Thomas H. Roberts & Associates has tried cases in Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield and Hanover since 1986, including the first jury verdict over $1 million in Henrico County history. We focus on catastrophic injuries and wrongful death where the evidence of fault is strong.
Injury and wrongful death cases are handled on a contingency fee: no attorney's fee unless we recover for you. Costs are explained in your written fee agreement.
Preliminary inquiry only — no attorney-client relationship
Completing a questionnaire, submitting a form, calling, or emailing the firm is a preliminary inquiry. It does not create an attorney-client relationship. Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, PC does not represent you unless and until the firm agrees to do so in a written, signed fee agreement.
Consistent with Rule 1.18 of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct, we treat the information you provide in a preliminary inquiry as confidential, and we will not use or reveal it except as those Rules permit. That confidentiality does not make you our client, does not mean we have agreed to take your matter, and does not mean the firm is protecting any deadline for you. You alone remain responsible for every statute of limitations, notice requirement, and filing deadline until the firm has agreed to represent you in a written, signed fee agreement.
So that we can first check for conflicts of interest, please share only the basic facts needed to evaluate your matter, and do not send confidential information or documents until we have spoken.
We accept a limited number of injury cases so each one gets trial-level preparation from the first week. These are the cases where that preparation matters most.
Delivery vans, dump trucks, buses and company vehicles. Federal safety rules, driver logs and onboard data often prove fault directly.
Impaired or phone-using drivers can expose themselves to punitive damages under Virginia law in addition to compensation for your injuries.
Claims on behalf of spouses, children and parents who lost a family member to negligence or a violent act.
Brain and spinal cord injuries, amputations, severe burns and injuries requiring surgery or leaving permanent limits on work and daily life.
Civil claims against the person responsible and against employers, landlords or institutions that failed to prevent foreseeable harm.
Injuries on commercial property where the owner knew, or should have known, about the hazard and did nothing.
Virginia is one of only a handful of states that still follows contributory negligence. If an insurer can show you were even slightly at fault, it can argue you should recover nothing at all.
That rule is why we evaluate liability before anything else, and why we move quickly to lock down the evidence that answers the question before it disappears.
Judgment entered for a survivor of sexual assault. Judgment amount shown; amounts collected may differ.
A contractor struck repeatedly by a former prosecutor. The first jury verdict over $1 million in the county's history (2002).
Richmond Circuit Court jury verdict for a man battered during an unlawful detention (2013).
A shopper injured when a heavy bolt of fabric slid from a store's cutting table (1997).
Every case turns on its own facts and law. These results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any other matter.
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