At MMWH, we are committed to serving the needs of all our clients, from the largest to the smallest, and to provide the highest quality representation, as well as the most cost-effective litigation solutions. We are dedicated, veteran trial lawyers who manage a diverse practice in civil and commercial litigation, including workers' compensation defense, employment and labor law, and insurance defense.
We provide our clients with in-depth counseling and also serve the bench and bar as mediators. Our clients range from the best-known employers and insurance companies in the nation to local companies and independent businesses along the eastern seaboard.
Located in Newport News, VA, we are centrally situated between the commercial hubs of Richmond and Norfolk and within a 10-mile radius of all major employment-related courts, including The Office of Administrative Law Judges, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
We provide our clients with in-depth counseling and also serve the bench and bar as mediators. Our clients range from the best-known employers and insurance companies in the nation to local companies and independent businesses along the eastern seaboard.
Located in Newport News, VA, we are centrally situated between the commercial hubs of Richmond and Norfolk and within a 10-mile radius of all major employment-related courts, including The Office of Administrative Law Judges, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
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MMWH offers clients the ability to defend and prosecute all types of contested matters.
Our attorneys handle a variety of civil and commercial matters in state and federal courts from multimillion-dollar lawsuits to general district court, in order to provide comprehensive service across a wide spectrum of jurisdictions.
MMWH regularly represents employers and carriers engaged in such industries as shipbuilding, stevedoring, port terminal operation, railroad transportation, ship repair, longshoring, and other maritime activities involving claims under federal and state workers' compensation statutes.
Our attorneys handle a variety of civil and commercial matters in state and federal courts from multimillion-dollar lawsuits to general district court, in order to provide comprehensive service across a wide spectrum of jurisdictions.
MMWH regularly represents employers and carriers engaged in such industries as shipbuilding, stevedoring, port terminal operation, railroad transportation, ship repair, longshoring, and other maritime activities involving claims under federal and state workers' compensation statutes.
Christopher R. Hedrick
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Mr. Hedrick has been actively engaged in a comprehensive private practice focusing on civil litigation and workers' compensation defense at the state and federal levels since 1992.
He has tried over 75 civil jury trials and was co-counsel on a $25 million lawsuit.
He regularly defends cases under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
Mr. Hedrick has developed a national practice assisting clients in evaluating how to defend these cases.
Mr. Hedrick is a member of the Newport News, Virginia, North Carolina, and American Bar Associations, the Virginia and North Carolina State Bars, the Defense Research Institute, and the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.
He has tried over 75 civil jury trials and was co-counsel on a $25 million lawsuit.
He regularly defends cases under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
Mr. Hedrick has developed a national practice assisting clients in evaluating how to defend these cases.
Mr. Hedrick is a member of the Newport News, Virginia, North Carolina, and American Bar Associations, the Virginia and North Carolina State Bars, the Defense Research Institute, and the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.
Bradley D. Reeser
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His practice focuses on maritime workers' compensation defense, insurance defense, § 1983 defense, and appellate litigation.
As a junior associate, Brad has already argued case dispositive motions in Virginia Circuit Court, argued two medical re-pricing cases at the Virginia Court of Appeals (resulting in published decisions), and drafted numerous brief products in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Brad has also defended institutional clients in administrative hearings before the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission and the United States Department of Labor Office of Administrative Law Judges.
As a junior associate, Brad has already argued case dispositive motions in Virginia Circuit Court, argued two medical re-pricing cases at the Virginia Court of Appeals (resulting in published decisions), and drafted numerous brief products in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Brad has also defended institutional clients in administrative hearings before the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission and the United States Department of Labor Office of Administrative Law Judges.
Stephanie Sweeney
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Ms. Sweeney worked as an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges in Newport News from 2016 to 2017.
From 2017 until she joined the firm in 2019, Ms. Sweeney served as Staff Attorney at the Office of Administrative Law Judges.
While earning her law degree, Ms. Sweeney assisted in drafting an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court of the United States by the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic.
She represented clients as a certified legal intern at the Community Law Clinic.
From 2017 until she joined the firm in 2019, Ms. Sweeney served as Staff Attorney at the Office of Administrative Law Judges.
While earning her law degree, Ms. Sweeney assisted in drafting an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court of the United States by the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic.
She represented clients as a certified legal intern at the Community Law Clinic.
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