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| | Address | | The Virginia Building, 25 North Central Avenue, P.O. Box 108 | | Staunton, Virginia 22402-0108 | | (Ind. City; Seat of Augusta Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 540-885-1517 | | Fax: 540-885-4537 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.tstm.com | | |
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| Timberlake, Smith, Thomas & Moses, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Trial & Appellate, Business, Professional Liability, Employment Discrimination, Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice, Banking, Corporate, Creditors Bankruptcy, Estate Planning and Administration, Family, Insurance, Negligence, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Real Estate, Social Security Disability, Taxation, Truck and Tractor Trailer Litigation and Workers Compensation Law. | Firm Profile:
For more than 70 years Timberlake, Smith and its predecessor firms have provided a variety of legal services to clients in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. Timberlake, Smith has carried the highest rating given by Martindale-Hubbell for many years. Its business group represents a variety of banks, health care clients, and businesses in corporate work as well as individuals in real estate and estate planning. The firm's litigation group emphasizes the defense of civil cases, including medical malpractice and civil rights litigation, and includes two Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers and two former Presidents of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. The education law group represents school boards and individuals schools throughout Virginia. | | Firm Size: 13 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Augusta Health Care, Inc.; Augusta Regional Free Clinic; Baugher Chevrolet-Buick, Inc.; Crosby Trucking Services, Inc.; Culpeper County School Board; Farm Credit of the Virginias ACA; Fishburne Military School; Frederick County School Board; Greater Augusta Association of Realtors, Inc.; Harrisonburg City School Board; Mary Baldwin College; McDonough Toyota; Planters Trust, a division of Virginia Commonwealth Trust Company; Rockingham County School Board; Rule Honda-Volkswagon; Shenandoah Acres; Shenandoah County School Board; Specialty Blades, Inc.; Staunton Redevelopment and Housing Authority; Stuart Hall School; Virginia Scientific Research, Inc. | Representative Clients:
Commonwealth of Virginia; Criterion Claims and Solutions; Cottingham & Butler; Division of Risk Management; Branch Banking & Trust Co. of Virginia; Perdue Farms, Inc.; Tyson Foods, Inc.; Koch Trucking, Inc.; RLI Transportation, Inc.; Kappa Alpha Order. Insurance Companies AXA Assurances, Inc.; Cincinnati; CNA; Erie; Geico; Great American; Interstate Motor Carrier; Metropolitan Life; Piedmont Liability Trust (Medical Malpractice for University of Virginia Health Services Foundation); Professionals Advocate (Medical Malpractice); Progressive; State Farm; The Travelers; United States Aviation Underwriters; Virginia Farm Bureau. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | Wayt B. Timberlake, Jr. (1908-1989). | | Richard W. Smith (1920-2006). | | Colin J. S. Thomas, Jr. (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, October 14, 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1958; LL.B., 1962). Faculty, Trial Advocacy: University of Virginia, 1983—; National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1982—. Member: Staunton-Augusta County (President, 1982-1983) and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member: Council, 1981-1987, 2002-2003; Chairman, Sr. Lawyers Conf., 2002-2003); Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (President, 1984-1985). Fellow: Virginia Law Foundation; International Society of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers. [USMCR, 1958-1960]. Practice Areas: Products Liability Law; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Colin J. S. Thomas, Jr. | | Preston Donald Moses (Member) born Danville, Virginia, March 17, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1965; LL.B., 1968). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: Staunton-Augusta County (President, 1977-1978) and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Council, 1987-1993); Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1990). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Insurance Law. Email: Preston Donald Moses | | John W. Sills, III (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, July 6, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1967; M.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Clerk to Justice of Supreme Court of Virginia, 1971-1972. Member: Staunton-Augusta County and Virginia Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Real Estate Law; Estate Planning and Administration; Trusts and Estates; Education Law. Email: John W. Sills, III | | Thomas G. Bell, Jr. (Member) born Staunton, Virginia, January 2, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976). Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation. Member: Staunton-Augusta County (President, 1993-1994) and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (President, 2003-2004); American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Law; Worker's Compensation Law. Email: Thomas G. Bell, Jr. | | B. E. Brannock (Member) born Waynesboro, Virginia, August 5, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Virginia. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., History with honors, summa cum laude, 1982); University of Virginia (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Staunton-Augusta County (President 2004-2005) and Virginia Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: B. E. Brannock | | J. Ross Newell, III (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, February 22 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Virginia; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1985). Burks Scholar. Member: Staunton-Augusta County and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Trucking Defense; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: J. Ross Newell, III | | C. J. Steuart Thomas, III (Member) born Charlottesville, Virginia, December 27, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Virginia; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1983); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1986). Faculty, Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course. Member: Staunton-Augusta County, Virginia and American (Member, Health Care Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (President, Young Lawyers Conference, 1992-1993; President, Section on: Health Care, 1998-1999; Member, Board of Governors, Litigation Section, 2002-2005); Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Member, Medical Malpractice Section); Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Law; Civil Litigation. Email: C. J. Steuart Thomas, III | | Randall T. Perdue (Member) born Lynchburg, Virginia, June 21, 1962; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1984); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Judicial Clerkship, The Honorable James H. Michael, Jr., U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, 1995-1996. Member: Staunton-Augusta County and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Reported Cases: Shenandoah Acres, Inc. v. D.M. Conner, Inc., 256 Va. 337, 505 S.E.2d. 369 (1998); Patten, Adm'r v. Commonwealth, 262 Va. 654, 553 S.E.2d 517 (2001). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Business Litigation; Professional Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Randall T. Perdue | | Rosalie Pemberton Fessier (Member) born Richmond, Virginia, July 18, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia; 2001, Colorado; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. Education: Keene State College (B.A., cum laude, 1991); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1995). Member: Staunton-Augusta County, El Paso County, Virginia and Colorado Bar Associations; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Civil Rights. Email: Rosalie Pemberton Fessier | | James D. Mayson (Member) born San Francisco, California, January 30, 1965; admitted to bar, 2001, Virginia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1988); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Staunton-Augusta, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Member, Medical Malpractice Section). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Insurance Defense. Email: James D. Mayson | | G. Rodney Young, II (Member) born Martinsville, Virginia, July 11, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Virginia; 1993, California. Education: Clemson University (B.A., cum laude, 1983) Phi Kappa Phi; College of William & Mary (J.D., 1988). Order of the Barristers. Member: Virginia Bar Association; Virginia School Board Association Council of School Attorneys (Vice Chair, Board of Directors, 2003). Practice Areas: Education Law; Special Education; Professional Liability Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: G. Rodney Young, II | | OF COUNSEL | | Douglas L. Guynn (Of Counsel) born Staunton, Virginia, July 15, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (B.S., Finance, with distinction, 1976); University of Virginia (J.D., 1980). Editorial Board Member, Virginia Journal of International Law. Member, Virginia State Council of Higher Education (1997-1998). Member, Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission (2000—). Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member: Virginia Bar Association. Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation. City Attorney, City of Staunton. Practice Areas: Education Law; Litigation; Constitutional Law; Employment Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Douglas L. Guynn | | —————————— | | Mandi M. Smith (Associate) born Roanoke, Virginia, May 7, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1997); Washington & Lee School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Wall St. Journal Achievement Award. Member: Staunton-Augusta County and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate Law; Business Law; Employment Law. Email: Mandi M. Smith |
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