Jud Andrew Fischel

Jud Andrew Fischel

Retired

About Jud

Licenses

Licensed in Virginia for 47 years

State: Virginia

Acquired: 1978

Retired

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2017


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Experience

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Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2017.

Consent To Revocation issued in VA, 2017

updated on 12/07/2017

This means the attorney resigned in order to avoid having his or her license revoked by the State Bar. A license "Revocation" is the most serious penalty for a lawyer.

Honors

2015

BV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2014

Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Virginia, The Trial Lawyers Assocation

2014

Nationally Ranked Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy Of Personal Injury Attorneys

Work Experience

1978 - Present

President, Jud A. Fischel, P.C.

Associations

1978 - Present

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Criminal Law Section

Member

1978 - Present

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Family Law Section

Member

1978 - Present

Virginia Bar Association, Criminal Law Section

Member

1978 - Present

Virginia Bar Association, Family Law Section

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Commonwealth vs. White

Capital Murder/Armed Robbery amended to First Degree Murder. Acquited on re-trial. Found Guilty of Robbery

Bailey vs. Harris

$750,000.00 Settlement

Dye vs. Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Weights and Measures, et al

Full Workers' Compensation Benefits plus a $290,000.00 cash settlement from the manufacturer

Serttas vs. Formal Occasions, Inc.

Plaintiff Awarded Lifetime Wage and Medical Benefits Valued at Over $3,000,000.00

Confidential Settlement

Settlement for $350,000.00 for compensation subject to a Confidentiality Agreement as to the parties

Commonwealth vs. Cardenas

Acquitted of ALL Twenty-two (22) Indictments

Commonwealth vs. Neal

Conviction of Felony Leaving the Scene of an Accident was reversed by the Virginia Court of Appeals and Dismissed

See More Legal Cases

Education

1978

American University, Washington College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1972

American University

MS

1971

American University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

1998

Annual Seminar

"How to Avoide a Death Sentence After Conviction of Capital Murder"

1997

Capital Defense Workshop

"Motions Practice in a Capital Case"

1996

Seminar

"Defending a Patricide Case"

1995

Criinal Law Seminar

"Defending a Capital Murder Case in Virginia"

1994

Criminal Seminar

"How to Deal With the Media During a High Profile Criminal Case"

Languages

English

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