For over twenty years, Mr. Sharp’s law practice has focused on serious personal injury claims, including traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury claims. As a Virginia Beach injury lawyer, he also handles nursing home neglect cases and medical malpractice claims.
Mr. Sharp has counseled numerous clients about the complexities concerning litigation of both pediatric and adult brain injury. He has lectured to individuals, lawyers, and companies throughout the country concerning litigation involving traumatic brain injury.
Mr. Sharp has been awarded the AV Preeminent ranking by Martindale, the highly respected and widely utilized directory of lawyers throughout the world. AV Preeminent status is awarded only to those lawyers who achieve the highest level of success within the legal field and is a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers and judges rank him at the highest level of professional excellence.
Mr. Sharp has also been recognized by Super Lawyers as one of the top personal injury lawyers in Virginia. This recognition is awarded only to those lawyers who have achieved the highest level of success and have been recognized by their peers as demonstrating the highest level of professional excellence.
Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp has also been recognized as one of the “Best Law Firms” in Virginia, an accolade awarded to only a small fraction of law firms.
After beginning his practice in Washington, D.C., Mr. Sharp and his family moved to the Virginia Beach, VA area in 2000. He and his wife Kathleen are active in many Hampton Roads, VA community organizations. Mr. Sharp earned both Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He earned his law degree from the George Mason Antonin Scalia Law School.
Mr. Sharp is a member of the following organizations and associations:
- Brain Injury Association of America
- Brain Injury Association of Virginia
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- American Association for Justice
- Virginia State Bar
- North Carolina State Bar
- Virginia Beach Bar Association
- Norfolk/Portsmouth Bar Association
