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Marks & Harrison
Marks & Harrison was founded in 1911 by David A. Harrison, Jr. It has continued its practice uninterrupted since that time. For three generations our attorneys have represented the families of Virginia.

The Firm currently has 18 attorneys and a staff of over 70. It limits its practice to representation of those injured in personal injury, workers’ compensation and social security disability matters. Marks & Harrison has represented thousands of injured victims in all types of claims and has successfully tried or negotiated twelve cases between a million dollars and twelve million dollars.

Two members of Marks & Harrison served in the Virginia House of Delegates as Chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee and as Chairman of the Corporation Insurance and Banking Committee. Two members of the Firm have served as Commonwealth’s Attorneys and one as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney. One served as mayor of Hopewell. Members of the Firm have gone on to serve as Circuit Court and Juvenile Court judges and as substitute judges. Members of the Firm have been both a City Attorney and a County Attorney.

Among the ranks of Marks & Harrison have been former Virginia Supreme Court law clerks and a federal court law clerk. The Firm has members who are fellows of the Roscoe Pound Institute and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, and who serve on the faculty of the Virginia College of Trial Advocacy. Two members of Marks & Harrison have been invited to be members of the American Board of Trial Advocates. One has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in Plaintiff’s Personal Injury. Two have been named Legal Elite by Virginia Business Magazine. Three have been named SuperLawyers by Law and Politics.

Marks & Harrison is the only Firm whose members have received the three most distinguished awards of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Among their ranks has been a former President, a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award and a recipient of the Courageous Advocate Award of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Two members currently serve on the New Lawyers Division Board of Governors. No other firm has been so honored. Its members also serve on committees of the American Association of Justice and on the Board of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association.

In addition to the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, members of Marks & Harrison have served in positions of leadership with the Virginia Bar Association including on its Committee on Nominations to the Supreme Court of Appeals. One of its members served as a member of the 1944 Virginia Constitutional Convention. The Firm has members who currently serve on the Boyd-Graves Conference of the Virginia Bar Association. One of its attorneys has served as trial counsel for the Virginia Transportation Commission in condemnation cases.

Attorneys at Marks & Harrison have served as lawyers for the County of Chesterfield, the Richmond School Board, the Hopewell School Board and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Marks & Harrison lawyers have defended cases for State Farm Insurance Company, Home Insurance Company, Virginia Farm Bureau and Colonial Insurance Company.

Attorneys at Marks & Harrison have been active in the work of the Virginia State Bar including serving on several District Committees, on its Young Lawyer Conference and on the Standing Committee on Lawyer Advertising and Solicitation.

Lawyers at Marks & Harrison have been president of the Petersburg Bar Association, the Hopewell Bar Association, the Sixth Circuit Bar Association, Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Southside Virginia Legal Services, Inc., and one of Marks & Harrison’s attorneys has been a faculty member of the Virginia State Bar’s Professionalism Course. Members of the Firm have served on the Judicial Council of Virginia and the Conference of Insurance Legislators, have been certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and have been members of the Virginia College of Criminal Defense Attorneys. One of its attorneys has served as President of the Virginia Capital Resources Center.

Marks & Harrison members have served their community as President of the Rotary Club and of two local chambers of commerce, and have received the Jaycees’ Distinguished Community Service Award and the Outstanding Young Citizen Award. The Firm supports the work of LINC, the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the Lower James River Association. It has sponsored a teen safety program with the Medical College of Virginia for over ten years. Marks & Harrison endows a scholarship for law students interested in a career in personal injury at the T.C. Williams School of Law.

The Firm is one of the three largest specialized personal injury law firms in the state. It has on its staff a former claim adjuster, and three investigators-one who served as a state trooper and two with local police departments.