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With great sadness, we announce the passing of our firm’s founding partner, Kenneth J. Moran. Words cannot express the acute loss of such an exceptional lawyer, professional and gentleman. Ken will be sorely missed by his colleagues, his clients and the legal community. We at Moran Reeves & Conn are truly privileged…

Lisa McMurdo will speak at the American Conference Institute’s 4th Advanced Forum on Defending and Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation in Chicago (June 22 and 23). Ms. McMurdo is co-leading a workshop on Formulating a Document and E-Discovery Plan and will also participate in a panel discussion on Evidence Preservation and Spoliation…

Congratulations to our 2011 Virginia Super Lawyers: Eric G. Reeves (Civil Defense Litigation) and Martin A. Conn (Personal Injury Defense: Products). Eric and Marty were selected by their peers in a statewide survey of lawyers which also included an independent evaluation of each candidate, and a good-standing and disciplinary check. Visit www.superlawyers.com,…

Congratulations to our very own Marty Conn and Michelle Andino. They both competed at this weekend’s I Love the Tavern Triathlon. Marty went solo and had an excellent finish time for his first ever triathlon. Michelle and two of her friends formed a team called “Perfectly Paced” and finished 11th overall in…

Brian Schneider recently argued for a group of corporate defendants for dismissal of a product liability suit in federal court in Philadelphia. He argued that plaintiff’s case required dismissal under Virginia’s “single disease” rule. On March 17th Judge Robreno of the U.S.D.C. in Philadelphia agreed and dismissed the case with prejudice! Kudos…

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Got an AV rating? Over the past few weeks, Dewayne Lonas was objectively rated by peers and recently received the AV® Preeminent rating from Martindale. Congratulations Dewayne.

Eric Reeves and Marty Conn each led panel discussions at the VADA Spring Meeting Product Liability Section Seminar on May 20th. Topics included presentation of technical expert testimony to juries in complex cases, ever changing pleadings standards in Virginia courts and an in depth discussion with 4th Circuit Court judges from around…