Civil Litigation, Trial and Appellate Practice

Accomplished Virginia Civil Litigation and Appeals Attorneys

Civil litigation can be complex. Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver attorneys are experienced in litigation, trial and appellate practice. We have successfully represented clients before appellate courts in Virginia and many Mid-Atlantic states in federal and state courts relating to civil matters. Civil Law is a litigation process that resolves a disagreement between two or more people, where people could be individuals, a business or even government agencies. Typically, people in a dispute attempt to resolve the disagreement between themselves before resorting to legal action. After attorneys are involved, there are often discussions in an attempt to settle the dispute as well. However, in many cases, a court case must be started. The case can still be settled outside a courtroom before trial, but if it can't, a judge or jury will decide the dispute. If damages are awarded, the goal is to make the party that was injured, whole for the damages they suffered as a result of the other party's actions. There is no criminal sentence associated with a civil matter.

WAW’s focus begins with a thorough factual investigation. We supplement our investigation with extensive research of the legal, medical, engineering, scientific and financial issues, as relevant to the particular case. Our goal is to make complicated facts, legal principles, medical conditions, scientific information and financial data easy to understand for a judge and/or jury so that they can easily see why you deserve an acceptable award or why you are not responsible for the damages.

An appeal is a process, whereby a higher court is asked to review an action or decision of a lower court, an official government agency or other body that has judicial/binding power. Normally an appeal is sought by the party that lost in the lower court, but in some cases, either party may wish to appeal the decision if they are dissatisfied with the final judgment.

WAW's Civil Litigation, Trial and Appellate Practice Attorneys:

Lauren R. Darden
Daniel L. Fitch
Humes J. Franklin, III
Charles F. Hilton
Marshall H. Ross
Gregory T. St. Ours
Thomas E. Ullrich