Brian James Smalls

Brian James Smalls

Judicial

About Brian

Licenses

Licensed in Virginia for 18 years

State: Virginia

Acquired: 2007

Judicial

No misconduct found


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Honors

2015

Top Lawyer, Coastal Virginia Magazine

Work Experience

2012 - Present

Founding Partner, The Law Office of Brian J. Smalls, PC

2015 - 2015

Acting Commonwealth Attorney, Surry Commonwealth Attorney's Office

2008 - 2012

Asst. Commonwealth Attorney, Commonwealth's Attorney For The City Of Newport News

Associations

2013 - Present

Williamsburg Bar Association

Member

2008 - Present

Peninsula Bar Association

Member

2009 - 2012

Peninsula Bar Association

Treasurer/Secretary

Sample of Legal Cases

Necaise v. Com., 708 SE 2d 864 - Va: Supreme Court 2011

Supreme Court of Virginia agreed with my argument and ruled in my favor.

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Education

2006

University of Miami School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

2003

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2016

Martin Luther King Jr. ACT-SO Breakfast

Live a Life that Leaves a Legacy

2013

GSC Youth Conference

"Legal Issues Involving Teens."

2012

My Life My Legacy Annual Banquet

"Good vs. Great"

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