Ted is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group.
Overview
Ted is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group.
Practice Area
About
Over his more than 40-year career, Ted has served as trial and appellate counsel in hundreds of civil matters in state and federal courts representing individuals and business entities. He has litigated almost every type of case ranging from a single claim arising from a single event, to many thousands of claims of injury and damage worldwide resulting from the use of allegedly dangerous products. His current areas of focus include insurance coverage disputes (he has authored over 500 opinions on coverage issues under many types of insurance policies), litigation of claims against insurers, brokers and agents, bad faith litigation, fraud investigations and flood insurance litigation.
Ted is regularly asked to coordinate and manage complex litigation arising from weather catastrophes and product liability claims. Ted has extensive experience advising and representing clients in complex civil actions including multi-claimant litigation, class action litigation and multi-district litigation.
In addition, Ted is regularly asked to serve as a mediator or arbitrator in order to assist parties in resolving disputes involving a wide variety of issues.
Distinctions
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV® – Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Lawyer of the Year, Insurance Law (Richmond, VA), 2012, 2017, 2019, 2023
- Insurance Law, 2010-2025
- Super Lawyers®
- Virginia Super Lawyers – Insurance Coverage, Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2019
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 1978
- U.S. District Courts
- Virginia: Eastern, Western
- Texas: Southern, Eastern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 2nd Circuit
- 4th Circuit
- 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Richmond School of Law, J.D., 1978
- Member, University of Richmond Law Review
- University of Virginia, B.A., 1974
Associations
- Richmond Bar Association
- Member, Board of Directors, 1991-1995
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1990-1992
- Virginia State Bar
- Chairman, Third District Disciplinary Committee, 1988
- Member, Medical Malpractice Review Board, 1992
- Virginia Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
- Faculty Member, Virginia State Bar Harry Carrico Professionalism Course, 2009-2011
- Faculty Member, Virginia State Bar Law School Professionalism Course, 2011-Present