Awards and Badges

Better Business Bureau Accredited Business A+. BBB ratings represent the BBB’s opinion of how the business is likely to interact with its customers. The BBB rating is based on information BBB is able to obtain about the business, including complaints received from the public. BBB seeks and uses information directly from businesses and from public data sources. BBB assigns ratings from A+ (highest) to F (lowest). Our Letter Rating A+ (97/100).

Avvo Clients Choice Award. Clients’ Choice Award recipients are required to be nominated by clients in order to enter the contention for the AVVO Clients’ Choice Award. They are judged based on clients recommendations, based on personal injury settlements, results and achievements in insurance law, and trial law excellence. Avvo.com is an online legal services marketplace that provides lawyer referrals and access to a database of legal information consisting primarily of previously answered questions. Lawyer profiles may include client reviews, disciplinary actions, peer endorsements, and lawyer-submitted legal guides.

The Avvo Rating 10.0. The Avvo Rating is our effort to evaluate a lawyer’s background based on the information available in an attorney’s Avvo profile. We create the rating using a model that considers information the lawyer has included on their profile in addition to the information we collect from public sources like state bar associations and lawyer websites. Any information that affects the Avvo Rating is visible in an attorney’s profile. Ratings fall on a scale of 1 (Extreme Caution) to 10 (Superb), helping you quickly assess a lawyer’s background based on our rating.

Coastal Virginia Magazine: “Top Lawyers Of Coastal Virginia. 20 attorneys are awarded top honors annually by Coastal Virginia Magazine, a lifestyle publication serving Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk and greater Hampton Roads. The attorneys receiving accommodation encompass a vast number of legal specialties including construction law, government and administrative law, business law, labor and employment, commercial real-estate, litigation, commercial contracts, government contracts, maritime, transportation, International Business and many more.

Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award. Martindale-Hubbell is the premier lawyer rating service in the country. Martindale-Hubbell gives the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award to those lawyers whose clients give the lawyer a 4.5 average rating (out of 5.0) in the following areas: (1) Communications Ability; (2) Responsiveness; (3) Quality of Service; and (4) Value for Money. Less than one percent (1%) of the more than 900,000 attorneys listed by Martindale-Hubbell on its martindale.com and lawyers.com websites receive the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award.

Coastal Virginia “Best Of” Readers Choice Award. Voting for the “Best Of” Coastal Virginia is a great way to support the places you frequent and the community individuals you love. In order to find out who is the best, we completely rely on you—our readers. So, vote away and spread the word!

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.