Attorney Profiles

Stan Wellman was born at Edwards AFB, California in 1962.  He has a general civil litigation practice, which includes the areas of transportation, premises and products liability, commercial and insurance coverage litigation.  Stan is an author and frequent lecturer on a variety of civil litigation issues.

Education:

• West Virginia University, B.A., cum laude, 1984
• University of Richmond, J.D., 1987
       - Law Review - Editorial Board

Professional Honors & Activities:

• Henrico County Bar Association (President, 2009-10)
• Richmond Bar Association
• Virginia Bar Association's Commission on Professionalism, 2007-10
• American Bar Association (Commercial, Transportation, Insurance Coverage and Automobile Law Committees)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (President, 2008-09)
• Defense Research Institute (Trucking and Insurance Law Committees)
• Trucking Industry Defense Association
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
• Virginia Super Lawyers - Civil Litigation Defense - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Virginia Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel - Civil Litigation Defense - 2008 & 2009
• Virginia Business Legal Elite - Civil Litigation - 2008 & 2009

Bar & Court Admissions:

• Virginia State Bar - 1987
• United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
• Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States Supreme Court

Reported Cases:

• Hesse v. Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc., 2007 WL 4562818 (E.D. Va., 2008)
• 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)