Profile:
Officer
Joined firm:
1989
Practice Areas:
Medical, Legal & Professional Liability
Products Liability
Health Care
Appellate
Admitted:
Tennessee
Virginia
Contact:
804 Anderson Street
Bristol, TN 37620
423-793-4800
423-793-4805 (direct)
423-793-4900 (fax)
423-793-4845 (direct fax)
rladd@pennstuart.com
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Richard E. Ladd, Jr. is an Officer in PennStuart's Bristol, Tennessee office. His practice is concentrated in the areas of medical, legal, and professional liability defense, complex litigation, and appellate work. Mr. Ladd maintains an active caseload in Tennessee and in Virginia.
Before joining PennStuart in 1989, Mr. Ladd served as a member of the U.S. Navy JAG Corps, obtaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Guam and for the Middle District of Florida. His job responsibilities included the defense of medical malpractice cases brought against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the prosecution of criminal cases in both Special and General Courts Martials, and acting as Staff Judge Advocate for two naval hospitals.
Mr. Ladd is currently the Immediate Past-President of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, previously serving as President, President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, VADA Board of Directors member, Vice-Chair and Chair of the VADA Medical Malpractice Section, and a member of the Board of Editors for The Journal of Civil Litigation. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar Judicial Nominations Committee, the Virginia Supreme Court Appellate Rules Advisory Committee, and has served as a member of the Boyd-Graves Conference of the Virginia Bar Association and the Board of Governors of the Health Law Section of the Virginia State Bar. Mr. Ladd is a former adjunct professor in the M.B.A. Program at King College, and in the Paralegal Studies Department of Virginia Intermont College. He has provided numerous presentations to various groups on the practical applications of civil procedure in both state and federal courts, and has authored and/or contributed to articles appearing in Forbes Magazine, Lawyer's Weekly USA, Virginia Lawyer's Weekly, and The Journal of Civil Litigation.
Mr. Ladd is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell, was selected for inclusion in Virginia Super Lawyers for 2008, and was awarded a Citation for Exceptional Performance by the Defense Research Institute in 2007.
Education
- University of Tennessee, J.D., 1985
- University of Tennessee, B.A., 1982: with Honors
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