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| | Address | | 208 West Main Street, Suite 300, P.O. Box 487 | | Tazewell, Virginia 24651 | | (Tazewell Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 276-979-8110 | | Fax: 276-979-8112 | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Henderson & Forster, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
Real Estate, Real Property, Automobile Accidents, Personal Injury, Criminal Law, Civil Rights, Construction Law, Appellate Practice (Appeals), Admiralty, Civil Litigation, Tort Litigation. | | Firm Size: 2 | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | James R. Henderson, IV (Member) born Raleigh, North Carolina, March 12, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Virginia; 1975, District of Columbia; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1981, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Virginia. Education: University of North Carolina; Old Dominion University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); University of Virginia (J.D., 1974). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1973-1974. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, 2002-2005 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 2005-2006, Appalachian School of Law, Grundy, Virginia. Member: Tazewell County Bar Association; The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Mullins v. Simmons, 235 Va.194, 365 S.E.2d 771 (1988); Sizemore v. Commonwealth, 11 Va.App. 208, 397 S.E.2d 408 (1990); Ramey v. Bobbitt, 250 Va.474, 463 S.E.2d 437 (1995); McNew v. McCoy, 251 Va.297, 467 S.E.2d 477 (1996); Rogers v. Damron, 23 Va.App. 708, 479 S.E.2d 540 (1997); Forster v. Hall, 265 Va. 293, 576 S.E.2d. 746 (2003); Billips v. Commonwealth, 274 VA 805, 652 S.E. 2d 99 (2007); Hoebelheinrich v. Hoebelheinrich, 43 VA. App. 543, 600 S.E. 2d 152 (2004). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Property; Personal Injury; Criminal Law; Civil Rights Law; Appellate Practice; Trusts and Estates; Family Law. Email: James R. Henderson, IV | | Richard A. Forster (Member) born Romulas, New York, November 20, 1946; admitted to bar, 1986, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1987, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1994, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1996, Virginia; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia. Education: State University of New York at Oswego (B.S., 1973); Washburn University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986); Tulane University (LL.M., with distinction, 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Edward A. Dodd Award in Admiralty, Tulane University, 1987. Member, 1984-1986 and Associate Editor, 1985-1986, Washburn Law Journal. Seminar Panelist: "Attachment Under Rule B," ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, San Francisco, 1992. Author: Note, "Kansas Enacts New Provisions for Child Support Enforcement - Mandatory Wage Withholding," 25 Washburn L.J. 91 (1985); Comment, "Oil and Gas: The Corporation Commission's Role in Evaluating the Prudence of Operations in Statutory Utilization," 24 Washburn L.J. 191 (1984). Member: Tazewell County Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; Illinois State Bar Association (Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Section); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Elected Proctor-in-Admiralty, 1997). Reported Cases: Kadala v. Cunard Lines, Ltd., 226 Ill. App.3d 302, 589 N.E. 2d 802 (1st Dist. 1992); Dimon v. Royal Cruise Lines, 1985 AMC 685 (Iowa Dist. Ct. 1994); Minelli v. Frank B. Hall of Missouri, Inc., 868 F. Supp. 915 (N.D. Ill. 1995); Folkstone Maritime Ltd. v. CSX Corp., 1989 AMC 862 (N.D. Ill. 1988), appeal dismissed, 866 F.2d 955 (7th Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 813, 1990 AMC 2700 (1989) (associate counsel with Michael A. Synder); Folkstone Maritime Ltd. v. CSX Corp., 64 F.3d 1037, 1995 AMC 2705 (7th Cir. 1995) (associate with Michael A. Synder). Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Real Estate; Real Property; Bankruptcy; Business Formation; Insurance; Employment Law; Civil Litigation; Tort Litigation. Email: Richard A. Forster |
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