Virginia focuses her practice in the areas of product and professionally liability, toxic tort and mass tort litigation, construction law, and environmental and pollution law. Specifically, she has spent her litigation years defending product liability and general insureds, asbestos manufacturers, health care providers, and breast implant manufacturers in hundreds of multimillion dollar lawsuits. She has tried cases in both state and federal courts.
Throughout her years litigating cases, Virginia has managed caseloads consisting of thousands of claims at one time. This has allowed her to gain extensive experience working with corporate clients, national counsel, coordinating counsel, as well as local counsel. She has a special insight to the “big picture” as it relates to volume litigation. She can identify and focus on target cases, which allows her to keep costs down while providing invaluable service to her clients.
Virginia has served and is currently serving on Trial Teams for National Clients and is also Regional Counsel for a client for whom she is responsible for overseeing cases filed in the Southeast Region of the United States. Virginia has been elected to the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, a worldwide organization assisting in establishing standards for providing competent, efficient and economical legal services, and to use the knowledge of its members for the benefit of public good. Additionally, she has been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a prestigious national organization that helps to promote and develop the civil jury trial system.
Virginia has achieved the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell rating for the highest level of legal ability and adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence. Virginia has served on the Judicial Nominating Rules Committee for the Florida Bar, and is a former member of the Florida Bar Judicial Administration, Selection and Tenure Committee, and the Civil Rules Committee. She is past chair of the Dade County Bar Association Meetings Committee and past chair of the 11th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee “H,” and vice chair of the Mediation Committee. She is a former member of the Dade Bar Association’s Civil Litigation and Professional Committees.
Virginia is a certified Fee Arbitrator and currently teaches Litigation Skills as an adjunct professor at University of Miami School of Law. She is also a member of Round Table Group – a consortium of professors and legal professionals who provide research, consultation, and expert witness testimony services to litigators and others in the legal profession.
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“Put Something Back” program (Dade County Bar Assoc)
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11th Circuit Fee Arbitration Committee (Florida Bar)
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Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Miami School of Law, Litigation Skills Program 2003-present
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Chair, Grievance Committee (Florida Bar)
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Civil Litigation Committee (Dade County Bar Assoc)
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Civil Procedure Rules Committee (Florida Bar)
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Dade County Defense Bar Association
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Defense Research Institute
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Elected as ABOTA representative to FLABOTA
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Elected to American Board of Trial Advocates
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Elected to Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
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Florida Defense Lawyers Association
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Judicial Administration, Selection and Tenure Committee (Florida Bar)
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Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee (Florida Bar)
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Mediation Committee (Dade County Bar Assoc)
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Professionalism Committee (Dade County Bar Association)
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University of Miami School of Law, 1985, JD
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Florida International University, 1982, B.A.
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AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.
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Virginia frequently accepts guardianship cases for the court and volunteers her time to help clean up beaches.
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She had volunteered for the Special Olympics and the Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc.
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During Hurricane Andrew, Virginia was actively involved in providing pro bono legal advice to hurricane victims. She also provided manual labor assistance to homeowners in South Dade. Currently, she volunteers for the Special Olympics and the Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc.
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