Practice Areas:
- Lead Poisoning
- Automobile Accidents
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Jones Act and Maritime Injury
- Toxic Torts
- Legal Malpractice
- Professional Malpractice
Serpe Blog 
- 10 Tips to Prevent Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Appeals court upholds $16 million verdict against Allstate in drunk driving accident case
- How should hospitals handle mistakes? Medical malpractice and the top 5 ways to avoid it!
- Finally, is there an upside to the ever climbing gas prices in the United States?
- Should Virginia be allowed to require drivers to decide on organ donation? N.J. licenses to require organ donation decision makes state first in the nation!
- Distracted drivers – what are they doing?
- Do you wear your seatbelt at night?
- Fly Ash/Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville- environmental concern to residents?
- EPA proposes stricter health standard for airborne lead
- Motorcycle Safety Programs
Firm News:
Virginia State police investigating double-fatal crash in James City County
Virginia State Troopers bring Operation Air, Land and Speed to Hampton Roads
Police: charges pending against injured Virginia Beach motorcycle rider
Water tests completed near Chesapeake's fly-ash golf club
Norfolk, Virginia Man struck by car at Newtown Road; pile-up follows
Motorcycle Accident on I-64 kills 4 people in Virginia Beach
Mock DUI drill teaches students very real lesson
Virginia Beach Car Crash Injures Sailors
68 pct. of young drivers killed at night unbuckled
Ford Leads Life-like Child Dummy Car Accident Research
Firm Library
Lead Poisoning
- Neuropsychological Tests: Direct and Cross Examination by Plaintiff's Counsel
- Litigating Claims for Lead Poisoned Children
- Testing for Lead in Consumer Items for Children fact sheet from National Center for Healthy Housing can help victims of lead poisoning
- Richard Serpe's Update on Lead Poisoning Litigation
- Lead Poisoning in your Home, How do you know?
- November 2007 CDC Guide for Blood Lead Levels < 10ug
- Nov. 2007 CDC Guidance Appendix
- Lead Exposure – Symptoms, Treatment, and Advice for your Family
- Recall Madness – Who is Testing Our Toys?
- Think lead poisoning is all media hype? Think again!
- LeadCheck Swabs Have 64% Failure Rate
- Plaintiff's Brief: Defendant's failure to comply with BOCA
- Is Brain Damage from Lead Permanent?
- Fisher-Price recalls lead based paint toys: steps parents can take to protect their legal rights
- EcoNugenics Develops Safe Antidote for Lead Toxicity in Children
Automobile Accidents
- The 6 Most Common Causes of Automobile Crashes
- Top Safe Automobiles for 2008 – and Some Surprises
- Safety Tips for Avoiding Automobile Accidents
- Kids in Car Accidents – The Importance of Specialized Research
- How Motorcyclists Can Avoid Accidents on the Road
- What Car Drivers Need to Know About Truck Accidents
- What Car Drivers Need to Know About Truck Accidents
- What Car Drivers Need to Know About Truck Accidents
- Top Ten Worst automobile Insurance companies: Accident victims should not think their car insurance company is on their side
- 10 rules for dealing with insurance companies after you have been in a car accident
- Avoid automobile accidents: Drive Smart Virginia promotes programs to improve automobile safety for Virginia drivers
- Drunk and Distracted – Fighting Back Against Bad Drivers
- Taking the Kids for a Ride – Tips for Staying Safe and avoiding car accidents
- What Makes Teenagers Such Bad Drivers?
- Need Repairs after an Auto Accident? Beware of Scammers!
- New Law Aims to Enhance Auto Safety for Children
- Making Virginia's roadways safer to avoid serious injuries in automobile accidents: Click It or Ticket – Getting Serious About Seat Belts
- Virginia’s 2008 Highway Safety Plan to help reduce car accidents
Traumatic Brain Injury
Medical Malpractice
- The Medical Malpractice "Crisis:" Blaming the Victim
- Hospital Infections: A Serious Epidemic
- Melanoma Misdiagonsis: More Common Than You Think
- Medical Malpractice Insurers: Pleading Poverty From the Land of Plenty
- Avoiding Surgical Errors and Medical Malpractice
- Are Doctors too Cozy with Drug Makers?
- Avoiding Hospital Acquired Infections
- Heparin Deaths Reveal Troubles with FDA, Supply Chain
- Virginia Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations
Jones Act and Maritime Injury
- Use of expert witnesses by attorneys in Admiralty Proceedings
- CHOICE OF COURT, CHOICE OF LAW, AND CHOICE OF TRIER OF FACT
- Maritime Death Remedies Revisited
- Discussion of Select 1996 Maritime Cases
- Maritime Personal Injury From the Plaintiff Perspective - 10/23/07 seminar by Richard Serpe
Toxic Torts
General
Attorney Profiles
As personal injury trial lawyers, we believe that in cases of harmful negligence, fair compensation for the injured must always be the first goal of justice. We also understand that ultimately it isn’t politicians and their big money constituents who make the laws. Cases make them, and juries decide those cases in favor of what they believe is truly right. These are the guideposts that have made American justice the best that history has seen, and kept its core impervious from compromise. Each day we work to strengthen the power of justice to work on behalf of the wrongfully injured.
Cindra Dowd
Richard Serpe
Law Offices of Richard J. Serpe, P.C.
580 East Main Street
Suite 310
Norfolk, VA 23510
Toll Free: 877-544-5323
Phone: 757-233-0009
Fax: 757-233-0455
FAQ
Lead Poisoning
Medical Malpractice
- What should I do if I feel I a doctor was negligent in how I was treated, but I still need medical care?
- Does a doctor have a duty to tell me of every possible risk from having a medical procedure?
- I had a "bad result" and I am convinced my doctor made a mistake: will I win my case?