Brain injuries are devastating and life changing not only for the victim, but for their loved ones as well. Stephen M. Smith, Esq., the founder of Brain Injury Law Center, is an internationally recognized expert in traumatic brain injury litigation. He handles and assists with lawsuits and settlements across the United States and the world. If you or a loved one has suffered a head injury and are experiencing difficulties, contact him to learn about your rights by calling 757-650-9818.

Diallo Morris is a practicing lawyer in Chesapeake, VA. He currently is a partner at Morris, Crawford & Currin, P.C. with offices in Chesapeake and Norfolk. Diallo graduated from The Ohio State University College of Law with his J.D. in 1996. Diallo is also a 1993 Hampton University graduate.

Michelle Mordue Helms is a distinguished DUI/DWI, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Family Law attorney who routinely handles cases throughout Hampton Roads and the surrounding areas. Her dedication to her clients, extensive knowledge of the law and her understanding of the applications of the law are what sets her apart from other lawyers. Attorney Helms has litigation experience in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, General District Court, and Circuit Court for all of Hampton Roads. Additionally, she has appeared in the Virginia Appellate Court and the Virginia Supreme Court. She has an outstanding reputation and is well respected. Michelle Mordue Helms began 31 years ago as a Paralegal working with some of the best and most aggressive law firms in New York. Once she received her law degree in New York, she practiced law with some of those same attorneys. Making a move to Virginia Beach, she got her law license in the state of Virginia and began practicing with some of the top law firms in the Hampton Roads area. She opened her private law firm several years ago. As head counsel, Attorney Helms makes each and every case important, focusing with confidence and determination to get the best outcome possible.

Attorney Simon J. Marle has 21 years of experience representing satisfied clients in divorce, criminal, and traffic cases in the courts of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Suffolk, and Newport News. He has been a criminal defense and traffic court attorney in the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1999 and has earned an excellent reputation for the work he provides. Mr. Marle takes pride in his work ethic and his ability to quickly assess a situation and move forward in the best interest of his client. Mr. Marle has been a litigator for 21 years and a guardian ad litem for 21 years. He has personally handled more than one thousand cases with successful results. He is currently licensed to practice law and admitted to the bar in the states of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. As a former member of the United States Army, Mr. Marle understands the challenges that military families face. He is also a highly educated and renowned legal professional.

Mr. Hoen has over 35 years of experience in civil personal injury cases. His areas of specialty are primarily automobile distracted driving and negligence, work travel injuries, catastrophic workers’ compensation claims, and catastrophic medical malpractice. Hampton Injury Law is committed to giving every client the foremost level of individual and personalized attention to provide the best outcome of his or her case. Hampton Injury Law was founded by Jan Hoen. He has recovered millions in compensation for clients through his experienced representation. His extensive trial experience includes cases involving motor vehicle personal injury, premises and product liability, dog bite injuries, slip and fall cases, workers’ compensation, civil disputes, and more. Mr. Hoen served in the United States Army prior to college. Following his military service, he attended Roanoke College and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Mr. Hoen then went on to attend law school at the University of Richmond. After law school, he worked as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr. on the Court of Appeals of Virginia. From 1990 to the present day, Mr. Hoen has been in private practice in Virginia. Mr. Hoen has successfully resolved cases by settlement or mediation and has tried many cases to verdict in courts throughout Virginia. He has also been successful in arguing and pursuing appeals to the Virginia Supreme Court and the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has been a zealous and effective advocate for his clients throughout his entire career. Mr. Hoen was licensed in 1989 by the Virginia State Bar to practice in the courts of the Commonwealth. In 1993, he was admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He is an active member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, where he serves as a District Governor for the Third District of Virginia.

Brook M. Thibault is an experienced Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach trial lawyer and courtroom litigator; former Associate Counsel for CMA CGM (America) LLC, the world’s third largest container ship company, and Public Defender. ​As Associate Counsel for CMA CGM, Brook shared in the corporate legal responsibilities associated with the company as subsidiary and agent for CMA CGM S.A. a French Domestic Society Anonym; including complex commercial real estate transactions, transportation and maritime law, and international asset search and collection. Since leaving the company in 2008, Brook has refined and solidified his reputation as a dogged courtroom litigator, fighting for the accused, the innocent and the guilty alike. Want to learn more? Then call or stop by The Coastal Virginia Law Firm today to request a FREE consultation regarding your case! 2388 Liberty Way Suite 200 Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456. FREE consultations are always available! Brook has represented hundreds of accused individuals in matters ranging from minor traffic infractions to serious violent crimes. Brook is a firm believer in the Constitution and its protections against illegal searches and seizures. The government does not belong in your business! Brook was born in upstate New York and attended college at the University at Buffalo, where he majored in Political Science with a concentration in Legal Studies. He then moved to Virginia Beach to attend Regent University School of Law. Brook is a member of the local Bar Associations and is an active member of the Community. Since 2003, he has played hockey for the Newport News, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach Hockey Leagues. He is also an annual participant in numerous motorcycle “poker runs” for various charities.

I am attorney Terrence K. martin of the Law Office of Terry Martin and Associates. I know that my clients come to me in times of real need, and I am committed to providing them with the exceptional legal representation that can make a difference in their situation. I am proud of the help I am able to offer my clients. I am in touch with my clients and their cases in ways that attorneys at larger firms will rarely ever be. Let me use my skills and experience to help you. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Terrence K. Martin (Terry) has resided in the Newport News area since 1948. After graduation from the University of Notre Dame and University of Virginia Law School Terry served as a Captain with the 64th Military Police Company in Toul, France, was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Newport News and has been engaged in the private practice of law in Newport News since 1969. While a member of the City Council for the City of Newport News from 1990 to 2002 Terry served on many Commissions and Boards within the City and the National League of Cities. Terry is currently President of the Newport News Sister Cities Corporation.

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I strongly believe that if you are accused of a DUI/DWI, you deserve the best representation possible. This includes having an attorney who knows every aspect of the law, the technology, and the science involved in a DUI/DWI, who will aggressively defend your case, and who truly cares about you. I have attended DUI/DWI seminars across the country now since 1998 when I first realized how complicated a DUI/DWI case can be. I have taken numerous breath test courses and am a certified operator on three separate breath test machines including the ECIRII. In fact, I am one of only a handful attorneys in all of Virginia certified as an operator on the ECIRII. I also have a technician certification on the Intoxilyzer 5000. I have personally held ECIRII breath test seminars in Virginia on two separate occasions. I had attorneys from eight states attend my seminars as well as Judges from here in Virginia. I invited the leading experts in the country to speak. Besides my expertise in breath testing, I have taken and passed the same NHTSA Field Sobriety Course that our police officers have to take. I also have attended numerous courses on blood testing for both drugs and alcohol. You never stop learning, so I continue to attend two to four seminars across the country every year to keep up with the latest techniques and strategies for fighting DUI/DWI cases. Due to my focus and training in the area of DUI/DWI defense I was honored to be selected out of all the attorneys in Virginia to write the book for lawyers. This is a tremendous honor to be recognized by West Publishing as the lawyer in Virginia with the expertise and experience to write the text book for lawyers and Judges. Honestly it is one of the highlights of my career. Besides having the knowledge necessary to give you the best representation possible, I think my empathy and concern for you is something else that sets me apart from a lot of lawyers out there. Jeff and I both truly care about people and want to help them. It is the reason I became a lawyer, so I could help people. I have faith in our constitution, and fight to protect the rights given to us by our founding fathers. I have given talks on DUI/DWI exceptions to our Constitution. I stole the speech from Larry Taylor who is one of the Godfather’s of modern day DUI/DWI defense. It is a great speech! As a DUI/DWI attorney, I truly am on the front lines of protecting our Constitutional rights. People say “oh he got off on a technicality.” Really what they should say is, “his lawyer protected all of our Constitutional rights, by ensuring the government didn’t get away with something they should not have done!”

Michael Tillotson & I started our firm with one simple goal: to be the best DWI/DUI attorneys in Virginia. Striving to reach our goal keeps us very busy in the courtroom and classroom. I co-authored and update Virginia DUI Law: Understanding the Scientific, Medical, Technological, and Legal Aspects of a DUI Case (Westlaw, Virginia Practice Series Volume 16). This is the commentary on DUI law used by attorneys and judges in Virginia. Virginia DUI Law explains and exposes the scientific and legal vulnerabilities of breath tests, blood tests, field sobriety tests and so much more. We host the only EC/IR II Breath Test Seminar in Virginia to educate judges and attorneys about the limitations of breath testing on the Intox EC/IR II. I am trained on the EC/IR II and we own a couple Intox EC/IRs. Recently, our firm has discovered that Virginia’s EC/IR II has not been operating properly since 2015. I was the first of two attorneys in Virginia with an American Chemical Society (ACS) Forensic Lawyer-Scientist Designation as recognized by the Chemistry and the Law Division of ACS. This training and designation means that I understand the science of blood testing for DUI and DUI-drug cases. I recently became one of the few defense attorneys to attend the Borkenstein Drug Course – “the most advanced course available anywhere for toxicologists” and Drug Recognition Experts (DREs) in law enforcement. “The course is taught by internationally acknowledged experts who discuss the pharmacology, toxicology and human performance effects of major drug classes associated with driving impairment.” In addition, I attended the DRE Overview & Trial Techniques Training Course. I’m certified as a field sobriety test operator. We bring the NHTSA field sobriety test and EC/IR II breath test manuals with us to every case. Amazingly, I still have not seen any other attorney use them in court! I teach judges and attorneys in two classed for continuing legal education: “Blood Testing in Virginia” and “The Science of Breath, Blood and Field Sobriety Testing.” Our firm trains other attorneys and consults with attorneys on difficult DWI cases. When we need advice, we are just a few mouse clicks away from the best DWI attorneys and scientific experts in the United States through the National College of DUI Defense (NCDD), DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA), and Forensic Chromatography Lawyers (ChromLawyers) listserves. I graduated with honors from the William & Mary School of Law with the Gambrell Professional Award for written and oral advocacy and was one of only eleven students recognized for excellence in research, writing, analysis, and trial practice. My Bachelor of Sciences degree in Biology from Towson University helps me in my work with the scientific and medical aspects of DUI. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with extensive course work in physiology and chemistry, and with a host of awards and scholarships. I participated in original research and worked at the University’s anatomy & physiology lab. I was also a trauma tech at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma (MIEMSS) in the Critical Care and Intensive Care Units. In the years between undergrad and law school, I sharpened my speaking and advocacy skills by leading two successful churches in Appalachia and Wisconsin. When not practicing the law throughout Virginia, I live with my wonderful wife, daughter, and dog in Williamsburg, Virginia.