Shapiro, Richard Neal

Background:

He served as a law clerk to Federal District Court Judge Robert G. Doumar in Norfolk, and now exclusively handles injury law. He co-authored "Railroad Health & Safety; a Litigator's Guide" which appears in a leading law encyclopedia, "American Jurisprudence Trials", and is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the N.B.T.A. Rick was elected chair of the Railroad Law section of the American Association for Justice (AAJ, 2005-2006) and has lectured on evidence law to the AAJ, VTLA, Georgia TLA, as well as to Virginia lawyers. A member of Primerus Society of Law Firms.

Publications:

Railroad Health & Safety; a Litigator's Guide. Co-Author, 72 Am. Jur. Trials, p.1 (West).

Reported/Published Legal Decisions: Bray v. Ins. Co. of State of Pa., 917 F2d 130 (4th Cir. 1990).

• Cell Phones Causing Alarming Numbers of Motor Vehicle/Car Crashes
• Keeping Our Kids Safe:What To Do And Know If You Suspect A Faulty Car Safety Seat
• Keeping Our Kids Safe: Child Car Seat Safety-Amazingly Little Federal/State Regulation Leaves Kids Vulnerable
• Prevention of Railroad Lifting and Repetitive Stress Injuries Using Ergonomic Analysis
• What Every Railroad Worker Should Know About Diesel Fume Lung Disease and Lung Cancer
• Virginia railroad injury lawyers--A short history of railroad injury law in Virginia
• A General Review of Asbestos Claims Affecting Railroad Workers