AWARD-WINNING LAWYER! Named by The Best Lawyers in America 2007-2022 (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice)! Voted "Lawyer of the Year" 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016 & 2014! Top-ranked "Metropolitan Tier 1" in "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report 2021! Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum 2010-P!AWARD-WINNING LAWYER! Honored by The Best Lawyers in America 2007-2022! Voted "Lawyer of the Year" 2020, 2018, 2016 & 2014 (Medical Malpractice)! Top-ranked "Metropolitan Tier 1" in "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers (Medical Malpractice) 2021! Multi-Million Advocates Forum!AWARD-WINNING LAWYER! Named by The Best Lawyers in America for 2007-2022 and voted its "Lawyer of the Year" 2022 (Personal Injury)! Top-ranked "Metropolitan Tier 1" in "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report (Personal Injury) 2021! Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum! All vehicles accidents!
Mr. Waterman enjoys a state-wide reputation as an award-winning mediation, settlement, trial, and appeals lawyer. He has obtained substantial verdicts and settlements throughout Hampton Roads and elsewhere in Virginia for over three decades.
Practice areas
Mr. Waterman represents victims of professional negligence in hospitals, nursing homes, practitioner offices, and other facilities, including particularly in-patient falls, medication errors, wrong organ/site surgery, and more.
40 years
Mr. Waterman represents victims of all vehicle accidents, including brain injury, paralysis, other personal injuries, and wrongful deaths.
40 years
Languages spoken
English
Waterman Law Centers
Busch Corporate Center
217 McLaws Circle, Suite 3
Williamsburg, VA, 23185
Waterman Law Centers
City Center SunTrust
11817 Canon Boulevard, Suite 206
Newport News, VA, 23606
Waterman Law Centers
Hampton Executive Tower
2101 Executive Drive, Suite 130
Hampton, VA, 23666
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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DC | Good Standing | 1995 | 06/08/2022 |
VA | Authorized to Practice Law | 1987 | 03/27/2022 |
LA | Eligible to Practice Law | 1982 | 04/13/2022 |
Legal answers | 1 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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Honoree (Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2022 |
"Lawyer of the Year" (Personal Injury - Southeast Virginia) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2022 |
Honoree (Medical Malpractice) | Virginia Super Lawyers | 2022 |
Metropolitan Tier 1 Rank (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | U.S. News - Best Lawyers | 2021 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2021 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2020 |
"Lawyer of the Year" (Medical Malpractice - Southeast Virginia) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2020 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2019 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2018 |
"Lawyer of the Year" (Medical Malpractice - Southeast Virginia) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2018 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2017 |
"Lawyer of the Year" (Medical Malpractice - Southeast Virginia) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2016 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2015 |
"Lawyer of the Year" (Medical Malpractice - Southeast Virginia) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2014 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2013 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers of America | 2012 |
Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Virginia | National Trial Lawyers | 2011 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2011 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2010 |
Life Member | Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum | 2010 |
Honoree (Medical Malpractice) | Virginia Super Lawyers | 2009 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2009 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2008 |
Honoree (Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice) | The Best Lawyers in America | 2007 |
Honoree | Virginia Business' Legal Elite | 2006 |
Life Member | Million Dollar Advocates Forum | 1998 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Founding/Managing Partner | Waterman Law Centers, PLLC | 2019 - Present |
Senior Partner | Patten Wornom Hatten & Diamonstein, L.L.C. | 1987 - 2019 |
Associate | McGlinchey Stafford | 1982 - 1986 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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Virginia Trial Lawyers Association | Member | 1987 - Present |
American Association for Justice (American Trial Lawyers Association) | Member | 1987 - Present |
I'Anson Hoffman Inn of Court | Master | 2011 - 2017 |
Southern Trial Lawyers Assocaition | Member | 1999 - 2019 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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19 The Journal of VTLA 2 | Healthcare Policies, Procedures, and Protocols: Discoverability, Abuse, Admissibility and Legislation | 2008 |
9 The Journal of VTLA 2 | Charitable Immunity: A Limited Doctrine | 1997 |
11 Virginia Lawyers Weekly 253 | Negligent Retention: Alive and Well in Virginia | 1996 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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University of Virginia School of Law | Juris Doctorate | 1982 |
College of William and Mary | Bachelor of Arts | 1979 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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Long-Term Care Retreat | Obtaining "Privileged" Patient Records with a Medical Authorization | 2022 |
Long-Term Care Section Annual Convention Luncheon | Obtaining Ostensibly Privileged Materials - with just a Medical Authorization! | 2019 |
Long Term Care Litigation Retreat | Punitive Damages: Medical Malpractice Cases! | 2016 |
Meeting Seminar | Professionalism & Sanctions | 2016 |
Monthly Seminar | "It's Privileged, Judge": In Fact, Actually Not! (Medical Malpractice "Privilege" Law) | 2015 |
2015 Tort Seminar: Evidence | Incident, Educational & Policy Materials: Use and Admissibility | 2015 |
Long-Term Care Seminar | Policies, Procedures, Protocols, Et al. - Discoverability and Admissibility! | 2015 |
Medical Malpractice Seminar | Falls in Hospitals and Nursing Homes: Getting Institutional Discovery to Prove Fault | 2013 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Riverside Hospital, Inc. v. Johnson, 272 Va. 518 (2006) | Plaintiff verdict at trial and on appeal. |
Posted by Josh
October 15, 2021
Lauren Davis, Medical malpractice Attorney on Sep 15, 2021
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
Sandy's tenacity is unmatched. He works for and reaches results for individual clients, but also has the foresight and fortitude to play the more challenging "long game" of establishing and maintaining good law in the Commonwealth. This not only benefits his future clients, but, quite frankly, benefits all injury clients in Virginia. I endorse Sandy without reservation.
Steven Meade, Medical malpractice Attorney on Mar 5, 2017
Relationship: Worked together on matter
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