Humes J. Franklin, III

Contact Information

Email: hfrankli@wawlaw.com
Direct Line: 540 213 7442
Fax: 540 213 0390

Wharton Aldhizer and Weaver
125 S. Augusta Street
Suite 2000
Staunton, VA 24401

Tripp focuses his law practice on trial work and litigation. His clients vary widely, from individuals to publicly traded companies. Tripp handles all sorts of matters including personal injury, business litigation, real estate litigation, domestic relations, construction litigation, administrative appeals, criminal defense, and alternative dispute resolution, among others. Tripp appears regularly in the city and county courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia and West Virginia as well as the United States federal courts in both states, and handles appeals to the Virginia Supreme Court and the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Tripp is a native of the Shenandoah Valley, having been born in Waynesboro, Virginia and is a 1994 graduate of Wilson Memorial High School in Fishersville.

Some examples of Tripp’s experience include:

• Successfully obtained numerous large personal injury settlements for various clients
• 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.
• Successfully defending a nationally traded company in a products liability action in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Personal Information:

• Married to Jean Michelle Franklin
• 3 daughters, Brodie Jean, Mary Quinn and Thea Pratt
• Member Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church
• President-elect, Augusta Bar Association
• Member of Board of Directors of Charlottesville Ronald McDonald House
• Founding and current member of the Board of Directors of The Waynesboro YMCA Foundation, Inc.
• Past member of Board of Directors of Waynesboro YMCA
• Member and former chair of Young Lawyers Division of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

Practice Focus

• Business and Commercial Law
• Business Litigation
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Construction and Real Estate Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Defense and Policy Coverage
• Family and Domestic Law
• Criminal Law
• Real Estate Law
• Products Liability
• Bankruptcy and Creditors' Law
• Real Estate and Land Use
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Business and Commercial Litigation
• Civil Litigation, Trial and Appellate Practice

Education

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

Admitted to Practice

• Virginia (2001)
• West Virginia (2002)

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.

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)
• Named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers