond, VA, September 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1990, Virginia; 1993, District of Columbia; 1996, Pennsylvania; 1998, New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Christopher Newport College (B.A., 1984); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, State and Federal Court; Pardons.Email: Kevin M. Diamonstein
Veronica E. Meade Sheppard (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland, 1958; admitted to bar, 2002, Maryland; 2003, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Court and U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; 2004, Virginia; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tuskegee University (B.Arch., summa cum laude, 1997); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Landlord and Tenant Law; Civil Litigation; Wills; Estate Administration.Email: Veronica E. Meade Sheppard
Erin E. Hieronimus (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Old Dominion University (B.A., 2001); Regent University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Virginia State Bar; Newport News Bar Association; Greater Peninsula Women's Bar Association; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Asbestos Litigation; Workers Compensation; Products Liability; Litigation.
Lindsey A. Carney (Associate) born Natrona Heights, PA, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia. Education: Christopher Newport University (B.A., Governmental Administration, 2001); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate.Email: Lindsey A. Carney
Robert P. Stenzhorn (Associate) born Norfolk, Virginia; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia; 2008, District of Columbia. Education: Liberty University (B.S.B., 1997); Old Dominion University (M.B.A., Finance, 2000); Regent University (J.D., 2005). Certified Public Accountant: Virginia; District of Columbia. Member: Virginia State Bar; The District of Columbia Bar.Email: Robert P. Stenzhorn
OF COUNSELStanley W. Drucker (Of Counsel) born Newport News, VA, February 22, 1931; admitted to bar, 1952, Virginia; 1956, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., 1951; LL.B., 1953). Order of the Coif; Raven Society. Member: Newport News, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. (Resident).
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