Robert L. Samuel

Bob Samuel is a firm shareholder who oversees all workers' compensation cases. He focuses his practice in the areas of personal injury and litigation. Bob has handled more than 125 jury trials since he began representing clients in 1979, and has earned an outstanding reputation from his clients and peers. He routinely advises municipalities and businesses assessing the merits of workers' compensation and injury cases and the risks of defense. His practice focuses on complex personal injury matters on behalf of defendents and representation of inidivudals injured as a result of the negligence of others. Bob regularly appears before the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission and Circuit Courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Frequently asked to lead continuing legal education seminars and speak on the topics of workers' compensation and personal injury law, Bob also serves as a consultant for municipalities and third party administrators in workers' compensation cases. REPRESENTATIVE CASES & TRANSACTIONS Represented municipality in $20 million litigation where the plaintiff suffered catastrophic injuries, alleged negligence and punitive damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident with a police officer. Represented deputy sheriff in $625,000 personal injury case after he suffered severe injuries in a motor vehicle accident when responding to an emergency call with lights and sirens. Represented development company and its president in $5 million litigation with former employer alleging breach of fiduciary duty in the purchase and development of land project. Represented municipality in an occupational disease workers' compensation claim where the claimant alleged the need for a heart transplant arose from heart disease caused by his employment with the municipality. Represented local transit company in million-dollar litigation brought by a passenger alleging post-traumatic stress disorder and permanent back impairment to his back due to injury on the transit bus. MEMBERSHIPS Virginia Self Insurer's Association Workers' Compensation Inn of Court, Master of the Bench Chesapeake Bar Association Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association Virginia Beach Bar Association, Past President American Bar Association HONORS & AWARDS AV® PreeminentTM Rated, Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsTM Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury-Defendants, 2006-2021 Virginia Super Lawyers - Personal Injury Defense, 2014-2021 Coastal Virginia's Top Lawyers, Personal Injury and Workers Comp., 2016-2021 Virginia's Legal Elite - Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative , 2015-2020 Virginia Beach Bar Association Professionalism Award, 2011 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Chairman ARTICLES Vocational Rehabilitation in Virginia - September 2016 PRACTICE AREAS Insurance Defense Litigation Local Government Personal Injury Workers' Compensation EDUCATION Juris Doctor, University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law, 1979 Hampden-Sydney College, 1976 ADMISSIONS Supreme Court of Virginia, 1979 North Carolina State Bar, 1997 United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1980 United States Supreme Court, 1988 Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Robert L. Samuel included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Listed in "Legal Elite," Virginia Business magazine Listed in The Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury Litigation Other Sources of Feedback About Robert L. Samuel Included on the 2026Virginia Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2024 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2021 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2018 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2017 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2016 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2015 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2014 Virginia Super Lawyers list

• Clark & Stant, Partner
• City of Norfolk, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney

• Virginia, 1979
• North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Virginia Bar Association (Member)
• Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association (Member)
• Virginia Beach Bar Association (Member)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority (Commissioner)