Paul C. Kuhnel

Partner   |   Roanoke »

Paul C. Kuhnel

Partner   |   Roanoke »

Mr. Kuhnel joined the Harman Claytor team in December of 2025 and will focus his practice on medical malpractice and professional liability matters.  As a seasoned trial attorney with considerable first chair experience, he has been involved in numerous reported verdicts in various Virginia venues in medical malpractice, commercial, and managed care litigation.  Mr. Kuhnel’s professional liability practice includes defense of attorneys, architects, and engineers.

  • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
  • Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
  • Best Lawyers in America (2013 – 2019, 2021 – 2026)
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
      • “Lawyer of the Year” (2023 – 2026)
  • Virginia Super Lawyers (2009 – 2018)
    • Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
  • “Client Service All-Star” – BTI Consulting Group, Wellesley, Mass. (2014)
  • “Top Rated Lawyer” in Transportation Law by American Lawyer magazine, Corporate Counsel magazine and the National Law Journal (2013)
  • Chapter One of Virginia CLE Insurance Law in Virginia
  • Virginia State Bar Ethics and Professionalism Course Faculty
  • College of William & Mary, B.A. with honors (1984)
  • Washington & Lee University School of Law, J.D. (1987)
  • Virginia State Bar
  • West Virginia State Bar
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit