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Contact Information: hfrankli@wawlaw.com 540 213 7442 540 213 0390

Wharton Aldhizer and Weaver
100 South Mason Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Practice Focus

• Business Litigation
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Insurance Defense and Policy Coverage
• Family Law
• Criminal Law

Humes "Tripp" Franklin, III routinely handles litigation matters on a variety of issues, including personal injury, contract dispute, business litigation, and family law, and appears regularly in the courts of the following cities and counties in Virginia: Waynesboro, Staunton, Augusta, Rockingham/Harrisonburg, Albemarle, Charlottesville, Rockbridge/Lexington, Shenandoah, Frederick, Warren, Winchester, Shenandoah, Page, Culpeper, Spotsylvania, and Henrico, as well as Hardy and Pendleton County, West Virginia and the United States Federal Courts. In addition Tripp handles appeals before the Virginia Supreme Court and United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Some examples of Tripp’s experience include:

Representative Experience

• Filing suit on behalf of an individual seriously injured in an automobile accident and successfully obtaining a very large award on her behalf.
• Obtaining a defense verdict in a jury trial on behalf of an individual sued for damages as a result of a vehicle collision.
• Successfully winning a jury verdict awarding clients title by adverse possession to approximately 64 acres of mountainous land in Pendleton County, West Virginia.
• Successfully prosecuting a claim for specific performance of a real estate contract on behalf of a developer against a building contractor.
• Successfully defending a veterinarian sued for malpractice.

Education

• Davidson College (B.A., 1998)
• William & Mary School of Law (J.D., 2001)

Books, Publications, and Articles

• "Examination Under Oath - The Insurer's Right,"The Claimsman, Virginia State Claims Association, Fall 2002.
• "Rule 4:1 (b)(3) and the Meaning of Anticipation of Litigation," Litigation News, Virginia State Bar, Vol. IX, No. 4, Fall 2002.

Admitted to Practice

• Virginia (2001)
• West Virginia (2002)

Memberships & Awards

• Virginia's Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine
• Virginia State Bar
• West Virginia State Bar
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Chair, Young Lawyer Division 2006)
• Virginia Bar Association
• Waynesboro YMCA (Board of Directors, 2003-Present)
• Ronald McDonald House of Charlottesville (Board of Directors)