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  BRUCE D. RASMUSSEN is a trial lawyer who represents people who have been seriously injured by defective products, medical malpractice, tractor trailer accidents and catastrophic personal injuries. He has been trying cases in state and federal courts for 27 years. Bruce is President of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association and a past president of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He is a frequent lecturer on trial practice and is listed for his expertise in the book "The Best Lawyers in America" and "Virginias Legal Elite". Bruce graduated from the George Washington University School of Law in 1972 and then served as a law clerk to a federal judge in Virginia before beginning private practice in Charlottesville.


Education:
· University of California at Los Angeles
· Fresno State College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1969)
· George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1972)
   
Professional Activities:
· American College of Trial Lawyers
· International Academy of Trial Lawyers
· American Board of Trial Advocates (Past President, Virginia Chapter)
· Southern Trial Lawyers Association (President 2001-2001)
· Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (President 1999?2000, Board of
Governors and Executive Council 1990?Present, Chairman Products
Liability Section 1996?1999, Chairman Continuing Legal Education
Committee 1993?1994)
· The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Public Affairs Liason
Committee; Exchange Committee)
· Melvin M. Belli Society
· Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
· West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
· Virginia State Bar
· District of Columbia Bar
· West Virginia State Bar
   
Member
· Boyd Graves Conference
· Faculty Virginia State Bar Course of Professionalism and Civility in the Practice of Law
   
Civic Activities
  · Staff Congressman F. Sisk (16th District, California, 1969-1972)
· Albemarle County Electoral Board
· Albemarle County Industrial Development Bond Authority
· Past Chairman, Albemarle County Democratic Party
· Past Member, Virginia Democratic State Central Committee
   

Publications & Lectures
· "Restatement of the Law Torts: Products Liability An Opportunity for Change?" - September 1996

· "Cross Examination of the Defense Economist - The Problem With Assumptions" - Southern Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, February 1998

· "Sources of Coverage" - Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, November 1998

· "Cross Examination of the Defense Economist - The Problem With Assumptions" - Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, June 2000

· "Handling the Big Case or Moby Dick and The Nantucket Sleigh Ride" - Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, March 2001

· Wrongful Death Litigation - Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, November 1997

· Advance Auto Retreat - Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, July 2000

· Belli Society Annual Meeting, July 2000

   

Reported Cases
· Cooper Industries v. Melendez, 260 VA 578, ___ S.E.2d ___ (2000)

· Hoar v. Great Eastern Resort Management, Inc., 256 VA 374, 506 S.E.2d 777 (1998)

· Dudley v. Bungee International Manufacturer Corp., 91 F.3d 134 (4th Cir. 1996)

· Harrah v. Washington, 252 VA 285, 477 S.E.2d 281 (1996)

· Ryder Truck Rental Co. v. UTF Carriers, Inc., 907 F.2d 34 (4th Cir. 1990); 719 F. Supp. 455 (W.D. Va. 1989)

· Marsh v. Jackson, 141 F.R.D. 431 (W.D. Va. 1992)

· Taylor v. City of Charlottesville, 240 VA 367, 397 S.E.2d 832 (1990)

· State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Wanda Scott, 236 VA 116, 372 S.E.2d 383 (1988)

· Swiatlowski v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co., 585 F. Supp. 965 (W.D. Va. 1984)

· Dutton v. Locker, 224 VA 535, 297 S.E.2d 814 (1982)

· Solvex Corp. v. Freeman, 459 F. Supp. 440 (W.D. Va. 1977)

   
Contact:
brasmussen@mhlrt.com; see also our Contact Us page

 

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