Ramesh Murthy

Ramesh Murthy is an Officer in PennStuart's Abingdon, Virginia office, and Chairman of the firm's Workers' Compensation and Black Lung Practice Group.  Mr. Murthy's practice is limited to the counseling and representation of industry in human resource matters in Virginia and Tennessee. A large percentage of his practice is devoted to the defense of workers' compensation cases. Mr. Murthy has extensive experience in the litigation of cases including, but not limited to, occupational injuries and/or diseases, FMLA, ADEA, ADA and Title VII.  His global practice is limited to human resource matters. 

Mr. Murthy lectures extensively on employment and workers' compensation issues in Virginia and Tennessee and has presented numerous in-house client seminars across the East Coast.  He has also authored four published articles in his field of practice.

Mr. Murthy has served as President of the Washington County Virginia Chamber of Commerce.  In 2010, he served as Chairman of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys through October 2010.   In addition to his role as a counselor, Mr. Murthy is a litigator. He has tried thousands of cases during his career.

• T.C. Williams School of Law of the University of Richmond, J.D., 1990
• King College, B.A., 1987

• Virginia State Bar, Labor and Employment Law Sections
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
         Former Member Board of Directors
         Former Chairman of Employment Law Section
         Former Chairman (three terms) and

                 Former Vice Chairman of Workers' Compensation Section (three terms)

• Member Legislative Committee Virginia Self-Insurer's Association
• Washington County Chamber of Commerce

                 President, 2010
                 President Elect, 2009

                 Member, Board of Directors, 2007-
                 Chairman, Professional Committee, 2006 - 2008                 

• Co-Chairman Southwest Virginia Workers' Compensation Bar Association.

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Virginia Super Lawyers, 2008, 2009, 2010,2011
• Award for Significant Service, Young Lawyers Conference, Virginia State Bar.
• 40 Under Forty, The Business Journal.

Publication

• The Compensability of Horseplay: From Hilton to Simms , The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Spring 2011.
• Boyd v. People, Inc. - Does Rule 1.4(c) Mean What It Says, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XVI, No. 4 Winter 2004 - 2005
• What is Your Appeal as a Matter of Right Really Worth, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XIV, No. 3, Fall 2002
• Dollar General Store, v. Cridlin; an Evidentiary Coup for Employees, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XI, No. 1, Spring 1999