Robert W. Mcfarland

Focusing on civil litigation, Rob concentrates his practice on commercial litigation (including business and contract disputes, commercial lease and real estate matters, construction, and insurance coverage); intellectual property; trust and estate litigation; financial and consumer services; municipal liability, tort, products liability and personal injury; and representation of employers in all facets of employment litigation.

Rob joined the firm in 1985 upon completion of a federal clerkship for the Honorable John A. MacKenzie, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He has tried more than 130 cases to juries, as well as dozens of non-jury trials. He has appeared in every federal and state court in southeastern Virginia, and in other states, and has successfully argued appeals before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Virginia.

A majority of Rob's practice is in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia's Norfolk and Newport News divisions. Because of his experience and familiarity with these federal forums, he regularly represents non-Virginia based employers and corporations in federal litigation.

Rob is a past president of the Tidewater Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He has authored several articles on federal practice, discovery, expert witnesses and damages, and regularly lectures on federal and state practice and procedure, discovery, expert witnesses and municipal liability. Extremely active in the Norfolk community, Rob presently serves as secretary and trustee to Norfolk Collegiate School and Westminster-Canterbury of Virginia Beach.

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Areas of Practice 1) Commercial Litigation, 2) Intellectual Property Litigation, 3) Employment Litigation, 4) Shareholder and Directors and Officers Litigation, 5) Securities Litigation and 6) ERISA Litigation
Law School Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1984
Education University of Virginia, B.A., 1981
Bar Member / Association Virginia State Bar Association
Most recent firm McGuireWoods LLP
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