W. Everett Lupton - Virginia Beach, VA
Attorney at Slaughter & Lupton Law, PLLC
Personal Injury Lawyers in Virginia Beach, VA
5601 Virginia Beach Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA 23462
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Virginia Beach Personal Injury Lawyer
Updated: 07/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Motor Vehicle Collisions
- Tractor-Trailer Crashes
- Serious Slip and Fall Injuries
- Mauling by Animals
- FELA (Federal Employers Liability Act)
- Jones Act
- Suits in Admiralty Act (SIAA)
Attorney Information
Overview
Everett Lupton is a trial lawyer litigating injury and death cases in state and federal courts in both Virginia and North Carolina for more than twenty years. In 2024 and 2025, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, the primary legal news publication for Virginia attorneys, named Everett Lupton as a Go-To Negligence Lawyer. Coastal Virginia Magazine also selected Everett Lupton as a Top Lawyer in Personal Injury in 2015, 2024 and 2026. Mr. Lupton is also AV-rated (Preeminent) by Martindale-Hubbell and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Mr. Lupton has tried more than a hundred jury trials to verdict, tried countless bench trials, and advocated for his clients in numerous mediations and arbitrations. He has also served as an arbitrator in personal injury cases.
Mr. Lupton has represented injured persons for the entirety of his legal career for injuries from motor vehicle collisions, tractor-trailer crashes, serious slip and fall injuries, mauling by animals, and other types of bodily injury claims. He has also represented injured railroad workers in FELA (Federal Employers Liability Act) claims and cases, and injured seamen in their Jones Act and Suits in Admiralty Act (SIAA) claims, and he has litigated these injury cases in state and federal courts in Virginia and North Carolina.
Mr. Lupton has written multiple published articles on various legal issues, been a speaker at multiple attorney CLE programs, served as an Adjunct (full) Professor at Old Dominion University (2007-2013), and served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Tidewater Community College (2001-2007).
Mr. Lupton grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. When he is not practicing law, Mr. Lupton enjoys time with his wife and two daughters and actively participating in a variety of outdoor activities.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
- Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent Attorney Rating
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum Member
- America’s Top 100 Attorneys – Lifetime Achievement Rating
- Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers – Top 25, The National Trial Lawyers
- Trucking Trial Lawyers – Top 10, The National Trial Lawyers
Education
Legal Education
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University of Richmond, School of Law,
Richmond,
Virginia, 2000
J.D.
Honors: Technology Editorial Board
Honors: Trial Advocacy Board
Honors: Moot Court Board
Law Journal: Richmond Journal of Law
Non Legal Education
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Old Dominion University, 1997
B.S.B.A.
Current Employment Position(s)
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Personal Injury Attorney - Partner
Past Positions
- Rutter Mills LLP, Trial Lawyer, February, 2005 - August, 2021
- Old Dominion University, Adjunct Professor, August, 2007 - December, 2013
- Tidewater Community College, Adjunct Assistant Professor, August, 2001 - May, 2010
Languages
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English (Primary)
Classes and Seminars
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Adjunct Professor, Law and Business, Old Dominion University
- Adjunct Professor, Law and Business, Tidewater Community College
Published Works
Articles
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The Digital Signature: Your Identity by the Numbers, Richmond Journal of Law & Technology, 2, 1999
Electronic commerce is the future of business. Today electronic commerce is a $3.6 billion industry. Thousands of businesses use the Internet to buy and sell their wares. As individuals and businesses increasingly use the Internet for commerce, cont
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 2001
- North Carolina, 2001
- Georgia, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia
Other Affiliations
- American Association of Justice (Member)
- Virginia Bar Association (Member)
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA) (Member)
- Norfolk Bar Association (Member)
- Portsmouth Bar Association (Member)
- Virginia Beach Bar Association (Member)
- American Inns of Court (Member)
- Hampton Roads Community
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) (Member)
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Contact
5601 Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone Number: 757-929-0958
Email: Send a message
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