Virginia Truck Accident Injury Lawyers

Since 1984, Jim St. Clair has fought and helped Virginia Beach personal injury clients overcome some of the most traumatic moments of their lives.

Whether you have been in an accident caused by the fault of another or a victim of medical malpractice, the results can leave you profoundly damaged physically, mentally, and economically. You may be entitled to substantial compensation.

Jim is a seasoned and experienced personal injury trial attorney with 40 years of experience. He graduated with honors from Creighton University School of Law in 1984 and then served in a prestigious federal law clerk position for the late U.S. District Judge J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Over several decades, Jim has enjoyed remarkable success advocating for injured clients and has won notable multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts. He has tried cases in Virginia General District and Circuit Court and in the Eastern and Western District Virginia Federal Court.

In one case that went on appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia, he persuaded the court to change the law governing the statute of limitations in Virginia medical malpractice “misdiagnosis” cases.

Jim’s areas of practice in Virginia personal injury law include medical malpractice, car and truck injury cases, dog bite injuries, and cases involving negligence on business premises. Within these areas of law, he has also successfully prosecuted numerous wrongful death actions.

Outside the courtroom, Jim has served on the board of directors of the Better Business Bureau, taught as an adjunct professor of business law at Old Dominion University, instructed future paralegals at the American Institute of Paralegal Studies, and lectured Virginia attorneys on “insurance litigation in Virginia.”

He is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the Virginia Beach Bar Association.