Our Attorneys

Attorney Fred D. Smith, Jr. has practiced law in southern Virginia for more than 40 years. He is a consummate trial attorney and a fierce advocate. Beyond his legal experience, Fred knows the complex science of medicine as only an attorney who's cross-examined countless medical experts and prepared hundreds of cases can.

Any attorney can file a medical malpractice claim; few can try a case. Fred is routinely brought in by other attorneys as co-counsel and trial counsel on hard medical cases, by even seasoned trial attorneys. Medical malpractice is not mere lawyering on the topic of medical malpractice--it is its own highly technical, scientific, and nuanced art that requires someone who knows the process, procedures, and pitfalls.

Doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes hire some of the best attorneys in the state to defend them. There is no chance the defense will ever come unprepared or send someone less-capable to "learn the ropes". Medical malpractice, with its implications for high-dollar awards and the potential impact on the careers of the defendants is simply too high stakes for anything less than top-flight lawyering.

Fred D. Smith is ready for the challenge.