Jeffrey Breit

Education

• J.D., Tulane University of Louisiana
• B.A., Tulane University of Louisiana

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• Louisiana
• New York
• North Carolina
• Washington, D.C.

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals – Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits
• U.S. Supreme Court

Teaching Experience

• William & Mary Law School – Adjunct Professor of Law (2004-Present)
  • Courses: Trial Strategy and Persuasion, Pre-Trial Procedures, Depositions, and Trial Advocacy
• William & Mary Law School – Advisor for National Trial Team (2004-Present)
• Harvard Law School – Co-Professor with Kenneth Feinberg/Evidence Course (2013, 2014, 2015)
• Columbia Law School – Co-Professor with Kenneth Feinberg/Evidence Course (2014)
• Virginia Supreme Court – Appointed to teach the Virginia State Bar Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention – Taught the Virginia Tort Law Updates for 6 years
• Taught 300+ hours of Continuing Legal Education Courses in 15 states over the past 40 years for a variety of lawyer associations in Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Colorado, Florida, and New Jersey

Honors & Awards

• Virginia Business: Virginia Power 500 List 2023/24, 2024/25
• Listed, Lawdragon – 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2022-2024)
• Best Lawyers in America® – “Virginia Beach Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs’ Lawyer of the Year” (2021, 2024)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association – Distinguished Service Award (2019)
• William & Mary Law School – St. George Tucker Adjunct Professorship Award Recipient (2008)
• American Association for Justice – Master of Trial Law (2019)
• The Litigator Awards – Ranked Top 1% of Lawyers (2014)
• Listed, Best Lawyers in America® since 1999
• Listed, Who’s Who in American Law
• Listed, Super Lawyers® – One of the Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia (2013, 2014, 2019-2024)
• Listed, Super Lawyers® – One of the Top 50 Lawyers in Virginia (2007, 2009)
• Listed, Super Lawyers® – One of the Top 10 Lawyers in Virginia (2006, 2020-2023); #1 Super Lawyer in VA 2023-2024
• Virginia Lawyers Weekly – “Hall of Fame” (2019)

Professional Associations

• The Inner Circle of Advocates – Member
• MDL Deepwater Horizon (BP Oil Spill) – Member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee
• William & Mary Law School – Adjunct Professor of Law
• Virginia Poverty Law Center Advisory Council – Member
• National College of Advocacy, AAJ – Fellow
• Mid-Winter Convention (2020) – Education Course Advisor
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association – Member of Williamsburg Society; Member of Board of Governors (1983-1993); President (1998-1999)
• Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, New York, and District of Columbia Bar Associations – Member
• American Bar Association – Member
• Virginia Beach and Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Associations – Member
• Maritime Law Association of the United States – Member
• The American Association for Justice – Member of Board of Governors (1988-Present)
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers – Member
• North Carolina Trial Lawyers Association – Member
• Operation Smile – President (1986-1988)
• Board of Editors, Maritime Law Reporter, Butterworth – Member (1986-1988)
• GRAMMY Awards – Voting Member (Until 2019)

Publications & Presentations

• Tulane Maritime Law Review – Editor-in-Chief (1978-1979)
• William & Mary Law School – “Master the Art of Trial Advocacy” with Jeffrey Breit
• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Convention, Steamboat Springs, CO – Author, “Most Effective Techniques in Opening Statements” (August 7, 2015)
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice Winning with Experts Seminar, Greensboro, NC – Author, “Effective Use of Demonstrative Evidence” (February 13, 2015)
• North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Raleigh, NC – Author, “Technology in the Courtroom” (October 10, 2008)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Brain Injury Retreat, Richmond, VA – Panel Discussions: “Having the Plaintiff at Trial” and “Effective Witnesses the Defense Does Not Anticipate” (September 27, 2008)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Virginia College of Trial Advocacy, Williamsburg, VA – Author, “Opening Statements” (May 2008)
• Brain Injury Association of America Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV – Lecture: “Focus Groups in Brain Injury Cases” (April 2008)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention, The Homestead – Author, “Tort Law Update” (March 2008)
• Kentucky Justice Association, Annual Convention, Lexington, KY – Author, “Use of Demonstrative Evidence for Direct and Cross-Examination: Entertaining Story With Pictures and Words” (September 27, 2007)
• North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Sunset Beach, NC – Author, “Use of Demonstrative Evidence for Direct and Cross-Examination: Entertaining Story With Pictures and Words” (June 16, 2007)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention – Author, “Opening Statements” (April 2006)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Annual Convention, Toronto – Author, “Enhancing Damages by Proving a Defendant’s Bad Conduct” (July 2005)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Annual Convention, Toronto – Author, “The Things They Didn’t Teach You in Law School” (July 2005)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Approaches to Damages Seminar, New Orleans, LA – Author, “Damages in Opening Statement” (October 2004)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Brain Injury Retreat, Richmond, VA – Author, “Tips to Motivate a Jury in a Traumatic Brain Injury Case” (October 2004)
• NABIS Annual Conference, Vail, CO – Author, “Dealing with Defenses” (September 2004)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Annual Convention – Author, “Improving the Jury Using Juror Questions” (July 2004)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention – Author, “Conflict Between Attorney and Client on Settlement vs. Trial” (April 2004)
• Virginia Bar Association – Author, “The Wired Courtroom” (January 2004)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention – Author, “Supreme Court Update, 2003” (2003)
• New Jersey Trial Lawyers, Annual Convention – Author, “Using the Jury’s Imagination to Maximize Damages” (April 2003)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, NCA Trial Advocacy College, Harvard Law School – Author, “Responding to Difficult Courtroom Situations: Ethical Considerations,” “Direct Examination,” and “Closing Argument” (March 1999)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America – Author, “Deflating Defense Counsel’s Arguments at Voir Dire” (July 1999)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, NCA Premises Liability Seminar, Phoenix, AZ – Author, “Negligent Hiring and Retention in Violent Crime Cases” (February 1999)
• Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, LA – Author, “Premises Liability (3rd Party Criminal Attacks) Inadequate Security” (December 1998)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention – Author, “Tort Law Update – Virginia Supreme Court” (March 1998)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention – Author, “The Thing They Didn’t Teach (in Law School) – Now I Know that the Following Are Bad Things To Do” (April 1996)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Colorado – Author, “Thoracic Outlet Syndrome” (March 1993)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Colorado – Author, “Cross-Examination of Experts and Other Ways to Lose a Case” (March 1993)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Advocacy Seminar – Author, “Excessive and Inadequate Verdicts” (1994)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Advocacy Seminar – Author, “Payback of Worker’s Compensation and Health Care Liens” (1994)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Orleans, LA – Author, “Proving Loss of Society & Services in Wrongful Death” (April 1993)
• Lawyers Alert – Author, “Premises Liability” (1989)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Reno, NV – Author, “Crafting the Closing and Rebuttal Argument & Closing Argument” (October 1992)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association – Author, “Personal Injury and Death in Maritime Law” (1987)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association – Author, “Wrongful Death-Wage Earner” (1986)

Community Involvement

• Operation Smile – President (1986-1988)