Stanley P. Wellman - Roanoke, VA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, 1987
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • West Virginia University, 1984
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Pro Bono Activities

• Virginia Law Foundation, Fellow

Representative Cases

• Estate of Patterson v. City of Danville, et al., 875 S.E.2d 5 (Va. 2022)
• James River Ins. Co. v. Doswell Truck Stop, LLC, et al., 297 Va. 304, 827 S.E.2d 374 (2019)
• Terry v. Irish Fleet, Inc., 296 Va. 129, 818 S.E.2d 788 (2018)
• Patel v. Williamsburg Indoor Sports Complex, Va. Sup. Ct., Record No. 130237 (2013)
• Hesse v. Harleysville Mut. Ins. Co., et al., 364 Fed. Appx. 31, 2010 WL 411120 (4th Cir. 2010)
• Schwinn v. Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc., et al., 2007 WL 4562818 (E.D. Va., 2008), aff’d, 362 Fed. Appx. 357, 2010 WL 283061 (4th Cir. 2010)
• Isbell v. Commercial Invest. Assocs., 273 Va. 605, 644 S.E.2d 72 (2007)
• Presley v. Rivanna Trails Foundation, 464 F.3d 480 (2006)
• Atkins v. Rice, 266 Va. 328, 585 S.E.2d 550 (2003)
• Lexie v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 251 Va. 390, 469 S.E.2d 61 (1996)
• McAlpin v. Leeds & Northrup, Co., 912 F. Supp. 297 (W.D. Va., 1996)
• Vermont Mut. Ins. Co. v. Everette, 875 F. Supp. 1181 (E.D. Va., 1995)
• State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Major, 239 Va. 375, 389 S.E.2d 307 (1990)
• State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Jones, 238 Va. 467, 383 S.E.2d 734 (1989)

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Supreme Court
• District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia

Other Affiliations

• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (President (2008 – 2009))
• Henrico County Bar Association (President (2009 – 2010))
• Virginia Bar Association, Commission on Professionalism (2007 – 2010)
• The Harmonie Group (President (2023 – 2025))
• The Harmonie Group (Board of Directors (2017 – present ))
• Defense Research Institute, Trucking Law Committee
• Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Committee
• Defense Research Institute, Retail & Hospitality Committee
• Defense Research Institute, Insurance Law Committee
• The John Marshall American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench)
• Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (Premium Member)
• American Bar Association, Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee
• American Bar Association, Products Liability Committee
• American Bar Association, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee
• American Bar Association, Automobile Law Committee
• Virginia Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
• Virginia Bar Association, Transportation Law Section
• Richmond Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Trucking Industry Defense Association
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• American Independent Trucker’s Association
• American Association for Justice
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
• Boyd-Graves Conference (Member)
• Litigation Counsel of America (Senior Fellow)
• Litigation Counsel of America, Barrister, Order of Justitia
• Litigation Counsel of America, Advocate, Order of Certus
• Litigation Counsel of America, Member, Trial Law Institute
• Litigation Counsel of America, Member, Diversity Law Institute