Peter Everett is a trial lawyer who devotes his practice to representing persons injured by the reckless or careless acts of others. His practice includes four broad areas. First, Mr. Everett represents clients seriously injured as a result of motor vehicle collisions, with special emphasis on tractor-trailer accidents. He is a member of ATLA's Interstate Trucking Litigation Group. He has represented victims of commercial motor vehicle collisions arising from accidents in California, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. and Maryland, as well as in state and federal court in Virginia. Second, Peter represents individuals who have suffered traumatic brain injuries resulting from tractor-trailer crashes, defective products, motor vehicle collisions, bicycle accidents and other circumstances. In 2005 he lectured at a national conference on brain injury to health care and other professionals, and at a September 2008 retreat of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, he spoke on the use of learned treatises in TBI cases, and on trial tactics in TBI cases. Most recently he spoke on Patience in Pediatric TBI cases and in Determining Premorbid Cognitive Ability at VTLA's 2021 TBI Retreat.Third, he represents victims of violent crimes in inadequate security cases against shopping malls, hotels, apartment buildings and other commercial buildings. He has addressed victim's rights issues on CNN's Larry King Live, ABC's 20-20 and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Mr. Everett has assisted in the representation of clients in inadequate security matters in Arizona, California, Florida, New York, the District of Columbia, Maryland and West Virginia, as well as in federal and state courts in Virginia. Finally, Peter litigates on behalf of persons injured by defective conditions in buildings or real estate such as defective roadways, balcony railings and recreational trails, with a special emphasis on representing injured children.Specialties: Trial Lawyer
Listed skills include Personal Injury, Litigation, Wrongful Death, Trials, and 19 others.
