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Address
1000 Dominion Tower
999 Waterside Drive
Norfolk, Virginia 23510 ((Independent City))
Average Client Review Rating
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 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) The law firm of Breit, Drescher & Imprevento, P.C. was formed in 1988 and currently staffs four attorneys who are supported by paralegals, legal secretaries and full time investigators. The firm specializes in representing plaintiffs in personal injury (auto accidents), product liability (defective products), premises liability (slip and fall), medical malpractice, maritime, and qui tam (whistleblower) litigation. The firm is very proud of the leadership and active role they have provided to their profession including Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, The American Bar Association and numerous civic organizations. Both partners are consistently recognized in the publications of the Best Lawyers in America and Who's Who in American Law. The law firm of Breit, Drescher & Imprevento is proud of their reputation for professionalism and commitment to achieving success for their clients. Statement of PracticePractice Limited to Plaintiff Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Spinal Cord Injuries, Head and Brain Trauma, Severe Burns, Slip and Fall, Vehicular Homicide, Wrongful Death, Motorcycle Accidents, Dog Bites, Animal Mauling, Catastrophic Accidents and Injuries, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Admiralty/Maritime Law, False Claims Act, Qui Tam Actions, Toxic Torts. Year Established: 1988
Firm Size: 4
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Address1000 Dominion Tower
999 Waterside Drive
Norfolk, VA 23510, ((Independent City))
PhonePhone: 757-622-6000
Fax: 757-670-3939
Website
http://www.breitdrescher.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
John W. Drescher (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, May 13, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Virginia, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1970); University of Richmond (J.D., 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Member, University of Richmond National Moot Court Team. Author: "Outer Limits: Criminal Discovery and Inspection in Virginia," Virginia Trial Lawyers Journal, 1989; "Accident Reconstruction: Is There Life After Brown v. Corbin?" 1993 Virginia Trial Lawyers Annual Convention Manual; "Is There a Place for Accident Reconstruction Testimony in Virginia?" 2005 Virginia Trial Lawyers Annual Convention Manual. Lecturer, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Trial Advocacy Seminars (1990-2005); Virginia and Virginia Beach Bar Association CLE (1987, 1990). Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2008; Who's Who in American Law, 1997-2008. Life Member, National Registry of Who's Who; Superlawyers - one of the top 10 lawyers in Virginia (2006); one of the top 50 lawyers in Virginia (2007). Invitation for Fellowship, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2008. Member: Virginia Beach (President, 1990), Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1990); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Inns of Court, I'Anson-Hoffman Inn; Fellow, American Board of Trial Advocates. Reported Cases: Hackman v. Commonwealth, 220 Va. 710 (1980); Keeter v. Commonwealth, 222 Va. 134 (1981); Johnson v. Haas, 224 Va. 245 (1982); Keel v. Keel, 225 Va. 606 (1983); Colony Council Bd. of Directors v. Hightower Enterprises, 228 Va. 197 (1984); City of Virginia Beach v. Virginia Restaurant Ass'n, Inc., 231 Va. 130 (1986); Allen v. Commonwealth, 3 Va. App. 657 (1987); Rossman v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 832 F.2d 282 (4th Cir. 1987); U.S. v. Lozano, 839 F. 2d 1020 (4th Cir. 1988); Foster v. Commonwealth, 8 Va. App. 167 (1989); Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Parker, 240 Va. 180 (1990); Davis v. Thoman Motel Corp., 900 F. 2d 28 (4th Cir. 1990); Burns v. Johnson, 250 Va. 41 (1995); Clohessy v. Weiler, 250 Va. 249, 462 S. E. 2d 94 (1995); Jeneary v. Commonwealth, 262 Va. 418 (2001); Velocity Express Mid-Atlantic v. Hugen, 266 Va. 188, 585 S. E. 2d 557 (2003). Languages: English. Practice Areas: Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Medical Negligence; Severe Burns; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; Vehicular Homicide; Wrongful Death; Toxic Torts.Email: John W. Drescher
Jeffrey A. Breit (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Virginia, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Fifth Circuits; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, District of Columbia; 1990, North Carolina and New York. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1979). Adjunct Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School (2005). Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Maritime Law Review, 1978-1979. Author: "Wrongful Death-Wage Earner," Virginia Trial Lawyers, 1986; "Personal Injury and Death in Maritime Law," Virginia Trial Lawyers, 1987; "Premises Liability," Lawyers Alert, 1989; "Crafting the Closing and Rebuttal Argument & Closing Argument," Association of Trial Lawyers, Reno, NV, October, 1992; "Proving Loss of Society & Services in Wrongful Death," Association of Trial Lawyers, New Orleans, LA, April, 1993. "Payback of Worker's Compensation and Health Care Liens," Trial Advocacy Seminar, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1994; "Excessive and Inadequate Verdicts," Trial Advocacy Seminar, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1994; "Thoracic Outlet Syndrome," ATLA, March 1993, Colorado; "Cross Examination of Experts and Other Ways to Lose a Case," ATLA, March 1993; "The Thing They Didn't Teach (in law school) - Now I Know that the Following Are Bad Things To Do," VLTA Annual Convention, April 1996. Author: "Tort Law Update - Virginia Supreme Court, VLTA Annual Convention, March 1998; "Premises Liability (3rd Party Criminal Attacks) Inadequate Security," Louisiana Trial Lawyers /association, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1998; "Negligent Hiring and Retention in Violent Crime Cases," ATLA, NCA Premises Liability Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, February 1999; "Deflating Defense Counsel's Arguments at Voir Dire," ATLA, July 1999; "Responding to Difficult Courtroom Situations: Ethical Considerations," "Direct Examination," and "Closing Argument," ATLA NCA Trial Advocacy College, Harvard Law School, March 1999; "Using the Jury's Imagination to Maximize Damages," New Jersey Trial Lawyers Annual Convention, April 2003; "Supreme Court Update, 2003," VTLA Annual Convention, 2003. "The Wired Courtroom," Virginia Bar Association, January 2004; "Conflict Between Attorney and Client on Settlement v. Trial," Virginia Trial Lawyers Annual Convention, April 2004; "Improving the Jury Using Juror Questions," ATLA Annual Convention, July 2004; "Dealing with Defenses," NABIS Annual Conference, Vail, CO, September 2004; "Tips to Motivate a Jury in a Traumatic Brain Injury Case," VTLA Brain Injury Retreat, Richmond, VA, October 2004; "Damages in Opening Statement," New Approaches to Damages Seminar, ATLA, New Orleans, LA, October 2004. Author: "The Things They Didn't Teach You in Law School," ATLA Annual Convention, Toronto, July 2005; Enhancing Damages by Proving a Defendant's Bad Conduct," ATLA Annual Convention, Toronto, July 2005; "Opening Statements," VTLA Annual Convention, April 2006; "Use of Demonstrative Evidence for Direct and Cross Examination: Entertaining Story With Pictures and Words," North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Sunset Beach, North Carolina, June 16, 2007; "Use of Demonstrative Evidence for Direct & Cross Examination," Kentucky Justice Association, September 2007; "Tort Law Update," VTLA Annual Convention, March 2008. Member: Virginia Beach and Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Associations; Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, New York and District of Columbia Bar Associations; American Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States; American Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1988; Fellow, National College of Advocacy); Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers; President, Operation Smile, 1986-1988; Member, Board of Editors, Maritime Law Reporter, Butterworth, 1986-1988; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 1983-1993 and President, 1998-1999). Reported Cases: Acuar v. Letourneau, 206 Va. 180, 531 S.E. 2d 316, 2000 Va. LEXIS 107 (2000); Virginia Electric & Power Company v. Dungee, 258 Va. 235, 520 S.E. 2d 164 (1999). Languages: English. Practice Areas: Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Medical Negligence; Severe Burns; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; Vehicular Homicide; Wrongful Death; Toxic Torts.Email: Jeffrey A. Breit
Michael F. Imprevento (Member) born Bayshore, New York, September 4, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, New York; 1984, Virginia; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Fordham University (B.A., History, 1979); Hofstra University (J.D., 1982). Author: "The Economist," The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Fall 1992; "Household Product Liability as a Household Name," Virginia Trial Lawyers Journal, Fall 1994; "Damage Issues Unique to Products Liability Cases," The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Fall 1998; "A Comparative Analysis of Warranty, Negligence, Strict Liability and Virginia's Theories of Recovery for Product Defect," Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Products Liability Retreat, October 1998; "Kumho Tire: A Study of the Use of Expert Testimony in Federal Court in a Products Liability Case," The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, October 15, 1999, Republished Journal: The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, October 2002. Lecturer, Strategies for Success in Personal Injury Cases in Virginia, Spring, 1994, 1995; Premises Liability: Preparation and Trial of a Difficult Case in Virginia, Fall, 1995. Chairman, Moderator, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Advocacy Seminar, Fall 1995; Virginia Poverty Law Seminar "Virginia Discovery," 1995; "The Virginia Consumer Expectations Test for Product Defect, What Is It and Where Did It Come From." Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Products Liability Retreat, October 1997; "It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: The Current Virginia Standard of Admissibility of Expert Testimony is Superior to Daubert and Our Gate Should Be Closed to its Principles," Virginia State Bar Litigation News, Winter 2003. General Counsel, Chesapeake Coalition of Police. Lt., JAGC, U.S. Navy, 1983-1986, Naval Legal Service Office, Norfolk, Virginia; Special Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1985-1986} Languages: English. Practice Areas: Product Liability; Civil Rights; Personal Injury Litigation.Email: Michael F. Imprevento
——————————Derrick L. Walker (Associate) born Dover, Delaware. 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Virginia; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1994); University of Richmond, T.C. William School of Law (J.D., 2000). Recipient: CALI Award for Excellence in the Study of Evidence Law; International Academy of Trial Lawyers Student Advocate Award. Member: Richmond, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; The Boyd-Graves Conference. Reported Cases: 7-Eleven, Inc. v. Dept. of Envtl. Quality, 42 VA. App. 65, 590 S.E. 2d 84 (2003); HHC Associates v. Assurance Company of America, 256 F. Supp. 2d 505 (2003); Russell Terry v. John Doe, 639 S.E.2d 197 (2007). Languages: English. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice.Email: Derrick L. Walker
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